Haiku: window watching
branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch
Tag Archives: nature
Make Something: Plant Shapes
“Create something based on the shapes found in a plant in your immediate vicinity.” I don’t keep house plants. To do so would be cruel, as I am unable to […]
Make Something: Decay
Today’s make something prompt is odd: Make something that will decay over time … (Doesn’t everything?) There’s more: … and document it until it’s gone (or too smelly to keep). […]
Make Something: Morning Sky
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 […]
Make Something: Dirt
Go outside and make something in or with the first patch of dirt you find. I didn’t have to go far. At the edge of our driveway, the ground around […]
Make Something: Insects
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 […]
Soil
In March 2013, the Sibling Discovery Project brought us the word soil—a concept that came easily for all of us. Paul’s vision for a carving was vivid. Norma worked with […]
Make Something: Nature Jingle
Write an advertising jingle for something in nature. This seemed the perfect creative assignment to involve my poetic, musical, silly daughters. Together, we brainstormed aspects of nature, filling a page […]
Overcast
Day 357 prompt: Overcast no more rain and yet sky remains heavy with gray suggestions of darkness are bullies of mid-day
Dew
Day 354 prompt: The Letter D (a haiku) dawn on the meadow dazzling diamonds of dew bedeck every blade
Right Angle
Day 350 post: Unique Camera Angle questing for the perfect shot photographer drops down to a squat bestowing unusual scale and power with an upward view of a delicate flower
Unleashed
Day 338 prompt: Letters in Nature (an acrostic poem) Nature’s Artful Textures Unleash Rejoicing Everywhere
Sky-High
Day 322 prompt: Sky-High while wandering a lakeside path the little boy looks up Where does the sky begin? grandpa stretches one long arm as high as he possibly can Beyond […]
Almost Perfect
Day 225 prompt: Restful perfect Sunday afternoon weather right for jeans and tees leaves and branches sway above rousing to a gentle breeze I find an hour of solitude to use […]
Shapely Scene
Day 198 prompt: Shapes in Nature (a haiku) ruffled fronds weep tears of dew into dark circles along the bent path
Beth Nyland 