spent blossoms
under the cherry tree
blanket the ground
Collaboration for Peace
It’s been fun collaborating with Mish from mishunderstood and we hope you have been enjoying our Sunday posts. So far Mish has been providing the pictures and I have been inspired to write.
Hope you are having a peaceful day….
clouds kiss the face
of the eternal ocean
in silent communion
© candace kubinec – sent
leadership
a skein of geese pass
overhead
an imperfect ‘v’
against the blue
sky
I watch them rise
and fall
with the air currents
one lone flyer
seems to lead the way
the others following
always some straggler
honking
from behind
or could that one who
falls behind
be, in fact, the
leader
honking “you can do it”
—–
Just Jot It January 15th – leadership
Inky Stars
vast spent stars of darkest ink
I think
are hiding in the deep of night
they might
have given up their glow
just flow
above us here below
keeping wishes we have made
upon them till they’d fade
I think they might just flow
—–
De is tending bar at the pub and has challenged us to try our hand at an Ovillejo
Check it out at d’Verse Poets
M(Ohm)tivation
roll out of bed when the alarm
sounds – well, hit the snooze
once
wash face, brush teeth
maybe comb hair –
unless I hit the snooze
twice
pull on comfy clothes
grab my mat and keys
clean my glasses –
unless I hit the snooze
three times
downward dog
warrior I & II
tree pose – mine is
blowing in the wind
triangle
sun salutations
shavasana –
ahhhhhhh
my motivation
very large chia tea latte
after class
—-
Just Jot It January 14th – motivation
night sacrifice
I gaze up at night
to see the moon gazing
back at me
its muted light barely
cuts the darkness
it does not get the acclaim
the daytime sun garners
we do not lay under its
glow – soaking up rays
instead we sleep while
it keeps guard
it is unique in the sky
does it get lonely
I gaze up at night
and ask the man I see
if it is worth the sacrifice
—
Just Jot It January 13th – sacrifice
Imaginary Garden – The Tuesday Platform
frost
powdered stones
along the bank of a pond
overnight frost
—
Carpe Diem Throw That Pebble #2 – frost
animals and seasons
scruffy stray cat
slinking through the tall grass
song birds scatter
——-
Tokubetsudesu #65 – combining animals and seasons
thanks to Sara for this prompt
skull
Oh, this marvelous skull
it covers the best and
worst of me – holds
emotions I share and
those I keep secret
This boney vessel
keeps every moment
I’ve ever experienced
It sends messages to
the rest of me
messages I never hear
And some where
hidden safely inside
this rounded bit of
skeleton I find my muse
—
Just Jot It January 12th – skull
cold spring
Photo : copyright Kanzensakura ( used with permission)
We have an old apple tree in our yard. There used to be three but over the years weather and disease got the best of the other two. Some years this old tree blooms abundantly and we have a harvest of misshapen but delicious apples at the end of summer. Birds nest in its branches and deer feast on the fallen fruit. Our granddaughter loves to play in the twisted branches. Every spring, as those lovely delicate white flowers begin to appear, we wonder if this will be the year we get a late freeze and will our old friend survive to delight us another season.
~
tender blossoms
with coats of winter white
spring snow
——
d’Verse Poets – Haibun Monday
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai -#895 Harusamu (cold spring)
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