Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Carpe Diem Haiku: Senryu: Lost at Birth

Image by Michael Gaida from Pixabay

born to a hard life
a world of trouble and strife
you deserved better

~nobody~


notes from nobody
Written for my son. I was not able to give him the childhood he deserved because of my mental health issues. Now we live together in poverty trying to support each other as best we can. If there are angels, I believe he is one.

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday on the Following Monday Because I Suck: Another Morning

Image by Hasty Words from Pixabay

New Year's morning
the first day begins
in the same dream
or perhaps the same nightmare
when your mind has been broken

~nobody~


notes from nobody
The Hokku stanza was written by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The Ageku stanza was written by nobody.

Monday, January 6, 2020

Carpe Diem New Beginnings: First Day of Spring Depression

Image by Claudia Peters from Pixabay

before the first bud
emerging from the cold ground
spring depression creeps
foolish butterfly flitting
in the garden of the damned

~nobody~


notes from a damned soul
I could not be more rubbish if I tried. I missed this prompt too. Again, not like anyone would miss me, so I don't know why I should care.

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Ornery Photography: Camera Critters #597 + Saturday's Critters #316 + Shadow Shot Sunday + Not So Silent Sunday + Sunday Selections #462: Prehistoric Polar Paradise



Images captured 17 January 2017 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Copyright Cara Hartley/The Real Cie/The Ornery Old Lady. You are welcome to use them, but please credit me.

I would stake my reputation that the skeleton in the second picture comes from the Coryphodon, the toothy critter in the diorama. Keep in mind that my reputation is worth the counterfeit three-dollar bill that it's printed on.

Also, I am honestly not sure which of the shadows in the diorama are real and which are painted.

~Cie the Ornery Old Lady~







Carpe Diem New Beginnings: Blue Year's Day

Image by Herbert Brant from Pixabay

new year's day is here
another year to survive
just another day

~nobody~


Notes from a Living Ghost
I was unaware that these prompts were back and missed the opportunity to join in. Not that I'm missed. I am about as popular as toenail fungus. I swear I suck so much. I don't think I could be a bigger trash fire of a human being if I tried. I am pretty much garbage at everything.