Tarot

play with strange pictures  

 trick-taking card games

polite conversation

linked to carpe diem; Tarot

Wake Up

a timeless moment

revealing a new awareness

lost in the stars

"You are all Buddhas
There is nothing you need to acheive.
Just open your eyes"
Siddhartha Gautama

linked to carpe diem; Awakening

Fair Fowl

Sunset swans at Brace's Cove

linked to scenic weekend

Storyteller

gather round children

a tale of love and murder

 no sleep tonight 

linked to carpe diem; Storyteller

Terra-forming

mountain spitting out

flowing river of red hot

building an island 

linked to haiku heights; Volcano

Full Fish Moon

daddy fished the seas

a dragger and some good luck

nets a full fish moon

I am from a coastal 'tribe', so here's
a 1959 photo of dad's boat, The F/V Holy Family.
Built in 1945, it exploded mysteriously at dry dock in 1982.


linked to carpe diem

Cool Rain

 love reigns over me
  swimming in its warm seas
until the cool rain

In my head I am singing "Love Reign O'er Me",  from 'Quadrephenia' - "....I need to get back home to cool cool rain...."

linked to carpe diem; Cool Rain

Roasted

mornings without you
no warmth no comfort no reason 

 to open my eyes

linked to carpe diem; Coffee

Celestial Highway

can you imagine 

 bits of a brilliant blue sky
guiding your voyage

linked to carpe diem; BlueBonnet

Harbor

A view of Gloucester's breakwater and lighthouse from Stage Fort Park.  The park has picnic areas, 2 beaches, cannons, playground areas, concert venue, trails, and lots of huge boulders to climb.  And my dog loves  to run here.

linked to scenic weekend
    and   nf waters

O God

the world has gone mad

my head and heart are full of 

nightmarish visions  

linked to haiku my heart

Finding Joy in a Messed Up World

i find joy in little things:

memories of family and friends gone by 

nature and bright colors

the earth and the sea and the sky

animals and history

world cultures and books

laughter and poetry 

linked to share the joy

Question

moment of my birth

the stars aligned then shone bright

the owl asked 'who'

linked to haiku heights; Owl

backed against the wall

watching dancers swing and sway

a lonely flower

linked to carpe diem; Lonely Flower

Small mountain...

man went up a hill

and came down a mountain

only in the movie

linked to carpe diem; Small Mountain

Spring is here...

singing spring at last 

 she gathered the new blooms

clipped from an old bush

linked to carpe diem; Finally Spring

Ipswich Bay

linked to scenic weekend

rain coming

(best enlarged)
linked to orangeuglad

My Dad

I see him hunting
when an eye is caught he'll smile
happy in a crowd
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social fun-loving man

passive trusting playing at life 

 a child in his eyes

linked to carpe diem; Sagittarius 

Fall

 pine needles underfoot 

fragrant scent of autumn

I rest on fallen leaves

linked to carpe diem and
haiku my heart; Scent of Autumn

Scorpian

her stinger held high
it sways then is driven
she's barely human

linked to carpe diem; Scorpio

How Could This Happen?

child's faith is lost

 incensed congregation wails 

heaven scent horror 

linked to haiku heights; Incense

Libra

My mom once told me that the reason I was born in October was because my dad had the flu in February!

indecision plagues
should I or should I not

I just can't decide

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 balance and justice 

scales of number seven

define my airy sign

linked to carpe diem; Libra

Aunt Anna

auntie fiery Leo

growling lion in a housedress

scared me til I was 30

linked to carpe diem: Leo

In the Distance

Boston skyline from a Cape Ann beach

linked to scenic weekends and nf waters

Tree of Life

golden raintree

lacy leaves sent from the East

quest for life's meaning

linked to carpe diem: Golden Tree

Eggshell Walk

angry man at home

she cringes and treads lightly

fear her closest friend

linked to haiku heights; Eggshells

Irrelevant

priest drones latin text

caring not for content

psalms of ancient times

linked to haiku heights; Drone

gemini

June post-war baby

at once friend and foe

all in the family

My sister, who passed away 2 1/2 yrs ago from pancreatic cancer at age 65, was a consummate Gemini - every, and I mean every characteristic listed was Grace.....


linked to carpe diem; Gemini

Go Fish

linked to wordless wed

Surfer

Lone surfer on a stormy and cold afternoon...

linked to waterworldwed