Phantom

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Text art and effects added using Pixlr.com.

You are welcome to share the image, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl.

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I would like a friend

instead I remain hidden

phantom in shadow

Prompt used

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-8-phantom.html

Sharing with

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The Phantoms of Yesterday

 

Image by Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl

Taken 7 May 2017 at the Denver Aquarium

soul too fragile

always searching for something

always turned away

haunting the future

the phantoms of yesterday

explore the wreckage

The photograph, words, and text art are mine. The Haiga was created using free design elements from Pixlr.com.

I hope my interpretation isn't too far out for the Photo Sunday prompt, which is Two. I perceive the photo as having two main subjects: the stingray and the shipwreck. If my suggestion is too far off the rails, please feel free to remove my entry.

You are welcome to use either image, but please credit me. 

Cara Hartley

Ornery Owl

Poetry of the Netherworld

Any of these will do, and a link back to this blog is appreciated. 

When the top picture was taken, my son and I were celebrating his 27th birthday and Mother's Day at the Denver Aquarium.

I used this prompt from the archives of Carpe Diem Haiku to inspire my Haiga.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-7-fragile.html

Possibly sharing with the following prompts. Sometimes I forget or crap happens. 

https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://corazon.typepad.com/

https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/

https://photosunday.net/

https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/

https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://myjustsostory.blogspot.com/

https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/

https://odysee.com/@GamingAmbience:6/dragon-age-inquisition-temple-of-sacred:0?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

Resigned

 

Image by Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl

Taken 7 May 2017 at the Denver Aquarium

leaf buds become leaves

my dreams never come to pass

I resign myself

The photograph, words, and text art are mine. The Haiga was created using free design elements from Pixlr.com 

You are welcome to use either image, but please credit me. 

Cara Hartley

Ornery Owl

Poetry of the Netherworld

Any of these will do, and a link back to this blog is appreciated. 

My son and I were celebrating his 27th birthday and Mother's Day at the Denver Aquarium when the top picture was taken.

I used this prompt from the archives of Carpe Diem Haiku to inspire my Haiga.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-6-special-prompt-1.html

The sample Haiku was about autumn. My Haiku/Senryu thing is about spring. 

Possibly sharing with the following prompts. Sometimes I forget or crap happens. 

https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://corazon.typepad.com/

https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/

https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/

https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://myjustsostory.blogspot.com/

https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/

https://odysee.com/@nathanallensax:1/1-hour-of-popular-songs-on-saxophone:0?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

What Color is Hope?

 

Image by Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl

Taken 7 May 2017 at the Denver Aquarium

the moon shines silver

smokestack lightning like gold

what color is hope?

The photograph, words, and text art are mine. The Haiga was created using free design elements from Pixlr.com 

You are welcome to use either image, but please credit me. 

Cara Hartley

Ornery Owl

Poetry of the Netherworld

Any of these will do, and a link back to this blog is appreciated. 

My son and I were celebrating his 27th birthday and Mother's Day at the Denver Aquarium when the top picture was taken.

I used this prompt from the archives of Carpe Diem Haiku to inspire my Haiga.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-5-moon.html

~Ornery Owl Has Waxed Poetic~

Image by G.C. from Pixabay

https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://corazon.typepad.com

https://photosunday.net/

https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/

https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://myjustsostory.blogspot.com

https://odysee.com/@PeaceofMind:9/fantasy-dream-music-neapolitan-ice-cream:e?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

https://odysee.com/@PeaceofMind:9/spooky-forest-music-night-firefly-woods:2?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

Our Responsibility

 

Photo by Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl

Taken at the Denver Aquarium on May 7, 2017

Text art and design elements added by the photographer (me) using pixlr.com

You are welcome to use either image, but please credit me.

compassion, respect

our responsibility

to nature's creatures

Notes

Today's prompt word: Responsibility

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-3-responsibility.html

Now that April, AKA Hell Month is over, one of my goals is to get back to sharing weekly Haigas. I finally have a cohesive idea about the project I want to create using the photos I took on my son's 27th birthday and Mother's Day 2017.

My son will be 33 in 7 days.

Time management is something I've always struggled with. Time management can be difficult for anyone, but I think it is a particularly difficult skill for people with ADHD. 

I'm a prime example of what happens when you have a kid with ADHD who, rather than being taught skills for dealing with the way their brain works, is constantly scolded and admonished to "do better." What you end up with is an adult with ADHD who is filled with anxiety and self-loathing and who has a pattern of taking on too much, then crashing from exhaustion. Rinse and repeat.

I learned some hard lessons in April about taking on too many projects, an issue about which you'd think I'd know better by now, considering the fact that I'm almost 60 years old. I have problems with trying to do five times as much as other people to prove that I'm half as good.

