smooth and silky
melts slowly on her lips
bitter chocolate
—
Carpe Diem #910 Bitterness/Sour
prompt from Hamish
A place for poems and pics
smooth and silky
melts slowly on her lips
bitter chocolate
—
Carpe Diem #910 Bitterness/Sour
prompt from Hamish
silvery moonbeams
reflected in still water
diamonds on the pond
—–
MLMM – Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
you’ve gone and
left me
here
with no guidance
the other half
of our collective
memory
the weaker half
I step into the
swirling shadows
of aging
with no one to
follow
no footsteps
in which to place
my stumbling feet
no way to anticipate
where this path
will lead me
so I will tread
slowly
bravely
humbly
as you would have
under the moon
an owl flies through branches
in silence
—-
Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #68 d.t.hasse’s “inviting silence”
hard sugar shell
sweet gumminess within
red jellybean
Carpe Diem #909 Sweetness
prompts by Hamish

(photo by Gabriella)
The old man had fished trout steams all over the country. He had the best tackle money could buy, everything his many guides had recommended. He’d fished in clear mountain streams and beside raging rivers. He’s caught salmon, walleye, perch, and pike.
Now in retirement he has met his match. Every morning he sits along the stream in the little town near his home, patiently casting his line over and over, trying to catch the elusive trout that live in its deep pools.
finding refuge
under an old stone bridge
native trout
——
Haibun Monday # 6 at d’Verse
It’s Sunday (actually it’s Saturday but I’m traveling all day Sunday and won’t be able to post) which means another Collaboration For Peace! Mishand I are happy to share our creations and hope that they can inspire you in some small way.

(photo by Mish)
Peace Comes
peace comes not from inky
words on paper
or notes sung by choirs of angels
it comes instead when two souls
reach across the gap of
their differences
to find commonality
© candace kubinec
on a rainy afternoon
the sky is wrapped
in a gray wooly blanket
across the garden
tree branches sway
in a solemn dance
——
Bastet has intoduced the poetry form Cherita
B&Ps Shadorma & Beyond – January 30