Honeybee on Peony

Bee and peony by Ricardo L on Unsplash

cold weather sets in

to honeybee on peony

time to say farewell

notes

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2023-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-16

Write an animal poem.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/11/carpe-diem-special-7-peony-by-issa.html

Peony prompt.

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Winter Approaches

 

End of the World by Rajarshi Badhra on Unsplash

odd violet sky

a halo around the moon

days growing shorter

notes

I used the following prompts to create a straightforward Haiga about winter.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2023-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-11

Write an odd poem.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/11/carpe-diem-41-violet.html

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~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

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Storms Predicted

 

Gold Creek Pond by Adam Chung on Unsplash

bad storms predicted

cold winds blowing from the north

meet warm southern air

notes

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2023-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-9

Write a direction poem.

I was checking out the weather and saw that harsh storms are being predicted, particularly in Texas, as unseasonably warm air from the South runs into cold air coming from the North. 

As someone whose poetry, in my younger years, tended to run into epic saga territory and the longer the saga the worse the poetry became, I needed to hone the fine art of brevity. I appreciate Haiku's "just the facts" nature for this reason.

In days of yore, I occasionally participated in an online poetry group that called it quits a few years back and probably should have done so sooner. There was far too much drama going on at the end. One of the hosts had a vehement hatred of Haiku, insisting that no one write a Haiku in response to their prompts. This always made me want to write a Haiku in response to the prompt.

As is almost always the case, I added text art and effects to the base image using Pixlr to create my Haiga. You are welcome to share the result, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl if you do. A link back to this blog would also be appreciated.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Tantrum from Pixabay

Better Not Walk Into the Blizzard

 

North Cascades in Washington by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash

Better not walk into the blizzard, though it seems like snow would be the easy way out in a life where it feels like everyone but me is getting a piece of the pie in the sky.

It hasn’t been easy living with a mind full of beautiful dreams in a body straight out of a nightmare.

It hasn’t been easy always being the one belittled while others are praised.

It hasn’t been easy feeling like I must have been dropped off on the wrong planet.

It hasn’t been easy feeling like the breath is being wrung from my throat by invisible hands.

I mainly remain here out of defiance.

I celebrate the tiny triumphs and hold on.

Even though it seems like snow would be the easy way out.

the night can't be stopped

when the sky turns indigo

gold fading to black

notes

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/11/carpe-diem-40-indigo.html

This prompt inspired the Haiku. 

https://dversepoets.com/2023/11/06/november-for-beginners/

It’s time to write Prosery, the very short piece of prose that tells a story with a beginning, a middle and an end, in any genre of your choice. It’s flash fiction, with a limit of 144 words and an additional challenge is to hit 144 exactly. The special thing about Prosery is that we give you a complete line or two from a poem, which must be included somewhere in your story, within the 144-word limit.

write a story that includes the following line(s) from November For Beginners: 

‘Snow would be the easy way out’

You can read the complete poem here.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/55630/november-for-beginners-56d2376810b48

If my non-fiction Haibun flouts the rules of the prompt too much, the organizers are welcome to remove my entry with my apologies.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2023-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-6

Write a Better (blank) poem. This piece is called Better Not Walk Into the Blizzard, and it contains that line.

We do get blizzards where I live, and when they come I can reckon on not going to any of the cities for quite some time. Fortunately, we have a general store in town, and I don't tend to get severe cabin fever because I'm an introvert anyway. 

I added text art and effects to the base image using Pixlr. You are welcome to share the image, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl if you do. A link back to this blog would also be appreciated.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Alexa from Pixabay

Sleeping Clover

 

Bee and clover by William Warby on Unsplash

clover white and pink

gone to sleep as nights grow cold

waking in the spring

notes

The Haiga was inspired by a prompt from Carpe Diem Haiku.

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

Text art was added to the image using Pixlr. This was one of those images where I felt it was best to keep things simple and clean. You are welcome to share the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl if you do. A link back to this blog would also be appreciated.

