Searching…

I am sharing this with the Writers’ Pantry, as we say goodbye to May and say “Onward, June.”  I’m happy about today being the special day of Pentecost, yet this is what I wrote in response to reading a passage from Romans 8 this morning.

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He who searches hearts:
Understand this muddled voice
Troubled with what-if

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Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God

Romans 8:26-27 (NKJV)

Summer

A kyoka (right?), inspired by the phrase summer meadow

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Songbirds congregate
Butterflies throw summer fêtes —
This is my backyard
We are ready to party,
Who says we’re solitary?

Photo taken by me

Day Dreaming Outside

At DVerse, we are writing 5-line Japanese poetic forms. I think this is called a kyoka. This is also inspired by FOWC: Classic.

take a step outside
put your phone in quarantine
enjoy nature’s peace:
watch clouds canoe in the sky
classic, idyllic dreaming

Photo taken, ironically, from inside my house

 

The Butterfly

A tanka in response to Frank’s fragrant breeze haikai prompt

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the Monarch’s domain:
majestic wings are open
on breeze is floating —

citrus flowers perfume flight,
effortless admiration

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Awkward Fawn

This is for Frank J. Tassone’s weekly haikai prompt, about fawns (kanoko). The imagery is also good for Mothers’ Day, which is today.

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gangly-leggèd fawn
courageously tries to stand,
doe-mom by its side

The May Full Moon

This is for Frank’s haikai challenge about the Flower Moon, which happens to be tonight. Also, May is the month when Catholics honor Mary in a special way, and one of the traditional activities is called a May Crowning. Here is a picture from one that I participated in last year.

Soon a May crowning:
In many-starred night-sky cloak
Flower supermoon

Tricks

NaPoWriMo day 27: I wrote two poems in response to Ronovan Writes’ haiku prompt. The first one is rather bleak, so I intentionally wrote a happier one afterward!

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Stick behind donkey
Prodding to an unfree end —
Carrot is a trick

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Finding a suitable picture for this was highly enjoyable:

Owner throws a stick
Dog delights in bringing back,
Puppy loves the trick!

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