~ Mortality #1 ~ Emergent from dancing atoms, life is short. ~ Mortality #2 ~ I live life with defiant joy, all the way. Defiance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #328 An earlier version of this post responded to a challenge inspired by Basho’s last haiku, written when he knew he was dying. Contributors […]
While I knew that many rules about haiku are rules of thumb rather than definite requirements, I thought that poems in haiku form must have 3 lines. Then I wrote a 2-line haiku. While I was not the first to write a 2-line haiku, I may have been the first to write one prompted by […]
Awning. Window frame. Sunlight flows between and forms arrow head on drape. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). […]
Wet thunder booms as water sweeps itself away. A rainbow lingers. Photo of Iguazu Falls © Marcio Chagas | Unsplash (Image has been cropped.) My haiku was inspired by the contrast between loud rushing water and a silent steady rainbow, as pondered by Boris Glikman in a prose poem about a visit to Niagara Falls. […]
Slow shutter needed.Daffodil and tulip shareearly morning light.~ ~ ~ ~There is enough for us all,if we take less than we want. Light ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #319 – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
A crab lived and died. Empty claws and carapace sing an elegy. Photo © Patrick Jennings | Carapace and Claw Click on the link in the photo credit to read the photographer’s own poem inspired by the fine image. – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside […]
With less dynamic range than my eye, my camera exaggerated the chiaroscuro in the images posted here. But not too much. With a nod to a common way to describe tempo in musical scores, I began drafting this post with the title [Chiaroscuro Ma Non Troppo]. Then I noticed a closer connection to music. My sequence of images is a visual rondo.
Coming soon: pink nectar chalice, bumblebee. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Start the day with a triple espresso? The bee did but I didn’t. While shooting laurel blooms in soft light, I was distracted by the […]
Flowers wilt; leaves still make food. Why? For next year. – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Lavender salutes red, white, and blue of our flag. Pride and gratitude. – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
What can I add to a post by Sue Ranscht about victims of the Uvalde mass shooting? Nothing beyond another place where Sue’s concise eloquence might be seen and pondered. Maybe even acted upon. Remember in November.
While pondering “the meaning of food” is rare, pondering “the meaning of life” is common. Deservedly? Buckle up and enjoy the ride. ~ ~ ~ ~ Your life and mine are not arbitrary symbols used by a third party to communicate with a fourth party. Don’t let sweating “the meaning of life” interfere with living.
Consciously, I had nothing to add when I posted a photo recently. But the pot always simmers. I brooded on the word “victory” in a comment by Sue Ranscht. I recalled the epic journey across northern Norway in World War 2 by Jan Baalsrud, the sole survivor of a commando force betrayed by a Nazi collaborator. I seized another day of magical light and found there was more to show and to say.
School of metal fish gleams in natural light and never stops swimming. – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Golden glow with purple and green. Spring returns. Golden ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #306 – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Mellow Curmudgeon 