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Featured Image Above: A Haiga, a drawing by my niece Kerri, with my attached Haiku
I’m a member of an on-line photography group, which has been interesting and fun for me. Each day we have a different topic/prompt to do, and yesterday’s topic was “Haiga”; Haiga is a style of Japanese painting that incorporates the aesthetics of haikai. Haiga are typically painted by haiku poets, and often accompanied by a haiku poem. Like the poetic form it accompanied, haiga was based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world. Stephen Addiss points out that “since they are both created with the same brush and ink, adding an image to a haiku poem was… a natural activity.” Well below I am sharing with you my response to the prompt. The pen and ink picture was painted by Carole in 1975(the year we met), and I wrote the attached Haiku in 2019.
Today I am presenting the second ‘5min’ poem that I wrote during Ali Grimsham’s ‘Writing Circle’ Zoom meeting I attended on Monday. Here is the page link to get more information about the next writing circle. https://flashlightbatteries.blog/online-writing-circles/ Tickets by donation. All are welcome.
I Have Been Here Before
do I need to be anywhere else
but be near the ocean’s caressing waves
where my heart feels complete
with warm sand between my toes
and a cool breeze to tingle my bones
as the sea salt dries on my skin
for now. ‘I am almost alive’ *
here. ‘I am almost at home’ *
away from life’s plastic chrome
** these words, ‘I am almost alive’ and. ‘I am almost at home’ are from Leonard Cohen’s song, ‘The Goal’
Yesterday I attended a ‘Writing Circle’ poetry group meeting, hosted by Ali Grimshaw, via a Zoom video link-up, and “Invisible Miracles” was one of the poems I wrote during the session. You can visit her Writing Circle site by clicking on this link > https://flashlightbatteries.blog/2021/01/02/poems-from-the-circle-8/
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to postonelink to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
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Today my dragon poem was intirely inspired by a photo from Derrick Knight’s fabulous site.. With Derrick’s kind permission, his frozen dragon photo is featured above. You may visit his corresponding post via clicking on this link >> https://derrickjknight.com/2021/01/08/twilight-haze/
My Dragon, Frozen In Time
My Dragon has been treated harshly
For his mischievous nine crimes
He was cruelly chained in poison ivy
And mystically frozen in time
I am allowed to ship him back home
Encased in a huge wooden box
In a straw-lined crate he looked like a giant gnome
We set sail around Cape Horn towards the land of shamrocks
I am hoping a return to his homeland
Might snap my Dragon out of his ice-age state
There atop the cliffs of the Isle of Aran
With the roaring Atlantic winds to thaw his scaly breastplate
Had our share of the pain Of the clouds, and the rain Lean on me And I’ll lean on you And together, we’ll get through We always do We always do
I know you’re scared ’cause You can’t see the light You toss and turn through the night Holdin’ me And I’m holdin’ you And together, we’ll get through We always do We always do We always do
Where do you go, when there’s no road to follow? Faces look hollow, only strangers to you, now Where do you turn, when this livin’ starts to burn through Layers that you learned wrap around your heart somehow
I turn to you I always do I always do I turn to you
I know you’re scared Can’t see the light Gotta believe it’s gonna be alright Lean on me And I’ll lean on you And together, we’ll get through We always do We always do We always do We’ll make it through We always do We always do
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 