winter
convalescence –
a long rest
Mindful writing — the art of paying attention
dropped on my doorstep
two white petals from the bunch
she stood there holding
one high note
then a few more
hesitant
brief piping of a recorder
in the hands of the child
across the road
suddenly stopped
a small music
yet full of hope
Written for Friday Writings #128 at Poets and Storytellers United, where we are invited to write about something small. I decided to write mine in the small form I've been playing with lately: textu (160 characters exactly, including title and spaces).
storm days –
roads impassable
again
*
still don’t see
the end of the road, but
it narrows
(Both written 25 February 2024, but posting delayed until NaHaiWriMo 2024 finished.)
Also shared at 'Haiku on the Road,' a facebook group administered by Tad Wojnicki – inspired by Jack Kerouac, and also encompassing 'the road of life.' An anthology of participants' pieces, selected by Tad, is in the works.
(1)
I was taught:
try to put yourself
in their shoes
(2)
thinking
how they'd feel turns me
vegan