three thoughts on egress 11.30 CD 615

three thoughts on egress  11.30 CD 615

1

the beginning of

a journey to returning

home - ends are like that

promises fulfilled; and yet

so many questions

ends are like that - home

returning from a journey

even after years

*

2

letting go,

moving on - accepting

the new season

death makes room for birth; still it

is sad to see a bare tree

the new season

making room - accepting

darker daze

*

3

our nature reaches

for that which is just distant

is that what hope is?

©JP/dh                        

CD-615-exodus

high price of paradise : CD 614

high price of paradise   

series for CD 614 11.29

too early the cock

on Maui crowed - long day

there, that paradise

the stars told different stories

petroglyphs hid in damp caves

the price of food brought

in from the mainland and sold

to tourists was high

natives held their own, barely

as commercialism held sway

there, that paradise

long day, on crowded Maui

Eden for a few

©JP/dh

Note:

We went to Maui for a week for our 25th

wedding anniversary over ten years ago.

I still find inspiration from that visit.

Where we were, cocks and chickens

roamed the streets freely, we did wonder

on our own a bit, but as with any tourist

destination - commercialism has a deep

grasp as history takes a backseat.

CD-614-paradise

Prompted tan renga “a dream in a dream” CD TR 61

Prompted tan renga “a dream in a dream”

I

a dream in a dream

sand slipping through old fingers

autumn leaves turn red                         © Georgia

betrayed like Caesar, stabbed

broken hourglass; sand stops               ©JP/dh

II

a dream in a dream

sand slipping through old fingers

autumn leaves turn red                         © Georgia

hanging, his red union suit

now slack; he basks in the sand           ©JP/dh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_suit

III

a dream in a dream

sand slipping through old fingers

autumn leaves turn red                         © Georgia

trading bare silver maples

for palms a dream vacation                   ©JP/dh

Thanks Georgia :)

CD-tan-renga-challenge-61

...pilgrims all... 11.27 : CD 613

...pilgrims all...         11.27 : CD 613

solace in the meal

familia faces round

the table; give thanks

pilgrims all seeking comfort

sharing different branches

giving thanks round the

table set with various

traditions and love

©JP/dh

CD -613-solace

11.26 ...deepest marrow... CD GW 35

11.26 ...deepest marrow...  CD GW 35

November breath

and breadth chills to the

deepest marrow

autumns’ colors fell; bare are

fields, trees; the heart warming sun

©JP/dh

Note: Thanks Jen for another great and informative post!

11.26.14

CD-ghost-writer-35

by Jen

Also see more from the haiku/renga poet here: http://rengetsu.org/

11.25 ...each illuminating... CD 612

11.25 ...each illuminating... CD 612 lantern

dotting the shore

each one unique; lighthouses

large lanterns

unlike its smaller cousin -

guiding ships to safe harbor

small lanterns

each illuminating one

small piece of pathway

unlike its larger cousin -

guiding ships to safe harbor

soft glow in the dark

grows strong as we get closer

points to Nirvana...

©JP/dh                      

CD-612-lantern

11.24 ...Roy G. Biv... CD Time Glass 11

11.24 ...Roy G. Biv...  CD Time Glass 11

I

Oz and friends

Judy sings as Dorothy

the bow plays music

http://www.lyricsmania.com/somewhere_over_the_rainbow_lyrics_wizard_of_oz_the.html

II

Bonanza with Ben,

Adam, Hoss and Little Joe

colors their theme song

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza

http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/lyrics.html

III

a covenant; no

more floods - so goes the promise

of every rainbow

CD -time-glass 11 : rainbow

©JP/dh

11.24 ....to dreamland gone... CD 611 Sylph

11.24  ....to dreamland gone...   CD 611

once home safe;

the family that gathered -

she let the sky fall

in-laws, siblings

cousins, couples, babes

to dreamland gone

when the wind

from corners warm brought

rain instead of snow

©JP/dh

Note: unseasonably warm last night.

And even into this morning: 62 F or 16.6

Much better that the 16 F or  -6.6 last week.

