This week at Colleen's Tanka Tuesday they're talking about Autumn. Oh MY!How wonderful that sounds... here, no signs of that being remotely so. As far as I can tell, nothing…
When my keenness for food dwindles, nature’s produce isle sits outsidefrom kale and lettuce to new sproutscarotenoids turn to Vit-Aprotects the skin from UV raysstrengthens skin's guard against the sunthe…
On July 21st, the full moon night was cloudy. So the following evening found me sittingat the beach reading and waiting to see the moon rise. I read as much…
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…give me the serenity to surrender to the things I cannot change.
Stilldear mind,and listento the tempoof our faithful heartthat beats despite the hurtthrough seasons of disconcertwhen it'd be wiser to give up,but does not: persisting to keep time.Still dear mind, and…
Written for Tanka Tuesday: 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 37, 6/4/24,Part I, The Time of Planting Grains (June 6 – 19) Today, June 04th.What a lovely picture, Colleen. I…
“Alone, silently—the bamboo shootbecomes a bamboo” ~ SANTŌKA on a bamboo shootunder the low purple lighta crow sits alone© selma The above haiku is a leftover from the other day…
Image ©️ Colleen Chesebro The Beginning of Summer, (May 5-19) Rikka 立夏 Welcome to the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge for #TankaTuesday! This week for #TankaTuesday we’re in the second…
This post is written for Colleen's Syllabic Challenge: This week marks the start ofthe Snow Becomes Rain season. It’s a time of transition and awakening as the firstsigns of spring…