Apr
13
serene garden pond
koi drift below the surface
heron poises near
Inspired too late by the prompt “Koi Pond” from:
Aug
29
#159 – Alien
Inspired by the theme at
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This week’s theme is: Freestyle
alien landscape
brave robotic explorer
science sparking wonder
Layers at the Base of Mount Sharp
A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover’s eventual science destination.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Still in love with the rovers.
Aug
20
Inspired by the theme at
#158 – Green
children wandering
into the vanishing green
sowing seeds of hope
Aug
14
Inspired by the theme at
the stars call to me
tugging at my soul’s moorings
I yearn to fly free
Aug
5
Inspired by the theme at
#156 – Stars
curiosity
the spark within human souls
drives exploration
drives exploration
sends rovers sailing through space
falling star flashes
falling star flashes
wild descent to join brethren
Curiosity
She should reach the floor of Gale Crater in just about three hours. I’m probably going to wait up. Because I love the rovers. I am a geek. How much of a geek?
Godspeed and safe landings.
Jul
29
Inspired by the theme at
#155 – Forget-me-not
blue petals flutter
forget me not, she whispers,
ghost haunting the wind
photo by Stewart and Vickie Carrington, found on flickr
Jul
21
Inspired by the theme at
Happy 2nd Birthday, Haiku Heights 
Topic #154 is MEANING!
random cards laid down
gateway for intuition
seeking for meaning
Jul
14
cuckoo’s first-born chick
clearing the nest of rivals
murderous hatchling
Inspired by the theme at
Jul
3
Inspired by the theme at
arrow flying true
as if from Cupid’s own bow
Hawkeye slays my heart
I finally saw The Avengers this past weekend. I came away with quite a crush. Now I’m making plans to find Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Thor, The Hurt Locker, The Town, Dahmer, and S.W.A.T. as well as looking forward to seeing The Bourne Legacy, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Nick Fury in the theater. And I bought the soundtrack Avengers Assemble
Jun
24
Inspired by the theme at
each strand woven through
supporting the web of life
interconnected
photo by Shaun Wood, found on flickr
Feb
2
Haiku Heights – Prompt #104 – Crimson
Day 1 – February 1st – Theme: Freestyle
vanquished king bleeding
crimson berries on holly
oak king greets the sun
Jan
27
Haiku Heights – Prompt #103 – Tiptoe
straining on tiptoes
seeing past confining walls
opening the mind
Jan
16
Haiku Heights – Prompt #102 – Gem
unassuming Gem
your dull color disguises
sea-crossing rover
photo by Lymantria, found on wikipedia
The Gem (Orthonama obstipata)
Jan
11
A second helping for Haiku Heights today, this one for a friend who just got an awesome job, on the other side of the country.
Haiku Heights – Prompt #101 – Page
turning pages bring
new chapters in life’s novel
with sudden plot twists
Jan
11
Haiku Heights – Prompt #101 – Page
court cards of the tarot
pages and knights, queens and kings
proxies for archetypes
photo by Tom Blunt, found on flickr
linked to this article about the Page of Wands
Jan
3
Haiku Heights – Prompt #100 – Travel
holiday travel
through the darkness and weather
a test of our faith
Dec
31
Haiku Heights – Prompt #99 – Christmas
Christmas memories
precious time with family
last longer than toys
Dec
12
Covert (noun)
Hunting . a thicket giving shelter to wild animals or game
animals huddle
hidden within the covert
as gunshots ring out
One of the spring fox pups stayed at the farm this year. We often saw him playing in the pastures. If we were working around the barn, he would hunker down in the tall grass and watch us, ears up and bright eyed. He’d chase butterflies and his own fluffy tail in the evening sun. Just past sun set one autumn evening, we saw him bounding down towards the pipeline. Five minutes later, in the darkness, we heard two shots ring out. We never saw that playful spirit again.
I hate small game season.
photo by Mike Baird, found on flickr
Dec
7
Haiku Heights – Prompt #97 – Space
Curiosity
voyaging across the void
towards the red planet
Curiosity and her little sister Spirit. RIP Spirit
Artist rendition from NASA
Nov
11
Haiku Heights – Prompt #93 – Mystery
mystery stalking
darkness beyond the windows
the night presses closer
Trying to sneak this one in right under the wire, linky says submissions close in just half an hour. And my sister asks why my muse gives me so many procrastination poems.
Also submitted to Thursday Poets Rally Week 56.
Nov
3
Haiku Heights – Prompt #92 – Ghosts
November morning
silent mist drifts from the fields
ghosts fleeing sunrise
Also submitted to Thursday Poets Rally Week 55.
Aug
7
Happy International Friendship Day!
Appropriately, I spent the day with my best friend, Tora, who is here on vacation from England, as well as a mutual, local friend, Nichole, whom I only ever seem to connect with when Tora visits. So this poem is dedicated to the two of them.
through this life’s chaos
time and distance separate
but friendship endures
Haiku Heights Prompt #55 – Friendship
Jul
30
Haiku Heights #54, this week’s prompt is Confession. My brain took what is probably an odd route with this one. The storms this summer have been beautiful, and powerful. Weather patterns certainly seem to be shifting more to extremes.
lightning, thunder, wind
I revel in the wildness
others flee the rain
also submitted to dVerse for their Water prompt
Jul
25
The Monday poetry potluck hosted at Jingle Poetry has as a theme this week Nature and Life. I thought of linking to an older poem, but the current heat wave is obviously still on my mind.
grass blurs in the haze
sun spots dancing in the field
fawn looks up sleepy
Also submitted to the 53rd week of Haiku Heights.