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Summer Gone Again

 

Base image by Gary Bendig on Unsplash

you are leaving now

as cold weather approaches

summer gone again

I found a butterfly wing

on the pathway walking home

notes

This Haiga was inspired by a prompt from Carpe Diem Haiku.

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

Text art and effects were added to the base image in Pixlr by the poet. You are welcome to share the haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl. A link back to this blog would also be appreciated. 

30 Days of Haiga: Summer Goes to Sleep

 

Background image by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Text art and effects by Ornery Owl (Cara Hartley)

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notes if you want 'em

A perfect poem to wrap up this year's 30 Days of Haiga, I think!

But does this mean there will be no more Haiga this year?

No way!

There may well be Haiga tomorrow!

What I'm not sure there will be this year is OctPoWriMo or the October Spooky Writing Prompts. There have been no stirrings on either the official OctPoWriMo blog or the Writers Handbook Tumblr to indicate that either will be transpiring.

I know that the person behind the Writers Handbook is active. They had a new post yesterday. However, it wasn't a Spooky Writing Prompts post.

I'm not sure about Morgan, who usually organizes OctPoWriMo. I hope she's okay. There hasn't been much activity on either of her blogs or on her Facebook or Twitter. 

There is no way that I could manage being a decent host for an event like OctPoWriMo, but if Morgan isn't going to host the event this year, I might be able to come up with a quick list of prompts. As the late, great Tom Petty said, the waiting is the hardest part, but I guess we'll wait till tomorrow and see what happens.

Ornery Owl Has Spoken

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The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)

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30 Days of Haiga 2021: First Frost

 

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First Blossom

I see no blossoms

is spring late to the party?

the trees still look bare

~cie~

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Heeding Haiku: Raindrops on Rose Senryu

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raindrops on a rose

rain mingles with fallen tears

raindrops on my face

~cie~

Carpe Diem Shikoku Island Pilgrimage: Sakura Temple

Sakura Temple, Shikoku Island

Sakura temple

I sang of cherry blossoms

when I was a girl

~cie~

notes

When I was in the fourth grade, we learned about Japan. We sang a little song about Sakura. These days I wonder if the school would have been accused of some sort of disrespect or cultural appropriation. I have trouble understanding how learning about other cultures is a bad thing. Shouldn't we try and understand each other? I guess I'm just too old to be "woke."

Tan Renga Wednesday on Saturday: Cherry Trees in Full Bloom

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springtime is coming

hope to put the longer days

to practical use

shadows become longer

cherry tree in full bloom grows

~Chèvrefeuille & cie~

notes

Once my son and I are done clearing out that blasted mobile home (the one where I lived for 18 years and he lived for close to ten) we will finally be able to concentrate on what we want to do with our new home. I would like to plant a few dwarf fruit trees. I've always loved cherries, both as a fruit and a plant. I try to keep looking to the future, to have aspirations but also keep in mind the need for practicality due to my health issues.

The Ageku of this Renga is © Chèvrefeuille. The Hokku was written by me.

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation: The Cold Night

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spring snow

purifies earth and heaven

the cold night

spring snow

covering flowers and trees

a threatening frost

covering flowers and trees

a spring freeze will destroy buds

a hard summer comes

the cold night

emerging from the dream world

the people awake

~cie~

notes

We were charged with creating a fusion-ku from the following two Haiku and a Troiku from the fusion-ku.

spring snow

purifies earth and heaven

our enemies perish

© Mizuhara Shûôshi

the cold night

comes out of the stones

all morning

© Jim Kacian

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation: Renga With: Waiting for the Full Moon

Image by Chikai Du from Pixabay

the autumn wind:

thickets and fields also,

Fuha Barrier

© Basho

I look at the turning leaves

see future snow in the clouds

a dandelion

now and then interrupting

the butterfly's dream

© Chiyo-Ni

when I am a butterfly

will I ever dream of you

the thunderstorm having cleared up

the evening sun shines on a tree

where a cicada is chirping 

© Shiki

is there a cool night ahead

or restless humidity

simply trust:

do not also the petals flutter down,

just like that?

