Munising Falls drops over Pictured Rocks escarpment — Dan Johnson/NPS photo Bright breeze, though as rustly blanket Relax summer bee shine Soft wild color, Almost a soul that’s secret Why wander to thrive? Use the fresh night air and cycle through this sweet blue dark Breathe, but come see if you will feel always green…
Category: nature
#MM Saturday Mix – Unique Personality, 29 June 2019, FOWC, WoD, and 3 Things –Guirnalda des Petunias
Crystal Clear River in Bonito, Brazil, flowed through paradise with the graceful movement of a ballerina. The village leaders, who were proud of their piece of heaven on earth, proposed the first fiesta in 1993. They named it Guirnalda des Petunias, or Garland of Petunias for the petunias that grew wild along the edges of…
dVerse — Haibun — Summer’s Growth Bath
Merril is the host of dVerse today. Merril says: So today, I want you to conjure the magic of nature in your haibun. Think about the words, too, as of course, you do in poetry anyway. With the almost-daily rains, every herbaceous being grows lush with green. Where the bearded iris have two blossoms other…
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, June 19th 2019, summer solstice
Summer’s Goddess Blesses with her golden orb Heals us with her light * Golden zenith rains On fields of blossoming green — Cornucopia * Darkness gets cheated While long summer days play Owlsongs are cut short * Solstice strawberries Are the deepest red — and sweet! Shortcake’s dance partner * Spring’s asparagus gone Solstice berries…
Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 15 June 2019 — Every Summer
Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. For this week’s Lucky Dip, Sarah reached into her mystery bag and pulled out a Cascade form poem. Sarah says: Good luck with your ‘Lucky Dip Cascade’ – I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Don’t forget to tag ‘Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’, ‘Saturday Mix’,…
Mountain Trials
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay The following tale is true, I swear it upon my holy inheritance to pass through the pearly gates. In the year 1706, when us who traveled the Atlantic and found this new paradise, I and a party of 19 decided to cross the mountains now known as the Appalachians with…
Santa Agua
Image by enriquelopezgarre from Pixabay When I attended college in Spain, I was blessed enough to stay in a “dorm” room at the Palacio del Santa Agua. The palace was built as a public monument to life-giving water when an 80-year drought had afflicted the area. During the drought, the mango fields withered and even…
Tao-Talk 