See

 

solitary one

on the pond today~

eyes watching

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A Little Secret Conversation

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Haiku on Friday – Two for today

 

From chocolate,

cinnamon and vanilla ~

grass tempts winter tastes.

 

 

 

 

Voices of complaint ~
agitate stillness
to a froth.

 

 

 

Jane Penland Hoover

Haiku Friday

January 7, 2012

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January ’12 mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones.

January ’12 mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones..

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Closing the Cafe

Closing the Cafe

 

Like the spirited workers

they are

moving back and forth, in and out,

around the tables.

 

~it is late, almost

time to go~

 

A long day for young ones

attending school and their tasks

here,

setting tables, serving, cleaning, and preparing.

 

I write, listen to the mummers

of the future,

dreams worked for coming true.

 

Like the good workers

they are

each one moving on,

 

while I linger slow,

writing on and on

thinking about them~

 

January 5, 2012

MightyBell– Day 4 Notice a Person

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Small Stone 1.5.2012 ~ Holding

Small Stone 1.5.2012 ~ Holding

 

Today I slipped beneath the pulse

of blue ~ warm waters waiting

where I left them yesterday.

 

And so I swam and flipped into

interior memories of

each one who once accompanied

me, as we built two towers strong

enough to hold their golden

years ~ their lives lived longer still.

 

Today I am an older one

swimming in a pool others built

for my time of gold and  blue.

 

Jane Penland Hoover

January 5, 2012

 

ARiverofStones

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Small Stone 1.4.2012 Walking

Small Stone 1.4.2012 Walking

on my morning walk

robin gathers fill~

I pause in wonder

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My Hand Rises

My Hand Rises

Waves
An energetic circle
My mind races

Back
Through all those years
The two of

You
My little girls
Growing away

Toward
What is now your
Lives beyond us

Still
There are visits
Hugs and laughter

Smiles
Of wonderment
And joy as my hand

Waves

January 4, 2012
PA Wed prompt – unstoppable

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Small Stone 1.3.2012 – Our Place

Small Stone 1.3.2012 – Our Place

sitting in our usual positions
lifting cups of steam,
to dream again
awake with mummers
moving in and out
as others come and go
sitting in our usual place
home beyond and home…

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Ode to Celebration in Retirement Home

Ode to Celebration in Retirement Home

Our new year’s eve
ended at nine ~ unamused
by cheers, or lifting up
another glass of sparking juice~
so the others thought, while

we caught and held

the gleam of eye to eye

and time.

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