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 […]
Your pairs are perfect, VJ. I can’t tell you which one I like better. Superb photography. 🙂
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Thanks Marsha. Appreciate that you shared this.
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You’re always welcome. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing
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Love your pairs V.J.! 🙂
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Thanks Lisa.
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You’re welcome. 😊
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What a stunning photograph I love the Canadian Goose 🙂
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Thank you!
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This is really wonderful 🙂
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Thanks Hammad
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Love the bird and its reflection!
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Thanks Teresa.
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I love your last photo of the Canadian geese. 😀
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Thanks Cee. Me too.
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I love that one, too, particularly the reflections!
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This is wonderful! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks. I liked to be able to balance like that on one leg, lol.
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Me too! 🙂 ❤
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Beautiful
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Thank you
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VJ, many thanks. It is nice to open a blog and see a lovely picture that makes your blood pressure subside. Thank you for that. Have a great weekend. Keith
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Glad it had that effect, Keith, thanks.
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