A friend texted me the following article on Sunday morning. She is the woman featured in the write up. We have known each other since our children were young, hers just stair steps behind mine. We raised our kids as single moms, without help from our former spouses. She was the first one to go […]
Cornish pasties, the ones my father used to make when I was a child, were the one thing I craved while carrying my first child. Something in the taste of ground beef, sliced potato, and onion, wrapped in a flaky crust and seasoned just right, called to me. Except my father had long since misplaced […]
The art of listening, best taught by the family pooch –ears attuned to nuances, carefully weed throughhuman gibberish for words that resonate:treat, dinner, walk, cuddles… Those eyes challenge, invite compassionconvey a depth beyond understandingand when tone turns impatient,little paws retreat, as if words are blows. If only I could learn to listen,hear the workings of […]
Very sweet and serene! Mine took the other road! Lol!
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Thank you. Always interesting where the prompts take us.
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Get lots of snow today? Great haiku
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It doesn’t stay long, but we are in the midst of snow squall warnings. Always pretty in the beginning.
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Heheh. Very true! Got a little here too
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Beautiful poem and that looks like a sketch! It’s wonderful, did you draw it? ❤
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Thanks. It’s actually a digital rendering, but I feel a sketch (or attempt) coming.
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It’s really beautiful, nice job! ❤
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Thanks!
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Enchanting winter haiku and I love the sketch. Thank you for joining the challenge, V.J.!
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I have to confess, Eugenia, that I am daunted by new challenges – it’s the darned brain fog – so I’m glad it fit in okay. I trusted you would correct me if not. Thanks.
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It’s a perfect fit, IMO. The fact that people participate means more to me than if the piece fits. Plus, everyone will have their own interpretation. 😊
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Thanks for that!
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You’re welcome.
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Reblogged this on BrewNSpew and commented:
Sharing V.J.’s take on the prompt –
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I love the textures of the artwork! Howling winter wind and icy vapor enchanted me when I was a child–but no longer.
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Thanks Liz. It enchants me at first, but will soon lose the charm.
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It enchants me when I’m inside the house.
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Exactly. We got 10 cm overnight – everything is white capped, like me.
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So beautiful, VJ!
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Thank you, Amy!
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I can feel the cold in the first two lines and then the lightness and wonder of the season in the last!
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Thanks Heather – at this time of the year, it is a bit of both. Now, February is another story, lol.
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Isn’t that the truth!
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Lovely picture to accompany your haiku! We are waiting, once again, for snow, since the previous accumulations have melted away in the warm. I sort of like winter storms.
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There is something enchanting about them, as long as one is safe and warm.
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Bleak, and yet beuatiful.
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Yes. Thank you.
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