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Life As An Obstacle

Life As An Obstacle

I am that slow moving old woman that everyone dreads getting behind in line. I block the sidewalk with my slow gait and mobility stroller. I take extra long sorting out my money and purse. Nothing I do is done is haste. It’s not a position I ever aspired to. I was always that fast […]

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

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Goldfinch

Goldfinch

Sunshine breezes in
golden wings deposit joy –
ripples renewal.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge:  wind/ ripple.  Also linking up with Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day. Image from personal collection.)

Posted on July 18, 2019July 18, 2019Categories birds, creativity, nature, photography, poetryTags bird, BOTD, haiku, poetry, ripple, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, wind6 Comments on Goldfinch
Modern Remedy

Modern Remedy

Live-streamed chaos
warps social norms – mindfulness,
art of Zen – balance.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: zen/ chaos.)

Posted on July 11, 2019July 10, 2019Categories UncategorizedTags chaos, haiku, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, zen14 Comments on Modern Remedy
Personas

Personas

Defining self – pride
fighting for recognition –
so many profiles.

(Written for RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge: pride & fight, and Reena’s Exploration challenge: featured image (art by Tolga Girgin)).

Posted on July 4, 2019July 2, 2019Categories change, creativity, life, poetry, writingTags ego, fight, haiku, persona, poem, pride, Reena's Exploration, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge6 Comments on Personas
Promised

Promised

What life tears apart
nature mends – cyclical flow,
divinely decreed.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: rip/mend)
Image from personal collection.

Posted on June 15, 2019June 12, 2019Categories creativity, life, nature, photography, poetry, spirituality, writingTags haiku, healing, mend, nature, poem, rhythm, rip, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge4 Comments on Promised
Junkyard

Junkyard

Vestiges of dreams
swiftly disappear, shift lanes –
ambition rusted.

(For RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Challenge: fast & lane)

Posted on May 30, 2019May 28, 2019Categories aging, dreams, life, poetry, writingTags cars, dreams, fast, haiku, lane, life, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge18 Comments on Junkyard
Emboldened

Emboldened

Subtlety unknown,
Spring’s repertoire bold and bright –
soul responds in kind.

Posted on May 28, 2019May 26, 2019Categories creativity, nature, passion, photography, poetry, writingTags colour, flowers, haiku, spirit, Spring, tulips11 Comments on Emboldened
Beholder

Beholder

Beholder haiku

(Inspired by Ragtag Community’s prompt: sumptuous, and Fandango’s: common)

Posted on May 27, 2019May 27, 2019Categories art, creativity, photography, poetry, writingTags common, FOWC, haiku, perspective, RDP, sumptuous7 Comments on Beholder
Late Afternoon Sun

Late Afternoon Sun

Fragmented dazzle
alters scene – serene moment
rendered tenuous.

(Haiku written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: serene/scene.  Also inspired by the prompts of Ragtag Community: dazzle, and Fandango: tenuous. Image from personal collection.))

 

Posted on April 8, 2019Categories creativity, photography, poetry, writingTags dazzle, FOWC, haiku, poetry, RDP, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, scene, serene, tenuous7 Comments on Late Afternoon Sun
Lack a Fool Makes

Lack a Fool Makes

Anchored, no money –
lack has a way of turning
dreams into fool’s gold.

(Dug up this haiku from August 2015 for today’s prompts: Ragtag Community and Fandango both choosing ‘fool’. Image from personal collection.)

Posted on April 1, 2019Categories creativity, life, poetry, writingTags fool, FOWC, haiku, lack, money, RDP3 Comments on Lack a Fool Makes
Watching

Watching

Beneath mossy beards
weathered faces watch, listen –
silent witnesses.

 

Posted on March 26, 2019Categories creativity, nature, poetry, writingTags environment, haiku, nature, poem, trees19 Comments on Watching

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