Originally posted on rivrvlogr: fir tree dressed in snow pine cone shadows in moonlight silent night beauty This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #118: Christmas. Image source: Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. No doubt the first of many responses. Photo©Dave Croker it’s Christmas I tell the birds on the feeder putting out more seed oh, they say and clean up as usual

12/22/19: solstice owl flight …after midwinter the“festival of lights” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #Hanukkah2019

lumena? (solo renga series) are we all monsters consumers of wants, needs left out be sun bleached raw? full of hot air, to be stored away, deflated egos waiting to pay bills of things we cannot afford; forgetting free love? from a crazy dying world whose nature we assume tame? what accepted myths will keep…

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Back in 2012, we celebrated our last Christmas with my wife’s mother. She had just been diagnosed with and inoperable brain tumor. It was a time of very deep and mixed emotions. Her father was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, and in January of 2013 had to be placed…

Originally posted on Tao-Talk: Shattering Winter’s Night Candle numbers change But lighting is universal – Flame shatters dark * Winter Pheasant Gold, green, red contrast, Warm against the cold white – Loud cry breaks silence * Winter Holiday Evenings Cats curl, warm, sleeping Red green lights polka-dot fur – Mouse sugar plum dreams ? ?…