she never minded
steering through the tight spaces
just the narrow minds
Thanks to Ronovan Writes (narrow / minded) and the WOTD Challenge (teachable) for the inspiration.
Check out their sites for details on the challenges and some great writing.
Mother Earth: Nevertheless She Persisted
Dark seeps through the rift.
The creator of days persists
Still, the shadows grow.
Not feeling particularly hopeful or cheery tonight, but thanks for the inspiration go to Putting My Feet in the Dirt and Sue’s #WritePhoto Prompt
Check out their sites for other great writing.
And as an FYI, the super gloomy shadow shot is mine.
First Love
Like words on the page
before the fire consumes them
I read you deeply
Thanks to Susi at I Write Her for the great photo inspiration / challenge!
Additional Photo (book/heart) courtesy of Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com
Dawn
Thanks once again to Freya for including this in her Emergence series. I love this piece!
dawn, adorned in red
penetrates night’s solitude
to dance a new day
dawn, adorned in red
penetrates night’s solitude
to dance a new day
© Tina Stewart Brakebill 2019
Tina’s blog continues to grow and change but happily her haiku addiction continues unabated. Find out more at Tina Stewart Brakebill!
This haiku is part of our Emergence theme.
Women: We Get Things Done
Between the sell/buy/move chaos and my current haiku obsession I’ve neglected to share links for some of the stuff I’ve been doing for my day-job. I may go back to some prior months in the days to come, but for today I’m going to stick to this month’s work, which (somewhat ironically) means I’m stepping back in time! I love it when I get to mix my passion for history with my magazine writing.
So … in honor of Women’s History Month I give you a couple of things I wrote that offer some tiny pieces of the grand female mosaic.
First, I take a closer look at one woman that made a BIG difference. Click here to read about Katherine Bell Tippetts
Then I widen my view a bit to look at some of the ways reforming women changed St Petersburg in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They may look genteel but they refused to be ignored! And remember, although this story about women as a powerful force for change may be specifically about St. Petersburg, it echoes the kinds of things women were doing all across the nation.
Photo: Women’s Town Improvement Association (WTIA) event c. 1910. Courtesy of the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
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