Archive for the ‘The Elements’ Category

Haiku Reflections:Swirling Sky at Dusk

                                                                                                  
PS: On another topic.  The Monthly Movie Musings prompts will no longer be posted each month. Not much interest it seems. I will leave the posts to date  in this category, available on the sidebar.
Thanks to all of you who did stop by to comment and to participate, most appreciated.
Have a wonderful weekend!

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Haiku Reflections: Fog in the Morning

My thanks to Klaas F. for allowing me to share this beautiful photo, taken at Steveston Harbour, in BC
Submitted for the OSI prompt: Fog

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Still waiting…

                             
…for the rain.
We’ve had showers in the forecast for days now but only a few drops of rain have fallen. BC is having it’s worst year on record for forest fires. The whole province is in need of a good “soaking” ; so little rain this summer. I hope it comes soon to [...]

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Haiku Reflections: Blue Rain

Also submitted for the OSI prompt: Blue Rain

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Pines… after the rain

                                                        
Summer arrived here in Interior BC, with plenty of rain showers and more to follow. How refreshed and healthy the trees and flowers look this year, thanks to the added rainfall. And a much-needed aid in reducing and battling the forest fires. A constant threat in this province that looms so much closer when [...]

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Wild is the Wind

                                    
wild is the wind
pulling down the edges of the day
reaching around corners, distorting 
the air, unguarded and vulnerable
moved beyond it’s usual space
 
wild is the wind
whistling through the trees
scattering the leaves
birds startled, rush for cover
as the crowd below shields eyes
probes the stings of dust
 
wild is the wind
and soon the rain will follow
mixing with the force
pelting down,
an [...]

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Haiku Reflections: Winter’s Night Sky

Written for the OSI prompt for December 28th: Stardust
Photo courtesy of: Flickr

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Walk on a Winter’s Day

 

Chilled to the bone, the frosty sheer air.
Winter again unrelenting, inevitably here.
The stillness of a new untouched morning,
Still ours alone to share.
The trees, a wonderland of beauty,
Boughs lush with white diamonds,
Dreamlike, in a haze of soft gray sky.
A picture,well-worth a thousand words.
Bundled and mittened, we walk on….
Determined, sure-footed,facing the elements.
Brave against the chill.
Your hand in [...]

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