Winter Haibun

image link I had to travel on the highway today to volunteer at the cat shelter and to check on my two fur granddaughters for my son and his wife, as they are out of town.  The winds in the area reached between 50-65 mph — and it’s still at it out there! — and…

dVerse Haibun Monday #2 — 2/4/19 Winter Solitude

“Winter Solitude” by Patricia DeWit Kim is the host of this week’s Haibun Monday at the dVerse poet’s pub. Kim says: For this week’s Haibun Monday, write about solitude: it could be meditative solitude, solitude in nature, or just plain old sitting alone in your room solitude. That’s up to you. But you should write…

d’Verse — Haibun Monday: January

Today’s offering is a haibun written for hostess of the evening’s d’Verse, Kim’s, prompt of January. Waking up at eleven, looking out at another repetition of anemic feebleness that washes the life out everything. Invisible beyond grey, clouds prevent any instance of ROYGBIV. Eyes strain to delineate blah from blah. To say it is preferable…

d verse monday — haibun on waiting

image link Imelda is hosting at dverse tonight. Her prompts are waiting and the form haibun. This is the second try for me on haibun and it’s probably the most challenging form I’ve done yet.  I’m very interested in any critiques on this.  It would be appreciated as I want to get better, especially at…

Poetry Day 23 — See Me

  For OctWriPoMo, “today’s prompt is See Me. I love the simplicity and strength of this statement. What is it that you wish others knew about you? What would you want those in your closest relationships to acknowledge? What is your truth?”  The suggested form is haibun which is a combination of prose, then haiku…