Cluster of pale pink orchids with yellow and magenta centers blooming along a stem at the base of a tree, surrounded by green leaves in a sunlit garden.

Have you ever seen a flower hurling to unfurl?’

Wishing you all an easy day.

#EasySunday
#DancingBetweenTallGrass
🌱🌻💚📚

Bunnies in a raft pull up next to a spaceship capsule, which has just splashed down and is floating in the open sea. Visible in the capsule, two bunnies wave at the ones in the boat.

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

I needed this bit of sweetness. Thank you, @greachan.bsky.social. 😊

Congratulations!

3-line poem entitled "Breathe": Deep breaths, thoughts controlled– rescue me from the weight of our collective grief. Chandra Tyler Mountain iamchandralynn.com

Breathe...

#poem #micropoem #haiku #smallpoemsunday #skypoets #BlueSkyPoetry #poetrycommunity

@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Congratulations on (and thank you for) the good work you accomplished this year!

Christmas Miracle The Christmas spirit seems to be on hiatus this year, but even though I lament its absence, I still stand in awe of the miracle of Christmas: that Christ saw deep into the future and still chose us…

Merry Christmas! 🎄

#poetry #christmas #blogpost #skypoets #jesus #wordpressblogger

@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

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Silent November | Beautiful Tuesdays (with Pansies) The pansies I visit on my walks to and from the administrative building on campus deserve a little poem.  I landed on “November,” Thomas Hood’s poem commenting on the dreariness o…

My response to Thomas Hood's November poem--with pansies.

#poem #poetry #november #pansies #southernclimate #autumn #blogger

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Silent November | A Soul Awakened My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaringAnd carried aloft on the wings of the breeze –Anne Bronte, from “Lines Composed In A Wood On A Windy Day” We are finally in the autumn sea…

#thursdaytreelove #autumn #fall #blogpost

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Square book cover with white background. In center of cover: a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly feast on pink blossoms mottled background, navy blue with yellow specks. Book title and author's name in blue serif font. Title: Drops of Sacred Water: Scripture Haiku for the Healing Soul. Author: Chandra Tyler Mountain.

New release! 🙌🏽 Another small collection of Scripture haiku and photo art. Released Oct 1 for breast cancer awareness month.

Created for those who are navigating physical, mental, or emotional health challenges.

🔗 a.co/d/ezr2Eix

#poetry #haiku #scripture #skypoets
@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Betty Acquah, Ghanaian painter,
Heart of innocence, 2021 #WomensArt

The Not Gonna-Gonna Lists I was talking to one of my “lil’ writing sistas” yesterday about how I had not posted on the blog in a month. She sent me a list of suggested “hotbed” topics to which …

Not gonna...

#blogpost #wordpress #lists

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Sunflowers and Serendipity There are no words to express how incredibly challenging my inner-life has been lately. There are so many threads to tease out. I realize now forgoing vacation during the summer and delaying till w…

#sunflowers #blogger #blogpost #serendipity

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I wrote a poem about lies & liars many, many moons ago while sitting in a meeting listening to lies. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Here's a snippet.

#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity
#skypoets #blueskypoetry #fiction #lies

@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

@freyapickard.bsky.social, thank you for including me. 🤗

Beautiful Tuesdays | Pearls of Wisdom for This Moment Last week I had beautiful moments at UNCF UNITE Summit 2025. I was inspired by amazing speakers, sessions, music, and, of course, the camaraderie of colleagues from all over. Although there were in…

Beautiful Tuesday with pearls of wisdom...

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White Roses for My Friend and Mentor It was the loss of my dear friend and mentor, Dr. Jerry W. Ward, in February that sent me into a retreat from heavy emotions. As the losses mounted, my coping mechanisms literally failed, so I thre…

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5 Minutes with the Roses A rose is a rose, even by another name. But we choose whether we will offer beauty to the world, or if we will use our thorns to sting.  –Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends As mentioned in an earli…

I've been sharing "LaSierra Roses" on my blog all week.

#roses #blogpost #blogger

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Endlessly..💖

My painting BLUEBONNETS

Congratulations!

Online Flipbook Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

I facilitated a seminar last week at ASU's Summer Writing & Arts Summit, Haiku in Focus. Click the link below to view an ebook featuring the work of 7 of the participants.

#haiku #poetry #writingcommunity #visualhaiku #art #ebook #skypoets

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Beautiful Tuesdays | Ducks, Ducks Everywhere! I have a slight thing for “rubber duckies”—they’re just so cute! You can imagine my absolute glee when I encountered rubber ducks all over The Peabody (hotel) in Memphis, Tennessee. While I was che…

Because ducks...

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Beautiful Tuesdays | Hope and Humanity A week ago, a few colleagues and I jumped into a van and drove to Memphis, Tennessee to spend the day at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We briefly visited with our students who are in…

Healing arts...

#stjude #childrensart #teenart #blogger

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I'll be facilitating a seminar at the ASU's Summer Writing Summit.

In the session, we'll practice focused observation and explore the art of haiku, translating fleeting moments into poetry and images.

If you're in the area, join us. It's free!

#poetry #haiku #writinglife

Thank you! 🤗

A fairytale in Tuscany. Fun fact: Taken with my smartphone

Beautiful! 😍

It's here!!! My poem, "You'll Hear Music," is included in the newly released Stafford Challenge 2024-25 Anthology--available in paperback or ebook.

Learn more at: wildpoetpress.com/anthology/

#staffordchallenge #poetry #skypoets #writinglife #published #newrelease #poets #anthology