Thank you to Mary https://cactuscatz.com/sabi-saturday/sabi-saturday-week-17/ for continuing Sabi Saturday. A number of years ago my brother made me a little red bench that I kept at my front entrance. The wood began to rot and fungus began to grow in the cracks of the separated boards. David took the bench back, reused what wood he could and […]
You Know What I Found? Part 2
January 2017 I wrote: Last night I googled motivational quotes. I am training for a half marathon and a long run was scheduled for the morning. What I really wanted from those quotes was not motivation, but an excuse to not run. You know what I found? There is no replacement for hard work and […]
Endangered Label (update)
An update on this post from 2017: A little box A little handle (remember when it was string?) For little hands The circus is closing Will there still be animal crackers? The lion and polar bear are listed as vulnerable The gorilla and elephant are listed as endangered Will there still be animals? The animals […]
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #288
Tennessee winter My front stoop subdued The pansies smoulder
First to Writer’s Group
First to writer’s group Reflections as narrative A boredroom for one
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #278
Reading Ginsberg’s Howl Who, who, who just vapor now Page one thirty-four or The best minds as howl Best minds as generation Beat’s minds as vapor
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge # 277
Autumn thoughts– Everyday the same path The river and I October morning Winging a path in the sky A river of geese
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #275
Sirens at sunrise A wake of emergency The neighbor’s hound wails
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #274
Sunrise as lantern How fast the air and heart beat September second or The air about her Some temporary golden dream October lantern
The Library Boardroom
Saturday morning I attended a NaNoWriMo information session held in the local library boardroom. Lined up in a perfectly leveled row were photos of the past heads of the library board. Library Boardroom Just off the Mayflower Serious white men