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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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Do Explore!

Do Explore!

Through thickening brush
light whispers, beckons – forest
ripe with mystery.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: forest /whisper.  Image from personal collection.)

Posted on October 3, 2019September 30, 2019Categories creativity, nature, photography, poetryTags forest, haiku, nature, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, whisper14 Comments on Do Explore!
Harmonic Convergence

Harmonic Convergence

Be as trees, reaching
canopy of harmony,
gratitude implied.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge:  gratitude / harmony.  Photo from personal collection.)

Posted on September 1, 2019August 28, 2019Categories creativity, nature, photography, poetryTags gratitude, haiku, harmony, nature, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, trees13 Comments on Harmonic Convergence
Heron Reflection

Heron Reflection

Silent as the Great Blue,
Autumn hues creep
shifting the landscape
altering my mood.

Do feathers quiver
at the ensuing chill,
or is it merely human
this seasonal affect?

(For Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day)

Posted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2019Categories birds, photography, poetryTags bird, BOTD, Great Blue Heron, nature, photo, poem17 Comments on Heron Reflection
River’s Draw

River’s Draw

Idleness is not a ploy
asserted by the river,
her banks, ever vital,
project confidence –
life’s continuum

Her waters, sturdy,
fluctuating, tame
the deepest emotions

I come to the river
hoping to imbibe,
to be intoxicated
in her presence

I come to the river
to be revived.

Posted on August 24, 2019August 19, 2019Categories life, mental-health, nature, photography, poetry, writingTags nature, poem, renewal, revive, river, water8 Comments on River’s Draw
Bird of Prey

Bird of Prey

Unexpected,
this encounter –
piercing golden eyes
a coat of mottled feathers,
a new visitor to our river –
not sure who is more startled.

(Smaller than the bald eagle, this bird of prey was perched riverside.  Suspect it is a red-tailed hawk.   For Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day.)

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Posted on August 16, 2019August 16, 2019Categories birds, nature, photography, poetryTags BOTD, hawk, nature, photo22 Comments on Bird of Prey
Magic Sunshine

Magic Sunshine

Sunshine, you magician,
adding sparkle to my view,
painting the cloudless sky
a dazzling shade of blue –
favoured by your golden rays
we all take on a glowing hue.

(Tuesday, I will borrow a poem from Twitter.  Visit me @Vjknutson)

Posted on June 18, 2019June 13, 2019Categories creativity, nature, photography, poetry, UncategorizedTags nature, poem, sun16 Comments on Magic Sunshine
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
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Make blanket of green bough
our secret sanctuary – eden –
as squirrels watch
and animals rustle,
feel the purely bucolic,
leave cloudy noon,
come & give,
don a shine.

(Fridays are for Magnetic Poetry online.  Give it a try.  Image from personal collection.)

Posted on June 14, 2019June 12, 2019Categories creativity, nature, photography, poetry, writingTags Eden, magnetic poetry, nature, poem, sanctuary12 Comments on Sanctuary
I’d Finish This Poem, but…

I’d Finish This Poem, but…

Bright day –
hope breezes
through open window

sparrow lights
on windowsill
espies me cock-eyed

What wonders
keep you inside?
he queries

I sputter…
lacking adequate
response

pardon me
for abandoning…
have another call.

 

 

 

Posted on June 9, 2019June 8, 2019Categories nature, poetry, writingTags birds, nature, sparrow, Spring4 Comments on I’d Finish This Poem, but…
Winter Walk

Winter Walk

Do you stroll here
on the winter walk,
use rain as light,
follow every wild bough,
beautiful blue bird?

Climb, live, see
how happy this forest,
verdant rock moral,
sun on water, green.

(Another poem from Magnetic poetry.)

Posted on May 10, 2019May 2, 2019Categories creativity, nature, poetry, writingTags blue jay, magnetic poetry, nature, poem, winter14 Comments on Winter Walk

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