Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
Love this, V.J. Red has always been a color to brighten our lives.
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Thanks Eugi! My mother always said every women needs one pair of red shoes.
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Ha ha ha ha! Love it.
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Thanks John!
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I hope you will find a lot more red to tide you over until spring, V.J. That hat made me laugh, too! I know at least one person we could send one to… 🙂
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Lol. Thanks Tanja.
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Great poem and images, VJ. I love that red cap! I laughed out loud!
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Glad to hear it, Patti! Thanks.
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VJ, that red hat is absolutely priceless!!! I love it.
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Ha ha.. my sister-in-law bought it for my husband. So funny.
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VJ, I love the reds. Well played and photographed. Keith
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Thanks Keith.
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That hat!
And the berries … gorgeous
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Thanks Jazz.
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It is true, a picture perfect winter is short lived before the greys move in, lovely spots of red!
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Thanks Heather.
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Most welcome.
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I love this! Bright spots of red to get me though a day of meetings. Love the hat. 😉
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Thanks. Lol.
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