Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
Dust Bowl memories strewn like weeds in her mind’s eye bloom as fragrant buds Image credit: Pisauikan@ Pixabay Sometimes the muse strikes hard! Thanks to Sadje's WDYS Challengefor the beautiful photo. That smile!!! She immediately struck a very specific chord in my mind and heart and to Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge for (unwittingly?) providing the perfect… Continue reading memories bloom
forfeiting the rule ancient veins are surveilled, and weird words seize the day Please enjoy my silly haiku in which I wax poetic about that pesky (and often untrue) “rule” of I before E except after C. Weird gets me EVERY time! And thanks to Linda for a fun SoCS Challenge. I had to look every one… Continue reading Spell Much? Nope!
Rising from the sea Autumn’s sun turns the sky red as the palm trees sleep Thanks for the inspiration to Frank Tassone's Fall themed haiku challenge and to Travel Talk's Sunrise Challenge.
hope is a rainbow with its shades a reflection a path marked for all Thanks to Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge inspirational words of shade and scorch (which I subbed in marked) and to Colleen's Poet's Choice Challenge. NOW MASK UP AND VOTE!!!!
Morning calms the ire Still, the harbinger proclaims A storm is coming Image credit- Evan Clark @ Unsplash Thanks to Ronovan Writes for the Haiku Challenge words (calm/storm) and to Sadje's WDYS Challenge for the great photo inspiration.
beginning anew the sun dawns on a fresh day as the night sky sleeps Thanks to Colleen's Night Sky Theme for the inspiration.
in the space between the fury of autumn’s wind slows the sun’s ardor Thanks to Ronovan Writes for haiku challenge words (fury/slow) and to Frank's haiku challenge for the equinox idea.
honeyfuggle me sing bon mots about mon coeur melt my resistance whisper words sweet like sugar until I’m bound by your spell Thanks to the WOTD Challenge for teaching me a new word (honeyfuggle) and to Frank's haiku challenge for inspiring me one more time!
Thanks once again to Freya for choosing one of my haiku for her Dancing Goddess challenge.
seeking clarity
she transcends earth’s gravity
free in her mind’s eye
© Tina Stewart Brakebill 2020
Creating haiku feeds my soul but I also love to write short fiction, mini travel logs, and history pieces.
This haiku is part of our Dancing Goddess theme.
solitary hope in the crucible of fire the world made over Thanks to Sadje's WDYS Challenge and to Frank's haiku challenge for the inspiration.