© Issa

I have never been the kind

to simply go with the flow

in nooks and corners

cold remains:

flowers of the plum

© Buson

promise of warmer weather

pleasant till scorching heat comes

ancient warriors ghosts

mists over the foreign highlands -

waiting for the full moon

© Chèvrefeuille

will your troubled soul drift in

for another lifelong fight

~cie~

notes

All the Ageku are belong to me.

Everything else has been credited.

WordPress users, I've been having more trouble than usual commenting on some of your blogs. I won't go into all the reasons why cie hates WordPress here, but they are many.

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday: Winter Chrysanthemum

Image by Marjon Besteman-Horn from Pixabay

Winter chrysanthemum,

Wearing nothing

but its own light

I wear a sweatshirt for warmth

and think about my garden

~Mizuhara Shūōshi & cie~

notes

The Hokku is © Mizuhara Shūōshi (1892-1981). The Ageku was written by yours truly.

Tan Renga Wednesday on Friday: Last Leaf

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a last leaf

swirls on the wind towards the east -

first snow falls gently

the falling snow is pleasant

the icy roads are not so

~Chèvrefeuille & cie~

notes

The Hokku stanza was written by Chevrefeuille. The Ageku was created by me. I do like the snow, but I hate driving on icy roads. I've had a couple incidents when doing so which left me with a bit of PTSD. I tend to tense up when I have to drive on icy roads, which makes doing so a bad idea.

I will try to catch up with the poems over the next few days. I was working on a short story for blog.reedsy.com. If you are looking for a short story contest with no entry fee, they have a weekly contest here. Go to the apps section of the page and choose "story prompt."

Also, if you're looking for help with editing or publishing your book, you can look at what Reedsy has to offer here. Using that link will get you $25 credit on any of Reedsy's services.

I believe I may have had another TIA. There always tends to be a cognitive shift when one of these happens. It's hard to explain. It isn't as if I'm having short term memory issues (well, no worse than I ever did). It's simply that the WAY I think changes. At this point, I find myself needing to be a little more measured in my output. I get tired very easily. It's frustrating because although I've never been a Type A personality by any means, I've always been very productive.

I know that I'm vulnerable to vascular problems because of my diabetes. Well, I'm perfectly happy to keep my blood sugars in check, which I can do if I have, you know, ADEQUATE INSULIN! Which my health care provider and Medicaid seem to be conspiring not to provide me. Going without insulin for weeks at a time is, I don't know, a bad thing when you're diabetic. 

The elite devils in charge of things don't care about that, though. They want the poor and the handicapped dead. Of course, then they won't have anyone to do the menial jobs that they revile, but I wouldn't give them too much credit for being smart.

Yeah, I said "handicapped" instead of the more politically correct "disabled." I honestly don't see what the difference is. I can apply both to my own condition, and I don't find either one offensive. Sometimes people become so busy picking nits that they forget to work on the issues that really matter.

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation: Renga with Friends

I

beach diamonds

a new day crystallized

in sunny surf foam

the taste of salt in the breeze

the smell of salt in the air

~Jane & cie~

II

cold spring breeze

makes the cherry blossom shiver

one heartbeat long

I am thinking of spring rain

the sky opening above

~Chèvrefeuille & cie~

III

The wind from Mt. Fuji

I put it on the fan.

Here, a souvenir from Edo

remembering my childhood

when I learned of Japan

~Basho & cie~

IV

watch birth and death:

the lotus has already

opened its flower.

it waits for me to come home

back to a place without time

~Soseki Natsume & cie~

V

dervishes whirling

- seeking a higher consciousness

third eye opens

I am unsure if I want

to know the enlightenment

~Chèvrefeuille & cie~

VI

flute melodies

across green ocean waves

spring meadows

do you remember our dream

floating away on spring breeze

~Jane & cie~

notes

All of the Hokku were written by the authors indicated.

All of the Ageku were written by me.

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday: Such a Cold Night

Image by Robson Machado from Pixabay

lying down

with quilts over the head

such a cold night

I spent many nights like this

in a trailer with no heat

~cie~

notes

The Hokku stanza was written by Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694). The Ageku stanza was written by me. It is autobiographical.