**** Rainbow Under the rainbow Somewhere a wish is granted Bluebird sings love song **** This year is my fourth AtoZ Challenge. My theme this year is poetry once again. I’ll be writing a haiku a day, but I’m also adding a new hobby to the posts, photography. I will post one of my photos,Continue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘R is for Rainbow’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
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#AtoZChallenge ‘P is for Pure White’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Today I’d like to thank Paul Militaru for this beautiful photo which he recently posted on his blog, Check out his blog, where you can see all his fabulous photographs. **** Pure White Pure white daisies smile Like bridesmaids at a wedding Dancing while groom waits **** This year is my fourth AtoZ Challenge. MyContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘P is for Pure White’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘O is for Ocean’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Ocean’s highest peak Proud remains of Atlantis Plane soars unimpressed **** The first photo was taken by my cousin Mirta, who lives on the island of Tenerife, where you can find El Teide, a volcano, known as the highest peak in the Atlantic Ocean. I took the second photo from a plane on my wayContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘O is for Ocean’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘N is for New York’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
This is another photo taken by Gabriela, one of my best friends and colleagues, from One World Trade Center Observatory, when she was visiting New York last summer. Two Haiku today. I’d say New York deserves some special treatment! **** New York Sleepless in New York Sirens, movie scenes, bright lights Where dreams are madeContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘N is for New York’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘M is for Missouri’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Today I’d like to thank Stephanie Finnell @Randallbychance for this beautiful photo which she took on the Katy Trail State Park in Sedalia, Missouri last autumn. **** Missouri Bridge over highway Silenced by footsteps on leaves Shining in sunlight **** Stephanie told me the bridge in the photo is above US Hwy 65 and theContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘M is for Missouri’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘L is for Lights’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
This photo was taken by Gabriela, one of my best friends and colleagues, who has no online presence, yet! It is a picture of the Roman Bridge in Córdoba, which is illuminated by night. The building at the far end of the bridge is the Mosque, now a Cathedral, which is also lit upContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘L is for Lights’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘K is for Keel’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
This photo was taken by Andrés, @adpascuas, my daughter’s boyfriend, while he was visiting the island of San Andrés, part of an archipelago located in the Caribbean, which belongs to Colombia. **** Keel (after Martin Carter) Grounded Keel once saw Ocean stained with memory Now tourists snap shots **** The boat in the pictureContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘K is for Keel’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘J is for Jane Eyre’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Olga, who blogs at Olga Author Translator, took this beautiful photo last year at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I don’t know if it is supposed to be Jane Eyre, but it certainly reminds me of her! In fact, this sculpture is called Wilsis and belongs to a series of portrait heads by Jaume Plensa, depicting young girls from aroundContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘J is for Jane Eyre’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘I is for Ink’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Ink Ink trickles from pen I exist I bleed I write Squeezing my soul dry **** Writing a poem is slow, painful and cathartic. Feelings translated into syllables and words are painstakingly wrenched from the soul and poured onto a blank page. It’s excruciating, disturbing, and always frustrating, but there’s no alternative. It’s the onlyContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘I is for Ink’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#AtoZChallenge ‘H is for House’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Lonely house by shore Wrapped in ice-cold sea and snow. Warm wood glows inside. **** This photograph was taken by my friend and colleague Thor Walum, retired English teacher and lover of Spain and photography, who lives in a beautiful, tiny island in the north of Norway, which I was lucky enough to visit someContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘H is for House’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
Rereading Jane Eyre 