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Trickle of Water
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #300 – It Still Starts With A Seed Small stream bubblesover rocks and stones–peaceful movement. Water stirs and wakespicking up steam,merging into a long lake. Lazily, lake loungesand flows, reachingmouth of river. River water … Continue reading
Apart
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Just One Word” – “Apart” (posted by Marian) Ocean waves single then double, sidling like a crab. How will they meet at the shore? http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/
rustling
Written for: Carpe Diem #1527 Rustling Leaves (extreme haibun) This episode I have titled “Rustling Leaves” and rustling we can use for spring and for autumn, so the whole world can easily sense the meaning of this theme. I love to … Continue reading
shadow moving
Written for: The Twiglets #78 – “a shadow moving” She looked at the ground; her shadow was gone. Noticed it slip-sliding down the block. Tried to catch it. Shadow turned back once, then marathoned away. You cannot catch a moving … Continue reading
Jello
Written for: Poetics Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge Pick a food, make it the title of your poem, and write your poem. It can be a food you love, food you hate, or food you’ve never even tried before. Wriggles, jiggles … Continue reading
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Tagged dessert, flavor, movement, Rondeau, Written for Challenge
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under tree
Written for: Carpe Diem #1326 transformation (quote from Coehlo’s “Brida”) “Transformation … it’s something we have seen here several times, it’s a kind of path to find your inner truth, your inner beauty or your inner love. And that’s the main … Continue reading
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Move Ahead
Written for: The Twiglets – “shedding dust” Move ahead. Life forever has peaks and valleys, mid-level grays, days that make you ask, what am I doing here. Cheer yourself up, shrug off past dust, move ahead. https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/
Written for: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 31st: a haiku by Basho For our last episode I have a nice “hokku” by Basho. We started with him and we end with him … By the way Basho was … Continue reading
“on a windless day”
Written for: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 202nd: “on a windless night” – Cheryl Lynn (a.k.a. Tournesol) on a windless day six circles take shape a pebble skips … Continue reading
City Sidewalks
Written for: Carpe Diem #912, “Movement/Proprioception Close your eyes and touch your nose. If everything is working properly, this should be easy because your brain can sense your body, as well as its position and movement through space. This is … Continue reading