Haiku: window watching
branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch
branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch
as night bends to day lone bodies shift and stretch ’til his hand brushes hers
“Use sand as your medium or inspiration today.” What a great excuse for haiku … about playing a board game with one of those anxiety-producing timers. fast and narrow sand rains […]
arms and legs entwined intimate unison rest afternoon cat nap
cardboard skeleton brass brad joints set at neat points fixed still with brown tape
white screen taunts until black letters pop into view fingers tap story
For day 164 of 365: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life, Noah Scalin’s suggestion is to “use the wind.” In this irreverent household, every family member I consulted […]
My thumbprint inspired me to make a haiku this evening.
Make something inspired by today’s morning sky? Sure. How about a haiku? (Photo compliments of husband Jim Nyland and his iPhone. Jim got out under the blue sky a couple […]
scrapes of red sully marked-up draft ’til revisions heal text with edits Today, in response to the make something challenge to work with red, I wrote the red haiku above. A teacher […]
Today’s make something task was to create with the napkin I used at a meal … with extra credit for leaving it behind for someone else to discover. Thanks to […]
Make something inspired by the world of insects. Just yesterday I noticed that I have barely seen a bug or spider since we arrived here. I’m vacationing in the Columbia […]
I shrieked with delight when I turned to today’s prompt in 365: A Daily Creativity Journal. Write a haiku! That’s in my word-ly, poetic comfort zone. (Plus bonus points for illustration.) […]
This one was easy! For the past year, I have been relaxing into my place as teacher, motivator, coach, mentor for writers. So when Noah Scalin’s book directed me to […]
I broke out the Haikubes for today’s poem. These words assembled themselves quickly. I must be feeling small and grateful …