The good news is, I had twenty-five poems and a novelette accepted for inclusion in two forthcoming anthologies from Dragon Soul Press. The poems will appear in Soul Ink and the novelette will be published in Pirate's Gold.

https://dragonsoulpress.com/

The bad part is there were literally times I thought I was dying because my anxiety was so pronounced. If I'd only been working on the two aforementioned projects, it wouldn't have been that bad. However, I was also working on two others. I ended up shelving one of these early on and I found out the deadline on the other one was June 1 rather than May 1. Plus I waited till the last minute to finish my taxes like an idiot and I had a selective laser trabeculoplasty procedure done on my left eye. Note to self, do not schedule elective procedures in April.

Despite being approximately as popular as trouser crabs, I do serve several necessary functions for my household, so while most people would likely cheer upon learning of my demise, it would be best for the person I care most about in the world if I remained active for a while longer. I have several serious health issues, so I have to take care of my fool self even if I'm not particularly fond of myself.

~Ornery Owl is Outstanding in Her Field~

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Sharing With:

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http://corazon.typepad.com

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https://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/

http://myjustsostory.blogspot.com

November PAD Challenge 2022: Day 18: Imagining Machine

 

Image by Chen from Pixabay

imagination

cooking up the strangest scenes

a funny machine

~ornery owl has spoken~

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

notes and prompts used

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-18

Write a funny poem.

https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2022/11/13/day-13/

Prompt: Imagining Machine

Also sharing with:

I was planning to share with Haiku My Heart, but the link-up for the 18th isn't ready yet. I want to steal...er...share a couple of verses shared by the blog mistress, Rebecca, on her entry for November 11th. 

https://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/2022/11/haiku-my-heart-1.html

"when it's all over, I want to say

all my life I was a bride married

to amazement.

I was a bridegroom,

taking the world into my arms."

mary oliver

https://earthweal.com/2022/11/18/earthweal-open-link-weekend-144/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/401643826588474

https://wewriwa.blogspot.com/2022/11/weekend-writing-warriors-8sunday-112022.html

I stuck a fork in this year's NaNoWriMo Rebellion project yesterday. I'm working on a new mental health/recovery project along the same lines called Remnants of a Year in the Life 2022: An Ornery Owl Diary. The book includes pages for readers to draw, write their own thoughts, whatever they need or want to do. I wrote nearly 3000 words on the project and created the following banner.

I started doing NaNoWriMo back in 2008. This is the first year that I came away from the project feeling like I had gained skills that are going to benefit me rather than thinking "well, thank fuck that's over, I don't know why I subjected myself to it." I hope I can take what I learned and use it to help others who may struggle with similar issues in their creative and personal lives.

I often ride myself about "getting nothing done" when I don't accomplish everything I hoped to in a given day. For instance, I did not end up working on my anthology submission or the Tales from the Dreamlands project today. I did not get any editing done. I've fallen behind in my blog hop participation...again...like always. The inner critic starts ripping me to shreds.

"Look at you. You can't do anything right. You'll always be a failure. How the hell hard is it to write a thousand words? How the hell long can it take to edit a chapter? You started writing a nine-word poem two hours ago. Nine words, you loser! How hard is it to publish THAT? Anybody can write nine words!"

Yeah, but hold on one damn minute, Ayce Hole. The poem was nine words, but the post total is closer to 500. I already wrote 3000 words today. I've spent around six hours writing and formatting. I may have issues with time management and with my mind wandering off in 666 directions at once, but you do not get to call me lazy. You abused me for closing in on 60 years, and I will no longer stand for it.

And that, my friends, is how you shut down your inner critic. It took me long enough to gain the confidence to stop listening to her lies, but now I slag her off every day. It's a good habit to have.

I think I've done enough damage around this pop stand today. I need to format this post to include in November Beginnings and Remnants of 2022 before sending it on its way.

Lest I forget, here is tonight's soundtrack.

Here's the link in case you can't see the player.

https://odysee.com/@GamingAmbience:6/mass-effect-le-noveria-rift-station:b?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

But wait, there's more!

Here's the link in case you can't see the player.

https://odysee.com/@GamingAmbience:6/mass-effect-le-noveria-rift-station-%281:9?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

30 Days of Haiga 2022: Love is Poison

 

text

is it chemicals

is there any depth to it

when you fall in love?

notes

This Haiga was inspired by the Tuesday Writing Prompt (words depth and chemicals).

https://godoggocafe.com/2022/09/13/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-september-13-2022/

I created the background in Pixlr.com with a free-use image by Arek Socha.

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/poison-bottle-medicine-old-symbol-1481596/

You are welcome to use the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl and provide a link back to this blog.

Also sharing with:

Haiku My Heart

corazon.typepad.com