Grossbeaks arrived loud
last Sunday the camera
captured a few

4/20/26

Evening grosbeaks.

Don't let your senses go numb
from the countless atrocities
Don't let your heart harden —
open it even wider
reach deep inside
let the wordtide ebb and flow

Writing beauty into the world
is not an act of escapism —
It is a form of resistance.

#beauty #resilience #resistance #poetry #community

Winding forest path through redwood trees. Sparse undergrowth of ferns beside the path.

#ThickTrunkDay 🎶☕🌿🤞🌞🎶🤗🪻
#Nature 🦫🌹🦗🥾🌻🦔🌲🌿🌊🐬🐠🦋

And now you know why I have lived in this state over 60 years!
🩷 Governor Tina Kotek

Parents rolling graves
in Willamette National
Cemetery now

4/7/26

My father fought in WWII
he and my mother are buried together in the military cemetery and they are horrified by this country

The dog

Saltwater Everyone who terrifies you is 65 percent water. And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes you cannot breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and that you are down to your last 2 per cent, but nothing is infinite, not even loss. You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day, you are going to find yourself again. By Finn Butler

#nationalpoetrymonth #poem #writingcommunity #poetry

Hoe round the corner
weeds are sprouting before
seeds have been planted

4/3/26

#Dailyhaikuprompt hoe

garden has been hoed
and all the seeds are planted
the hoping never stops

#dailyhaikuprompt #Hoe #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Spring #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Garden #Gardening #Hope

Where hoe meets stone
this field has ancient arrowheads
the people before

#DailyHaikuPrompt #hoe #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets

©Gerry White, 2026

i think it's time for a few words from my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

#poems #Despair #ecocide #extinction #politics

To keep what I find
My eyes in light and shadow
Strangers on the trail

#haiku

A photo of a black and white cat upside down looking too cute for this world.

Ralph!!!!

🙃

Cheddar is on the floor, on his side, with his ear tucked under his head. He is reaching towards the camera with his paw, causing a motion blur. His eyes are big and wild.

In a boks, I finds sum nip
I gwabs it fast, I go on twip
I gets all wild, I roll and flip
Den up I jumps, away I zip

#CheddarPoetry #Catnip #Nip #IMaybeAttaktDaCamraToo #FiggyWachItAll #WeWesslesAfter

I do not like red
ignoring democracy
I too have a dream

pic from 3/28/26

The early evening shadows dancing on both the dark blue water and the snow covered mountains. The setting sun produced a golden glow in the almost clear sky. A few grey clouds were visible. If you look closely you can see the crescent of the moon in the centre of the sky.

“When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.”
- Austin O'Malley.

#photography

#vss365 #sprite

Picture from project happiness.org. Author is Holly Holden. Today I asked my body what she needed, which is a really big deal, considering my journey of not rolling, asking that much. I thought she might need more water, or protein, or greens, or yoga or supplements, or movement. But as I stood in the shower, reflecting on her stretch marks, her roundness where I would like flatness, her softness where I would like firmness, all those conditioned wishes that form a bundle of never quite rightness. She whispered a very gently: could you just love me like this?

Love this!

Crocus are withered
tulips too Easter lilies
hyacinths remain

#Dailyhaikuprompt crocus

Pic taken 2/10/26

Oh to be melting
in a swimming pool water
warm and relaxing

#Dailyhaikuprompt melting

Oh Purrl sweet friend
I miss you again so much
so beautiful too

3/14/26

Purrl forever 10 2008- 8/10/18

little pendulums
ticking off the days to spring
catkins in the breeze

#haiku

Small black cat looking out the window at the snow falling. Trees in background slowly turning white again. She enjoys these days.

At least one of us is pleased it's snowing

Again

Happy #Caturday from Blink

Its Caturday! Yay! #cats #catsofbluesky #gingers #caturday

Deer there is nothing
here for you to eat so go
leave the tree alone

3/10/26

A couple of frogs
join the gnomes guarding the house
giant deer sneak in

3/10/26

#Dailyhaikuprompt frog 🐸

Tiny garden gnome
only knows to guard this home
daffodils tower

3/7/26

The world needs a group hug. Add yours 🤗

through the haze
can’t tell which trees
are still naked

#haiku #poem #spring