shrinking Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps February 12, 2021 nothing to say nowhere to go moving toward nothingness Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Yamini MacLeanFebruary 12, 2021 at 6:39 PMHari OMsuch poignancy (?!)... YAM xxReplyDeleteRepliesReplyTanza ErlambangFebruary 28, 2021 at 10:22 AMwill be better.... don't worryReplyDeleteRepliesReplyBilly Blue EyesMarch 21, 2021 at 11:20 AMThat is about how it is here in the UK at the momentReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
tombstone January 28, 2020 Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Wednesday #11 family tombstone Five years ago this very morning my mother died. I had spent the night with her at the new nursing home we had just moved her to the previous day. She was not happy. Due to loss of eyesight in one eye, falling and breaking a wrist in less than 5 weeks she developed delirium. She was still enough of herself that as we were getting her ready for bed she made one statement. "I am gonna get up and walk right out of this place by morning." Around 7 AM I left to get a cup of coffee and stretch my legs. When I returned her life force was gone. adding father’s name to the family tombstone with room for my own © Nicholas Virgilio saints gather to greet arrivals she ran to Dad's arms © petra domina Read more
candle light January 27, 2020 Carpe Diem #1804 New Beginnings ... candlelight instantly flaming candles fill the sky a new year instantly warm lips meet melting the cold flaming candles fill the sky smoke fills the air stars obscured a new year corks pop as flutes clink a sea of people © petra domina To anyone who stops by for a read the following was the challenge for today's work: "Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers, Yes ... another episode of our wonderful Kai, because I was late with our Monday episode, "snowdrops". Today I love to challenge you two times. I love to challenge you to create a "fusion-ku" with two given haiku and to create a Troiku with your new "fusion-ku". I have chosen two haiku by Jane Reichhold extracted from her online Saijiki "A Dictionary of Haiku", section New Year. Here are the two haiku to work with: a new year rising from wild seas a few stars filling the glass with candlelight champ Read more
new born January 08, 2020 Carpe Diem #1794 New Beginnings ... new born In our 1999 Jeep Wrangler Hubby, Janer and I were bouncing along the country lane one early spring day. Top down, enjoying every bit of nature along the way. Just on the other side of a barbed wire fence we heard a sound. The momma cow dropped a new baby. tender grass shoots embracing the new born calf tongue's caress © petra domina One of the most inviting and helpful haiku and Japanese Poetry sites on the web is Chèvrefeuille's Carpe Diem Haiku Kai . Come join the fun and write a few lines yourself! Read more
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