“I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.” ~ Vincent van Gogh
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Friday, August 29, 2025

More

 

sunlight

a little more

each day

as Spring begins

waking slowly


Written for the 'Tanka Poets On Site' facebook group (prompt: More).



Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Deer


in America

my first time seeing deer –

shy, delicate,

they appeared to me

though locals called them pests




Written for facebook group Tanka Poets On Site, 

for 25 Aug. 2025, prompt: Deer.



Sunday, August 24, 2025

On a boat ...

 

on a boat

on a river

sunny day —

my friend sends photos

and I imagine


















Actually one of my own photos from a different boating occasion.



Friday, August 22, 2025

Wing


gliding wing

swiftly across my sight

followed by 

a fragment of song –

Spring coming early




Written for facebook group Tanka Poets on Site

for 21 August 2025, prompt: Wing.



Friday, April 18, 2025

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Himalayas (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 28)

 

our small plane

slowly past the peak –

such vast white


*


so many peaks

smaller but not small –

stretching as far …


*


mountaintops

in all directions –

bright sharp white


*


I rode the air

to the Peak of Heaven –

and knew myself small


*


once upon a time

Mother of the World 

I gazed on your face




My response to the final prompt for NaHaiWriMo  2025.







~ Our souvenir from Buddha Air. ~


Climber (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 27)

 

the climber –

a small dark speck

I don’t envy



My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Monday, February 24, 2025

Scree (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 24)

 

scree – a mass 

of small loose stones 

precarious



(This is also a found poem, found on Google; and an erasure poem, as I selected it from Google's text.)



My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.



Sunday, February 23, 2025

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Friday, February 21, 2025

Appalachians (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 21)

 

Appalachians –

ah yes, I’ve heard of them

foreign and far



My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.





Thursday, February 20, 2025

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Denali (NaHaiWriMo, Day 19)

 

Denali’s

glacial beauty –

pictured 


*


cold grandeur

across an ocean –

Denali



My responses to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.





Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Serac (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 18)

 

falling ice column

impedes glacier travel –

but I don’t do that



My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.





Monday, February 17, 2025

Skiing (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 17)

 

skiing –

exhilarating

to watch


*


skiing –

good excuse

for gluhwein


*


skiing trip –

no reason to stop

hating the cold



My responses to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.