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03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: beauty, designer, mirror, snowflake, symmetry

Sammi Cox at Author Aspiring hosts ten-word challenge on theme of symmetry.

wikipedia image

Symmetry

creates

balanced beauty

of mirror images

determined by

Designer

dynamics of yin & yang

03 Jun 2018 6 Comments

by lynn__ in haiku, troiku Tags: benediction, marriage, moonrise, rocks, sea, sunset

Meoto Iwa, or the “Loved one and loved one” Rocks, are a couple of small rocky stacks in the sea off Futami, Mie, Japan. They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and celebrate the union in marriage of man and woman. At low tide, the rocks are not separated by water.

wedded rocks

Chèvrefeuille, at CDHK, offers two haiku for weekend “fusion & troiku” challenge:

between the wedded rocks

the sun rises to her highest throne

summer solstice

mountain stream

the ice has melted – dances in the sun

crystal waterdrops © Chèvrefeuille

My “fusion” of Chèvre’s haiku into one which lays foundation for troiku series:

rock solid marriage

mountain streams refresh the sea

sun rises, moon sets

rock solid marriage

united by rope of straw

weighty promises

mountain streams refresh

sea waves break upon the rocks

crystal droplets shine

sunset and moonrise

benediction over earth

until end of time

altiplano camelid

01 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in tanka Tags: alpaca, camelid, fleece, foreigners, pasture

Alpacas are fascinating! Read more about them here: island alpaca site

drive by pasture…look!

alpacas in iowa?

friendly hums and pronks

warm-eyed foreigners adapt

produce luxurious fleece

image credit

el condor pasa

31 May 2018 2 Comments

by lynn__ in haiku Tags: Andes, condor, flute, mountain, music

Final post for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s journey into the Andes…

high in the andes

condor circles mountain pass

music of pan flute

sometimes i surprise myself

30 May 2018 1 Comment

by lynn__ in Uncategorized

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blog posts!

ewe ain’t seen mutton yet

29 May 2018 14 Comments

by lynn__ in haibun Tags: butcher, farm, mutton, sheep, stone

dVerse poetics prompt to use street names: Mutton Lane, Shoulder of Mutton Alley

The town grew up around a humble sheep farm. A stone farmhouse, before they razed it, had stood a hundred years, with sheepfold attached. The last farmer, third generation of sheep farmers in the family, built a butcher shop behind the house to diversify his business. His only son, Marcus, was known as a young boy for his skill at mutton busting (sheep riding) at the local fair. Once, he entered a national competition, winning a trophy which surpassed his own height and glittered like gold. The townspeople ooohed and aahhed when Marcus returned as a local celebrity. The farm and sheep are gone, but Marcus’s grandchildren still live on Mutton Lane and manage the butcher shop adjacent to Shoulder of Mutton Alley.

an old stone sheepfold

see one’s breath doing farm chores

bleating of the lambs