Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

liminality & grief

No longer, not yet

As my broken heart beats on

Still, fragmented, yet

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Merril at https://dversepoets.com/2023/08/15/poetics-august-transitions/ has asked us to consider a transitional time in our lives. Still struggling with a recent loss, I’m in the midst of figuring out how to heal. Writing helps, when I let it.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

New Hope

Rising from the depths,

the solo flame meets daylight.

In concert, they join

to purge the night’s dark shadows.

Illuminating new hope.

Image credit https://unsplash.com/@codyhiscox

It’s been a long time since I’ve been here, but I’m determined to make time in 2023! So thanks to MindLoveMiserysMenagerie’s Photo Challenge and Linda Hill’s JusJotJan challenge for getting me back in the game. Please visit their sites for guidelines for the challenges and for some great writing.

Here’s to purging the shadows!

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Life Unfurls

Recently, I had the honor of being chosen by Elisa Ang as the Featured Writer for Pure Haiku’s  Unfurling theme. When Elisa explained why she chose me, she noted that

the writer expresses life’s journey–from the time it springs forth to the time it bids farewell in profoundly creative way…” 

I absolutely love that she got what I was trying to do! So one last thank you to Freya and Elisa and a new thank you to Colleen’s Poet’s Choice Challenge for providing me the opportunity to present the five haiku as the fluid set I imagined them to be. 

 

naïve, dawn springs forth

suckled by the morning dew

to create new life

 

ensnared by margins  

feral and tempestuous

verdant youth rebels 

 

patterns and fresh shapes

once green but now withering

nature’s grand design 

 

childhood memories

flutter like lace in a breeze  

setting my mind free

  

an echo repeats

revealing infinity

but still our time ends 

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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Pure Haiku Featured Writer (2-4)

Please don’t let my tardiness be mistaken for diminished gratitude! It’s just been a chaotic week.

Thank you so much to Freya for the opportunity and Elisa Ang for choosing me as Unfurling’s Featured Writer. I’m still gobsmacked by your choice!

Also thanks to #WritePhoto for a perfect photo inspiration to illustrate my gratitude and to Alethea for the photo. In thanks, I’ll unfurl another haiku. LOL I’m sure you see what I did there 😉

a moment of joy

written across the blue sky

the rainbow unfurls

Also, please visit Pure Haiku at the links below for my Unfurling contributions two through four:

https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/07/24/7-24-featured-haiku-writer/

https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/7-26-featured-haiku-writer/

https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/7-28-featured-haiku-writer/

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