Way to hang in there, little guy.

sipping Dutch courage
gazing toward the mountain pass
just cherry stems left

#haiku mountain stem
#DailyHaikuPrompt

Yep. Noticed that.

oh do not confuse
my calm assured demeanor
cries the lonely hawk

#haiku calm lonely
#DailyHaikuPrompt

Mushrooms in a rental home yard, 2016, North Carolina. A cluster of mushrooms stand in front of a home. They look to be short. The photo is taken from down near the ground. These mushrooms are beautiful brown and look a lot like they are made of leather. The hill they are standing on has moss, grasses and twigs. It's a cozy scene.

like tiny houses
neighborhoods built overnight
mushrooms face the rain

#haiku colt mushrooms
#DailyHaikuPrompt

This is a detail of a piece by Mike, aka @staykinduniverse.swifties.social ... this is at the bottom of a peace sign which says "If you love someone, let them nap." A perfect Sunday thought. This detail shows the face of an animal, golden dog maybe or brown fox, lying down with its eyes closed. Taking a nap.

Love this detail ... I am getting sleepy ...

Beautiful. Or maybe add a little spice!

Thank you for your words, Sarah.

I don't believe in God either but I believe that at the bend in the creek not far from my house where the water gets louder as it rushes downhill on its way to the river before it heads to the sea, the beautiful spot I call Tutu's Place, my mother speaks to me. 🌺💜

Many people are asking, so here’s my “why.”

Thank you, Kansas Democrats, for an inspiring Friday evening together.

It's amazing. I see these beautiful things just out walking. Such gifts.

And we are so lucky if that happens to us, right? After 25 years, my wife and I are still flying high and learning more and more every day. Thank you for your lovely words. 💜 So nice to meet you.

Nice.
#SenseWrds
#CallAndResponse

trying hard
to remember
the me I knew
before I met you
but then
oohyess
I recall
there was no me
until that day
no me
until
the moment
right before
we met

Nice.
#SenseWrds
#CallAndResponse

trying hard
to remember
the me I knew
before I met you
but then
oohyess
I recall
there was no me
until that day
no me
until
the moment
right before
we met

"These men made the choices to change their relationship status from being these women’s life partners — to being their life-takers."

What happens when a woman doesn't survive to tell her own story? We have to tell it better. ... maybe we can crack a window.

Purple African Daisies. Two bright purple daisies with dark centers stand against the background of green groundcover and dark dirt. The flowers look like they are reaching out. The petals are bright with dark streaks and light tips. The look ALIVE!! ... as they are.

💜 hope and life.

Taste of honeyed memory.

#7syllablesentence
#honey

Smell me, please, the flower begs.

#7syllablesentence
#flower

💜

sleep shattered again
bright lightning
thunder's loud CRACK
head on fluffy clouds

#haiku clouds 
bright lightning 
#poem #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt

Lavender flower with five petals rises above the grasses. Very pretty flower.

I love
the tiny flowers
teeny tiny
gazing up
crying out
for my attention
from their bed
nestled in the grass
tiny colorful messengers
nature
waving 'hello!'

#Nature
#poetry #photography

What have we become?

#funny

Working at the local FoodBank last week and a 20-something moved fast to change the playlist when this came on. She said, "What is that?!" ..... lyrics that haven't aged well.

'Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go and leave you all alone? Mhmm
I got a bad desire
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire'

Time to get on the make-sense train.

#7syllablesentence
#train

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public'

IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated

W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

apple's just perfect
peach tastes like sunshine and joy
yet plums make glum pie

#haiku plum plenty 
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt

Perfect! 🌭

I know that angst. 💜

Two swans glide side-by-side on a very bright blue lake. The water sparkles and the swans are one in front of the other, their necks mirroring each other as they slowly move from our left to right. It's a very peaceful scene. We can see a sliver of darker water and the shore in the distance.

Two love birds take a pre-dinner paddle.

#NCNature
#photography
#lakelife

... and partridge in a pear tree. 💜