ik 28 for 2.21 b

ik 28

for 2.21  Feb. 2015

accept change as is,

use it, savor it, as breath -

use fear as a tool

sometimes one needs to walk fast

through unfamiliar dark streets.

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Inspired by: Embrace change and let go of fear.

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.

©JP/dh

ik 27 Feb 2015 for 2.20 b

ik 27

for 2.20  Feb. 2015

get one subscription

and you will be subjected

to one hundred more

give out your email one time -

your inbox will overflow

machines have their use

of that there is no doubt... but

who is in control?

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Inspired by: There are no coincidences.

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.

©JP/dh

Additional Note: For a very long time I had some control of my snail mail ads.

Then we were gifted with a magazine subscription and the junk mail (and calls too)

began to increase. As for email - even just one store request has it, your inbox

will be overflowing with their own ads every single day hawking some sale item.

Be careful too of ‘contest entrants’, While it is easy to toss and delete -

I still think I shall not get magazine subscriptions even for their discount

(because I only get a few and will pay full price when I do).

I have also slowed down on just who gets my e-mail address.

Traveling Through a Hue a haibun 1.19 b

Traveling Through a Hue        a haibun 1.19

Returning from the black of space -

Astronauts were quarantined in a modified Airstream trailer.

Scientists wanted to make sure they didn’t

bring back any diseases like the Black Plague  -

after circling and landing on the moon.

The children who danced in circles

singing ‘Ring-around-the-Rosy

with posies in their pockets

never imagined that anyone

would be cast out into the blackness of space

Often the unknown is considered black, negative

like that shade of diseased skin, unidentified

frightening - the mystery that takes lives.

And yet some ancients revered the color -

as a gift of renewal or of a god’s protection.

Black is the absence of all light -

And was one of the first known colors

to be used in art. And graduated

to become respected by many before

becoming color of haute couture.

Though I suspect that no one

ever did wear a little black dress in

the trim and silver aluminum airstream trailers -

Whose limited space was more

for the exploration of simple relaxation.

black; goes in and out

of history and fashion -

ever circular

©JP/dh

https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/19/

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

In 1969, upon their return from the Moon, the crewmen of Apollo 11 were quarantined in the Mobile Quarantine Facility, a modified airtight Airstream trailer, until it could be determined that there was little likelihood of their having brought back lunar pathogens with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2015/02/weekly-wikems-black.html

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

Black is the color of coal, ebony and of outer space...

For the ancient Egyptians, black had very positive associations. it was the color of the rich black soil flooded by the Nile. It was the color of Anubis, the god of the underworld, who took the form of a black jackal, and offered protection against evil to the dead.

Black and white are not really colors, in the sense of having a specific hue. Black is the absence of all light, while white is the presence of every color of light. A white light bulb is really emitting tons of red, yellow, green, blue, and purple light all at the same time.

http://blackplague101.weebly.com/interesting-facts.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses

http://margoroby.com/2015/02/19/poetics-serendipity-33/  

ik 26 for Feb 19 b

ik 26

for 2.18  Feb. 2015

lone cardinal sits

on the wintering pine tree

eyes the gift of seed

the wrens were there first - mid day

no wings flew before - snow fell

nature’s classroom waits

without walls for her students

in every season

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Inspired by:.When the student is ready

the teacher will appear.

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.

©JP/dh

Q's 4 Square uniform 2.18b

Q’s 4 square uniform

edges   sides  rulers   rule

sides    equal     or       not

rulers  dictate shape   size

rule  straight  jacket  crazy

©JP/dh

ik 25 for Feb 18 b

ik 25

for 2.18  Feb. 2015

please, thank you; manners

graceful entrances create

openings for life

strangers walk through, they then skip

an nth degree happier

make time, take the time

to give as well as receive

what life offers you

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Inspired by:.Open doors for others.

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.

©JP/dh

ik 24 for Feb 17 B

ik 24

for 2.17  Feb. 2015

lions and tigers

and bears, oh my - not Kansas

Dorothy found Oz

I find myself in the dark

watching luminous jellies

floating safe in space

until hyenas cackle

then I click my heels

‘There’s no place like home,” I say

I am safely transported -

glad for the visit

elephants, giraffes and snakes

they all have their place

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Inspired by: Think of being in a crown

as if being in a zoo.

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.

©JP/dh