Hello, everyone! It's that time again. Time for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge! The prompt words for this week are Eye and Fade. There are several incredible contributions this week and you can find links to them by clicking here: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-136-eyefade/ Here are my contributions this week: WINTER Nothing but winter As far as the … Continue reading RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge: Fade & Eye
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Love and Light
Today, I'm participating in Ronovan's Haiku Challenge early so I don't forget like I've done in past weeks. The challenge words are LOVE & LIGHT. I wrote two very different haiku using the prompt words. It was fun! LIGHT Sending love and light Healing waves of compassion From my heart to yours SHADOWS Shadows … Continue reading Love and Light
Delicate Soul
I wrote this haiku on a whim yesterday. Thinking about the current state of the world, I thought about other people, like me, who seem to be crushed under the weight of their own empathy. News stories that talk about war-weary refuges, children suffering from disease, hateful attacks by humans against other humans... it's depressing … Continue reading Delicate Soul
Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: Car&Coast
I wrote the following haiki sequence in response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge. The challenge words are Car & Coast: Frigid winds buffet A car parked along the coast No one else in sight Trapped inside, he waits For ocean waves to claim him He will cry no more Please visit Ronovan's blog to find … Continue reading Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: Car&Coast
Winter Haiku
It's a cold winter day and I'm home ill. Lying on the sofa, looking out through a sliver of opening between the curtains, I can see our neighbor's tree, its naked branches stretching across the gray sky. And so this haiku sequence formed in my mind: Skeletal branches Stretch across the leaden sky Yearning … Continue reading Winter Haiku
All I Have to Say 