Nearly Spring

This winter felt like a misnomer for most of the time. It has been marked with extraordinarily picturesque skies. Everytime I turned my camera skyward there was that little voice. Nature reminding me that at the very heart of such beauty, may be global warming.

As spring creeps in, I keep waiting for the charm of a proper snowfall. This unseasonably warm winter  seem to have fooled no one but me. The young leaves of the butterfly bush takes a stand. They look sturdy and healthy. They’re not going anywhere, despite their encounter with a transient snowfall. They’ve suffered no harm.

spring comes alive
plant pots at the garden’s edge
wore winter like clutter

Pat R

2/03/2020

Dverse Poets Pub where Frank Tassone is hosting Haibun Monday and the prompt is “Spring”

For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt words are “Charm & Harm”

For Eugenia’s Challenge where the prompt word is “Alive”

 

Spring’s Blush

blanket of blossoms

lay under trees newly green

spring has lost her blush

Pat R

5/05/19

For Frank Tassone’s Haiku Challenge where the prompt is ‘Trees Newly Green”

 

#Flower of The Day

Pear blossoms. This is from my pear tree. I planted it myself and it actually lived to be a tree bearing fruit. It was a big hit with the neighbors. They were helping me count how many pears we on the tree for the first time:)) 

It has been some years now. But still, every year, I am amazed!

 

every spring

right at my doorstep

living art

Pat

4/25/19

This is for Cee’s Photography for Flower of The Day Challenge. #FOTD.

NaPoWriMo

 

A Complex Legacy

This rise of incivility, hate mongering, and inhumane acts have settled in. It’s sowing itself into our fabric. I worry it’s a stain not easily removed.

a complex legacy

inhumane circumstances
normalized for too long

cotton fields
bloom with the DNA
of my ancestors

Pat R

4/22/19

For dVerse Poets Pub where the prompt is “Rise”. Stop by and do some reading or join in here.

&

NaPoWriMo Day 22

 

 

Flower of The Day

Pat R

4/21/19

For Cee’s Photo Of The Day

 

One-Liner Wednesday

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Matsuo Basho

 

For One-Liner Wednesdays over at Linda’s

 

 

Summer Night

ire of poked bonfire
sparks in a scattered frenzy
summer night on beach

For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt is Ire & Fire

&

ire of poked bonfire
flaunt sparks in scattered frenzy
summer night on beach

For Daily Prompt : Flaunt

Pat R

5/07/18