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Bomb Canada?

Bomb Canada?

My husband showed me a post last week that said the US Ambassador to Canada had stated that if Canada wasn’t going to treat the US any better then they might as well bomb our parliament buildings. I was incensed, and ready to retaliate with a hateful post of my own…except… I decided to fact […]

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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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Mallard

Mallard

In Mallard’s wake woe –
with clipped wings, I watch and yearn
for Winter sojourn.
(For Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day, and RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: wake/wail)

Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019Categories birds, creativity, Humour, photography, poetryTags birds, BOTD, duck, haiku, mallard, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge9 Comments on Mallard
Shine a Light

Shine a Light

Winter breath catches
shine a light to guide me home –
darkness unsettles.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: air/ lantern.  Image from personal collection)

Posted on October 10, 2019October 7, 2019Categories creativity, poetry, writingTags air, haiku, lantern, light, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge6 Comments on Shine a Light
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!
Autumn’s Rush

Autumn’s Rush

Autumn winds fevered –
constraint not an option when
fierce Winter follows.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge:  fever/ fierce)

Posted on September 22, 2019September 17, 2019Categories change, nature, poetry, writingTags autumn, change, haiku, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, seasons11 Comments on Autumn’s Rush
Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Eagle haiku

I am in awe of the eagles who have made our neighbourhood home.  To see them up close is such a blessing.

For Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day, and for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: pure/ serene.)

 

Posted on September 13, 2019September 13, 2019Categories birds, photography, poetry, spiritualityTags art, BOTD, eagle, haiku, photo, poem, pure, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, serene23 Comments on Bald Eagle
Lean On Me

Lean On Me

Frayed and overwhelmed,
senses bombarded beyond
coping – seek comfort
in the quiet knowing, and
loving support of kinship.

(For RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge:  coping & support)

Posted on September 5, 2019September 3, 2019Categories blogging, life, mental-health, poetryTags coping, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, support, tanka11 Comments on Lean On Me
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
Hello Indigo!

Hello Indigo!

Perched treetop high
plump Indigo releases
a sumptuous song.

(Submitted for Granny Shot It’s bird of the day and RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku challenge: plump/ luscious.  Image of Indigo Bunting from personal collection.)

Posted on August 9, 2019August 9, 2019Categories birds, creativity, nature, photography, poetryTags birds, BOTD, haiku, Indigo Bunting, poem, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge21 Comments on Hello Indigo!
Sky Talk

Sky Talk

Painted skies whisper
a nightly farewell – silent
beauty speaks volumes.

(For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge: beauty & quiet)

 

Posted on August 1, 2019July 31, 2019Categories creativity, nature, photography, poetry, writingTags beauty, haiku, poem, quiet, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, sunset7 Comments on Sky Talk
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

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