Category Archives: Haiku

Alone Time

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Maggie C

Chules is sick today. I can hear his tummy roiling from across the room. He’s been in- and outside at least a dozen times since morning. When I let him out, he beelines to the side yard fence, and tries … Continue reading →

Posted in 5-7-5, Animalia, Haiku, Photography, poetry, prose | Tagged alone time, Chules, dVerse, eskie, haibun, pets, solitude | 29 Comments

for all to see

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Maggie C

Shed no tears; wear them. Shed not your humanity. Wear love on your sleeve. dVerse Poetics prompt: Shed

Posted in 5-7-5, daily prompt, Haiku, humanity, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, dVerse, haiku, humanity, poetry, shed, tears | 25 Comments

grayce notes

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Maggie C

monochrome music nuance plays upon nuance melodies in gray Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Music

Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, photo challenge, Photography, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, CB&W, Cee's Black and White Photo Challenge, haiku, music, nuance, piano, poetry | 4 Comments

dog days of winter

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Maggie C

The gravel path encircling the dog park is churned to mud. Wood chips, spread last season to fill in low spots, now form a waterlogged sponge underfoot. The sky, pale blue and cloudless, does not belie that we are in … Continue reading →

Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, nature, poetry, prose | Tagged dog park, dogs, dVerse, haibun, January, mud, pets, poery, prose, winter | 22 Comments

sewing discord

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Maggie C

threading through the clouds jets rip the sky asunder contrails hide the tears

Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, humanity, nature, Photography, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, clouds, contrail, haiku, sky | 6 Comments

continuation

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Maggie C

winter solstice wish: may lessons learned in years past guide the year to come

Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, humanity, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, haiku, ivy, new year, vines, wall, winter solstice, wishes | Leave a comment

The Big Reveal

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Maggie C

It is weeks in the making. First the design is conceived, drawn and copied for a pattern to attach to the worktable. Glass is selected by color, texture, opacity… or sometimes simply availability and affordability. The glass is cut, ground … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, Haiku, poetry, prose | Tagged dVerse, haibun, haiku, patience, poetry, stained glass construction, waiting | 34 Comments

backward glance

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Maggie C

pause in quietude answer held in gentle mind the question will come Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Flowing Water

Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, nature, photo challenge, Photography, poetry, spirituality, Washington, weekly photo challenge | Tagged beach, black & white, CB&W, haiku, nature, ocean, photo challenge, poetry, waves | 2 Comments

Old but New

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Maggie C

I don’t know when the original hardwood flooring was covered with carpet. Times change. Tastes change. A beautiful, gleaming oak floor in the mid-fifties came – over time – to be seen as an outdated, cold, hard to maintain surface. … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, poetry, prose | Tagged dVerse, flooring, haibun, hardwood floors, poetry, poetry challenge, restoration, transitions | 34 Comments

morning stirs

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Maggie C

The clock shows six a.m. Maybe. My eyes don’t quite focus first thing in the morning. My dog Chules has awakened me with his gentle “woof” from halfway down the hall. I don’t know how he expects me to hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Animalia, daily prompt, Haiku, poetry, prose | Tagged Chules, Dan Fogelberg, dogs, dVerse, haibun, haiku, morning, pets, prose | 32 Comments