Apr
10
This week’s theme is: Imagination
basement library
shelving my Stephen King books
lightning flash; darkness
Thankfully, my power did not go out this afternoon. An impressive thunderstorm did brew up while I was putting books away – stark lightning, crashing thunder, pounding rain (hail?). Enough to spook the cats, at which point I came back upstairs because my imagination was having a field day.
Also, NaPoWriMo #5
Jan
9
This week’s theme is: Photograph
with camera’s click
an instant of life captured
memories preserved
I received a new camera for Christmas, a Nikon D5100! Hoping to hit the photo memes hard over the next few months as I figure out all of its bells and whistles.
Dec
5
This week’s theme is: Avarice
by dawn on Thursday
mad rush for Black Friday deals
Thanksgiving denied
I cashier over the winter during the slow time at the zoo. I usually voluntarily work opening of Black Friday, which for Target this year was 9 PM on Thanksgiving night. (Kmart opened at 6 AM Thanksgiving morning.) It’s fun watching the crazy people jam through the doors with their sleeping bags and chairs and tents (safety note: Target always has police on hand for the opening, so the mobbing doesn’t get dangerous.) Although running from turkey dinner at my parents, to turkey dinner at DrQuuxum’s parents, trying to take a nap after the second dinner, then running for work, does not make for a very restful holiday.
Nov
30
This week’s theme is: Reaction
just a piece of cloth
inanimate, plain fabric
raging emotions
Two articles crossed my facebook feed the same day as this prompt.
The first was a post from Have a Gay Day.
The second post I traced back to Imperfect Writing.
Aug
29
#159 – Alien
Inspired by the theme at
and
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
You didn’t think I could do a prompt of Sojourn and not mention rovers did you?
audacious rovers
Sojourner’s legacy lives
Curiosity
Aug
19
This week’s theme is: Sojourn
hummingbird’s sojourn
hovering at a feeder
migration’s long flight
photo by heart-felt-robot, found on flickr
Aug
8
This week’s theme is: Courage
while cameras watch
seven minutes of terror
courage holds the team
I cannot imagine having a camera shoved in my face during such an emotional time. So glad it was not heartbreak and tears the cameras had to record.
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) (201208050013HQ)
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team in the MSL Mission Support Area reacts after learning the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and images start coming into the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. The MSL Rover named Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Aug
1
This week’s theme is: Talent
sophisticated
nature’s weavers and dancers
instinctive talent
photo by Max Westby, found on flickr
Jul
25
This week’s theme is: Middle
spending forever
stuck in the middle with you
facing life head on
Probably just a sign of how much internet time I’ve spent looking up Jeremy Renner stuff, but this video was the first thing I thought of when I saw this week’s theme. I love the glasses on the dog, and the girl sleeping in the corner.
Jul
18
Jul
12
in cooling waters
weary animals settle
refuge from the heat
also linking to haiku my heart at recuerda mi corazon
Jul
4
This week’s theme is: Natural
thunder and lightning
Mother Nature’s own fireworks
natural tribute
Happy Independence Day! The beautiful storm woke me this morning around 3 AM. The video above was a previous storm, reposted with DrQuuxum’s permission.
Jun
27
Apr
24
This week’s theme at Sensational Haiku Wednesday is Conversation.
body language speaks
in silent conversation
animals say much
Apr
24
Last week’s theme at Sensational Haiku Wednesday was Annoyance.
spring annoyances
mixtures of pollen and snow
filling every breath
Yesterday, we had both a winter storm warning and a local pollen alert at the same time.
Feb
22
proud gypsy vanner
flys with flamboyant feathers
hauling Tinker carts
photo by Kate Sumbler, found on flickr
Feb
2
Day 2 – February 2nd – Theme or Word: Mother
watching Mother paint
life flowing through her brushes
creating wonders
I have some of Mom’s work up at my cafepress store. Art and music are, to me, synonymous with magic.
Jan
22
This week’s theme is: Freestyle (whatever you like!)
freestyle to music
dogs dancing obedience
seems so effortless
Jan
12
This week’s theme is: Brilliance (2 OR 3 syllables, depending on who you ask…)
winter night brilliance
moon etching crystal shadows
sparkling in darkness
Jan
4
This week’s theme is: Resolve
imagination
resolving familiar shapes
from the passing clouds
Dec
30
Prompt: Review
review class offer
tickets to Jekyll & Hyde
newspaper critique
In the summer of 2002, I took a “Writing the Review” class taught by Christopher Rawson, the local paper’s drama critic. It was an awesome summer with excuses to go to movies, art galleries, theatre, museums, and more, all for school.
Our professor offered everyone in the class the opportunity to go to the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera opening nights with him: free tickets to the show, the chance to write your own review sitting at the computer next to him as he composed the one that would be in the paper the next morning, and a tour of the newspaper offices. Out of a class of around 40, only two of us took him up on the offer (both of us older, nontraditional students). I went to Jekyll & Hyde with him; he even said he added a couple of my comments into the final article.
Also submitted to Thursday Poets Rally.
Dec
22
A double prompt today:
Sensational Haiku Wednesday offers us Spirit
while Theme Thursday provides Gift
Spirit granted gifts
dreams and imagination
beckoning from space
Continued…