CD-611-sylph-spirit-of-wind

11.23 ...touche... CD 610

11.23  ...touche...   CD 610

every Thanksgiving

the table transforms; faces, plates

location and time

some will not return

how can we tell them that we

believe they are here

the young ones fidget

unable to comprehend

the important dance

as they learn to jump

try to defy gravity

with all of their might

yet they are thankful

to be caught by loving arms

before reaching ground

©JP/dh

CD-610-transformation-2nd

11.22 ...dolled up... Sparkling Stars 13/ CD

11.22 ...dolled up...  Sparkling Stars 13/ CD

(haiku series)

Lucy and Ricky

separate beds - for TV

different dolls they

generational

to be so separated

or just for TV

where was compassion

to be so scrutinized and

expected to live

always dolled up for

many cameras, judged by

magnifying glass

nothing left to guess

imagination, caution

tossed into the wind

©JP/dh

Note : my first thoughts were of the TV show ‘I Love Lucy’

Perhaps not at all in the theme of the prompt but I ran with it.

Thinking of really any actors so much in the ‘limelight’ that they

have no privacy. Different public ‘Dolls’.

CD sparkling-stars-13

11.21 ...lone...footprints... CD tan renga 60

11.21 ...lone...footprints...

set 1 hosts example

bright autumn moon

bare branches moving like arms -

the first snow                                                   © Yozakura

together with the one I love

drinking red wine in front of the fireplace    © Chėvrefeuille

set 2 my addition

bright autumn moon

bare branches moving like arms -

the first snow                                                   © Yozakura

lone fox trots through the backyard

leaving only his footprints                                ©JP/dh

CD -tan-renga-challenge-60

11.20 Lone Great Blue

11.20 Lone Great Blue
(My attempt at an Ovillejo:)

Across the creek no bird sings;
Why have wings
I wonder is there some cruel knot -
if they cannot
be used to take one to a warmer Eden
give you freedom?
Is there justification to be stuck in this season?
In the middle of November still -
seeing the heron, still gives me a thrill.
Why have wings if they cannot give you freedom?

 ©JP/dh
With thanks to introducing the form and further explanation;
Please see: Debi’s : Magical Thirteen

“Great blue herons, those tall gray waders that patrol streams and lake shores, are a puzzle. They are abundant along the Florida and Gulf coasts in winter, and yet there are always a few that winter as far north as Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. As long as open water remains, their favorite food — fish — is abundant.”

11.19 haiku series: ...until... (two prompts)

11.19 haiku series: ...until...    (two prompts)

once green the chestnut

at dusk is withered; brown, gone,

buried by squirrel

dawns’ balloon sun hides

in the chill of this winter

fifteen degree - morn

layer your clothing

huddle in the crowd, stay warm

until blossoms bloom

©JP/dh

MLM: HA : kigo-November

CD 608-dusk

11.18 ...belief... CD 606

11.18 ...belief...  CD 606

lone pennies found,

feathers and butterflies

you are there

maybe not, but belief

that’s what counts, right.

©JP/dh

CD-606-guardian-angel

Note: In my travels over the weekend,

I found a few stray coins, feathers and

saw a beautiful single color yellow-orange

butterfly... Good to have some time off -

but also just as nice to be home...again.

11.16 Shadorma series: My Day : MLM prompt

http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/bj-shadorma-beyond-november-15-2014/

3/5/3/3/7/5  

11.16 Shadorma series: My Day    

far from home

‘making due’ with you

always home

beside you

as we walked several miles

holding hands, my love

on the beach

you are patient

stopping here

and and there -

I pick up shells and feathers

snap pictures too

we slowly

stroll to up the road and back

stopping to

play mini

golf - ‘aces’: you got two and

I got one also

picked up my

mother at her place

then dinner

alfresco

with a view of the sunset;

gulf across the road

the waiter

reminded me of

Neil Patrick

Harris - young

man with a groomed mustache and

beard, was funny too.

too stuffed for

dessert, we rolled to

the rental

car to take

mom back to her place and then

to our hotel

too much sun

to many footfalls

we collapsed -

far from home

blissful to be together

you and me

(c) JP/dh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris

Note: not at home, might attempt the other

part of the prompt challenge another time.

If hubby gets out early we might have another

day together before we have to go ‘home’.

Additional note to Anonymous ...2015shopUSA : No use of my writing without permission. I do not promote 'products' of any kind - especially 'drugs'. So, No.