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Category Archives: Haiku
Summer Advances
Spring blossoms beckonPollinator photobombAntennae signaled RL #cherry #blossom Twilight ambitions The fruits of summer’s labor Sweetening pleasures RL #apple #blossoms Advertisements
Posted in Haiku, micropoetry, photo, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged #haiku #micropoetry #photo
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Phoetic February: Missing You
February 14th was changed forever for Indigenous communities 28 years ago. While we still share in acknowledging and celebrating love, we also use the day to recognize and memorialize our mothers, daughters, sisters, cousins, aunties and grandmothers lost to us … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, Haiku, Indigenous Peoples, Life, photo, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged #MMIW #MMIWG
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Phoetic February: Wooden Larceny
Remember that time You trimmed the thickened branches A hostage was claimed Little game of tit for tatForgotten loss; willow’s gain RL #haiku #tanka
Phoetic February: Sunday Moody Sundays
It’s been about a month’s worth of thoughtful weekly beginnings. Something in the air… change, newness, the call of Spring? I don’t know. I do know each one gave me something personal; something not quite typical… Heralding Hues Waning assurance?Maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Life, Micro Poetry, photo, Photos, Poetry, three line poetry, Uncategorized
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The Point
Life is never easy, not really, and not for anyone, and especially if you’re a person of color living within a colonized country. It honestly feels like we’re always living in an ongoing classic movie. The underdogs fighting the Borg, … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Haiku, Life, Micro-Poetry, New Year's Eve, photo, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged friendship, love, New Years, Tanka
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Indigenous Prayers – Poetic Haikus In Motion
Softly she enters The prayers of her music Ancestral healing RL ——————————————– A bold soul dances Rejuvenating spirits The grandfathers smile RL ——————————————– Ethereal calm Calling to the grandmothers Replenishing gifts RL ——————————————– A Warrior’s heart Gifted reverent power A … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Haiku, Indigenous Peoples, Life, Photos, Poetry, three line poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Powwow, Protocols
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Let’s Call it, “Phoetry”
Blossoming Love Showering her gifts To all who pay her homage Sweet, pink abundance #cherryblossom #windshield Warrior She was still and sang Calmly embracing her peace As the hawks circled #mourningdove Hiding in Plain SightLuminous greetings As Luna peeks through sunlight … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Life, micropoetry, photo, Photos, Poetry, three line poetry
Tagged cherry tree, dove, moon, paddlewheeler, selfie
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Capturing Spring, an Ode to Grace
It’s a beautiful thing, watching our yards convert and conform to the winding of the world. I think this is the real new year in motion. It inspires my hopes for personal growth in a good way, in as much … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Life, Micro Poetry, Photos, Poetry, Spring, three line poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged bluebells, daffodils, flowers, magnolias
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She Sings Me Peace
So this sweet little miss visited me the other day… Subtle little friends Warming the gloomiest days Love’s slyest bounties Haiku She sang me his blues One flying monkey, fallen Washed out on new shores Vindication realized The music of … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Life, micropoetry, photo, Poetry, Tanka, three line poetry
Tagged hummingbird, lastlaugh best
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Three To Five Lines Of Love
I’m just a little ahead of the curve on the upcoming odes to Eros, Cupid, and Saint Val, but one might say my small poetic offerings aren’t much of an ode to hearts, arrows, & small flying angels anyway. What can … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Life, love, Micro Poetry, Photos, Poetry, three line poetry, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day
Tagged banished ogres, street art
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