Author: Candace

I am a reader, a writer, and a snapper of photos

movement

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Carpe Diem # 1027 “movement”

our inspirational quote for today:
[…] “Haiku is the poetry of nature and nature is always in motion. Seasons come and go, the moon changes every 28 days and so on, the only thing which is steady and without clear motion is our sun, that big star of our Milky Way around which the planets are rotating.” […] Chèvrefeuille, your host

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shadows crawl
across the mountain peaks
following the sun

smiles

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Carpe Diem # 1026 “smile”

the inspiration for our Haiku today:

[…] “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” […] Mother Teresa

~
the sky brightens
even on cloudy days
when children smile

Well Aged Love

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Tuesday Poetics at d’Verse Poets – the sound of love

Well Aged Love

creaking bones
and after dinner burps
soft snuffling beside
me in bed
and even some
midnight flatulence
moans and groans
when getting up
in the morning
whistling (off key)
in the shower
grunting anytime
bending is required
sounds of well
aged love

Captured

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We’re writing a Quadrille at d’Verse  Poets where Bjorn is tending bar.
44 words using the word ‘Jar’
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if I could, I would
capture your
smile in a jar
to comfort me
on cloudy days
or stormy nights
and when I’m cold or
feeling scared I
would open the lid
ever so slightly
to hear your laugh
and I’d be brave again

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also posting this on the Tuesday Platform at Real Toads

beauty

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Carpe Diem # 1025 “beauty”

The inspiration for this episode comes from this quote by Rumi
[…] “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” […] Rumi

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camera in hand
she walks along foreign streets
capturing beauty

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I’ve been busy with family and traveling for the past few weeks.
Time to get back to Haiku.

Bee Yourself

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you buzz about like
you think you’re
a queen be(e)ing
rude, dismissive,
uninterested in any
thing but yourself

they all flit around
trying to gain your
favor – be(e)your favorite
worker, the most productive –
flowery words winging
through the room

and in the corner – all
alone, unimpressed, under
dressed, one solitary
bumbling be(e)ing
scribbles all he sees
into a poem

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It’s about bees (in three stanzas) in the Garden this weekend

My Lacuna

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the word rolls
effortlessly from
my tongue –
lacuna
it has a romantic
sound
the sound of
a cello playing
a silky feeling
like soft melon
in my mouth
luscious and exotic
hiding the true meaning
the empty place beside
me – the gap in my world
where I am stranded
since you are gone

~

it’s the Flash 55 PLUS! challenge in theGraden
55 words – the plus is using the word lacuna