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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Monday’s Child

Tina Stewart Brakebill

dawn shines her first light

and Monday’s child, fair of face,

casts her eyes downward

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Obviously my little haiku owes a thanks to the unknown writer of this 19th century children’s poem:

Monday’s child is fair of face

Tuesday’s child is full of grace

Wednesday’s child is full of woe

Thursday’s child has far to go,

Friday’s child is loving and giving,

Saturday’s child works hard for a living,

And the child that is born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

It was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Fandango’s Monday prompt. Or maybe the second or third. I also thought of the songs “I Don’t Like Mondays” and “Monday, Monday” but I was trying to avoid super depressing stuff. Plus, the adorable monkey photo cinched the deal. I LOVE monkeys. They ARE “fair of face.”

So happy Monday to all. Find a bit of joy today if you can. And thanks also to What Do You See challenge for the wonderful monkey photo and to Ronovan’s Haiku challenge words (eyes and light).

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

solidarity

Tina Stewart Brakebill

rising together

in harmonic convergence

to share our voices

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Thanks to Ronovan Writes for the haiku challenge words (share / voice) and to Sadje for her What Do You See photo inspiration. It brought the idea of “harmonic convergence” into my mind.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

the day after

Tina Stewart Brakebill

the mirror reveals

an incantation gone wrong

nature becomes me

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Thanks to Colleen for hosting Tanka Tuesday and choosing the theme of “the day after” as offered by Elizabeth, from Tea and Paper.

And to Sadie’s What Do You See challenge for providing the perfect pic for my knotty brain!

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

the sea calls us home

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Guided by the moon

The undying sail the sea

West to Valinor

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Image credit- Pixabay-Thommas

Thanks to Sadje for Keeping It Alive  When I saw this picture (for her What Do You See challenge), the end of the Lord of the Rings saga immediately popped into my head. So here is my (with apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien for my rather lame and by Tolkien standards way too short) ode to setting off from the Grey Havens headed to Valinor.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

I Will Not Cower

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I will not cower

from the fragments of my mind

To feel is to live  

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Image credit; Kellepics- Pixabay

I’m feeling (and thinking) all kinds of things this week. End of the world? (Hope not.) End of TRump? (Yes please!) Do I have enough tp? (Are you kiddin’ me with that question!) Will my parents be ok? (YES! Yes?) Will I be OK? (?) Should I go to …? (Probably not.) And so on and so on ….

So I’m trying to feel the feels, think the thoughts, and then let then go and move on to the next thing. We’ll see how it goes 😉

So thanks to following for great prompts that allowed me to channel some of feels and thinks into words.

What Do I See  for providing an awesome visual and Ronovan Writes for the word prompts of “think” (I substituted feel) and “shrink” (I substituted cower).