A-Z for April 2016 Z b

Unofficial A-Z challenge 2016

(On Sundays - still using Kipfer’s book for inspiration for Instant or Just Karma)

“Now is the Time : 170 Ways to Seize the Moment”

By Patrick Lindsay

Now is the time ...:To take the first step.

“To begin, begin.”

~Peter Nivio Zarlenga (1941- )

Graphemes

With

Every beginning

An ending arrives

A was first, last;

Z

©JP/ dh

(Elfje)

A grapheme is the smallest unit used in describing the writing system of any

given language, originally coined by analogy with the phoneme of spoken

languages. A grapheme may or may not carry meaning by itself, and may or

may not correspond to a single phoneme (... any of the perceptually distinct

units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another,

for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat.

(With quotes by famous folks

Whose last names start with the alphabet

Or at least have those ‘tricky letters’ -

U, Q, X & Y in them)

A-Z for April 2016 Y b

Unofficial A-Z challenge 2016

(On Sundays - still using Kipfer’s book for inspiration for Instant or Just Karma)

“Now is the Time : 170 Ways to Seize the Moment”

By Patrick Lindsay

Now is the time ...: To nurture your creativity.

“Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.”

Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky (né Alexeyev);(1863-1938)

He was born Konstantin Sergeyevich Alexeyev—"Stanislavsky" was a stage

name that he adopted in 1884 in order to keep his performance activities

secret from his parents.

High Strung?

Does

The yo-yo

See the art

Of its graceful string

Swing?

Does

The Cats’

Cradle bring your

Hands closer to mine...

Artistically?

Does

It matter

Now really that

Mama’s apron strings are

Cut?

©JP/dh

Elfje series

(With quotes by famous folks

Whose last names start with the alphabet

Or at least have those ‘tricky letters’ -

U, Q, X & Y in them)  

A-Z for April 2016 X b

Unofficial A-Z challenge 2016

(On Sundays - still using Kipfer’s book for inspiration for Instant or Just Karma)

“Now is the Time : 170 Ways to Seize the Moment”

By Patrick Lindsay

Now is the time ...: To try Kindness.

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

~Philo of Alexandria (20 Before the Common Era - 50 Common Era)

Yedidia (Jedediah) HaCohen...also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic

Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.

Philo used philosophical allegory to attempt to fuse and harmonize

Greek philosophy with Jewish philosophy.

Be Pre-’Pair’ed/ Give E’xx’tra

Lovingkindness

Double positive;

Creating sincere concern

Bespeaks mutual understanding of

Life

Even for a single smile, stress effort twice

Life;

bitter battles bake the

heart rock solid -

Duplicately deliver

Lovingkindness

©JP/dh

(Elfje and Reverse Elfje mirror a single conscious thought)

(With quotes by famous folks

Whose last names start with the alphabet

Or at least have those ‘tricky letters’ -

U, Q, X & Y in them)

A-Z for April 2016 W b

Unofficial A-Z challenge 2016

(On Sundays - still using Kipfer’s book for inspiration for Instant or Just Karma)

“Now is the Time : 170 Ways to Seize the Moment”

By Patrick Lindsay

Now is the time ...: To look beyond the obvious.

“The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and simple.”

~Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

flow...

blood is not simple

relationships often sail

like a wind blown seed

odd how social media

connects those who need not be

can we have growth when

seeking distant shores while we

carry complex blood

©JP/dh

(renga as I was taught...syllables in line/ line space/ syllables in line:

5/7/5 line space 7/7 line space 5/7/5)

(With quotes by famous folks

Whose last names start with the alphabet

Or at least have those ‘tricky letters’ -

U, Q, X & Y in them)

A-Z for April 2016 V b

Unofficial A-Z challenge 2016

(On Sundays - still using Kipfer’s book for inspiration for Instant or Just Karma)

“Now is the Time : 170 Ways to Seize the Moment”

By Patrick Lindsay

Now is the time ...: To rethink your possessions.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

~Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Custody

How

Did we

Acquire so much?

Still more boxes to

Go

the porch, attic and

garage hold too much of what

is not even ours

Go

And slowly getting gone

Things we do

Not need

Yet...

©JP/dh

Reverse Elfje sandwich a haiku (5,7,5)

(With quotes by famous folks

Whose last names start with the alphabet

Or at least have those ‘tricky letters’ -

U, Q, X & Y in them)

A-Z for April 2016 U b

Unofficial A-Z challenge 2016

(On Sundays - still using Kipfer’s book for inspiration for Instant or Just Karma)

“Now is the Time : 170 Ways to Seize the Moment”

By Patrick Lindsay

Now is the time ...: to unleash your imagination

“The fairest souls are those that have the most variety and adaptability.”

~ Michel de Montaigne (1533-1572)

He is most famously known for his skeptical remark, "Que sçay-je?" ("What do I know?", in

Middle French; now rendered as Que sais-je? in modern French). Remarkably modern even

to readers today, Montaigne's attempt to examine the world through the lens of the only thing

he can depend on implicitly—his own judgment—makes him more accessible to modern

readers than any other author of the Renaissance. Much of modern literary nonfiction has

found inspiration in Montaigne and writers of all kinds continue to read him for his masterful

balance of intellectual knowledge and personal storytelling.

Unleashed

Underneath our skins

Unique abilities

Underline individual capabilities

Umpteen possibilities can

Unfold as we apply our own

Understanding of what we can achieve

Unites every being that can think...but

“Que sais-je?”

©JP/dh

Unconscious streaming?

(With quotes by famous folks

Whose last names start with the alphabet

Or at least have those ‘tricky letters’ -

U, Q, X & Y in them)

Ik 366 for April 2016 b

This Sunday using Kipfer’s book for ‘Instant Karma’

Ik 366

dilemma?

(three haiku 3,5,3)

stage the play

or walk away; choose

your level

of comfort -

quietly brew, steep

and or stew

learn to lean

without being mean;

there lies skill

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Try to deal skillfully with problems as they arise.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

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Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.