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Haiku Friday: Bird’s Eye-View

Posted on June 21, 2013 by

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Thistle slits ready Feral felines far below Supper safe – I sing!

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Haiku Friday: Storm Surge

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

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🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 Out-cropped rock ledge, tossed ashore by massive storm surge; here and gone – for now. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

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Haiku Friday: Bordeaux

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

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🍀🍀🍀 Shades of blue-green clouds Kiss sun-soaked farm scene below Bucolic beauty. 🍀🍀🍀

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Haiku Friday: Azure-o-sphere

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

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Soaring sunward, o’er Gathering cloud-clumps, ‘neath an Azure atmosphere.

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Photo Friday: Traveling

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

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Alas, they are gone, Flown to sunny, warmer climes, Snow birds on the wing.

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Haiku Friday: They’re Back!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

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Perfect poked holes poised Cicada cacophony Canopy chorale  

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Haiku Friday: Nest Egg

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

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Haiku Friday: Pervasive

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

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Nature’s fine green talc, Sprinkled nonpareils atop Backyard bannisters.

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Hidden Treasure

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

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Today, I share a very special poem; one written for me by my Dad, when I was sick with pneumonia in 1978. As the young, working Mom of two children, aged 7 and 4, being hospitalized for 11 days, meant that my husband bore… Continue Reading “Hidden Treasure”

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Priceless

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

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🍪🍪🍪🍦🍦🍦🍪🍪🍪 Precious moments strewn before me Each day they fill my memories Cropping up from nowhere, Like bursting leaves on springtime trees. A tiny hand in mine, A tear to wipe away, A doggie walk around the block, An urgent plea to play. Cookie… Continue Reading “Priceless”

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“Va Pensiero”

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

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Tonight, as music fills this hallowed hall And transfixed patrons breathe and sigh as one, I’m moved to tears: this music from the past Performed across the sea from whence it came. The eyes are windows to the soul; (some say) For me, the… Continue Reading ““Va Pensiero””

Category: A Musician's Notebook, Music, NaPoWriMo, Oratorio Singers, Photo Essays, Photography, Well-struck NotesTags: , , , ,

Welcome Home

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

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Was it a dream? Or perhaps a scene from younger days. Mom and Dad Came to visit last night. Happily we waved them in Scurrying to pull up chairs. For a moment, they were there; We were, as once we were. They were young… Continue Reading “Welcome Home”

Category: NaPoWriMo, Photography, Prose

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