Night

Owls wisely hooting
Grounding and discovering
Wolves magically howling
Full moon lights the field
Each step is an encounter

I wrote this tanka last night listening to the owls hooting at the distance. It was a warm autumn night, I kept the windows open giving permission to the crisp air and the sounds of the night enter my home and clear my thoughts.

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.
Shannon L. Alder

Sharing with Tanka Tuesday, this week theme prompt – The night sky.

Sharing with Nurturing Thursday.

It is Autumn!

It’s the first day of autumn! A time of chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!
Winnie the Pooh

Happy new season to you! Autumn or Spring the Earth is dressed in colours for the pleasure of our eyes and soul. Enjoy the new season!

Tanka Tuesday – Lone

**Image credit:** **Unsplash, and the photographer is Wolfgang Hasselmann**

Being carried away by longing
Blending among the canopy
Wondering and wandering
Sensing forgotten paths
Into the forest
Braids and branches
Turning one
Single
Gleam

Today’s prompt for Tanka Tuesday is a photo prompt. The photo should be able to inspire you to write a poem. That single mushroom in this photo evoked me a feeling of loneness. I’m sharing it using Nonet as the poetry form.

On the way

I had a lovely morning outdoors yesterday, Saturday! The weather was just perfect, the crisp air and the sunshine. This beautiful painted rock was on my way, I believe this message found me.

The flowers are blooming, it’s like they know that they should show our their beauty now, there isn’t time for later, the temperature is dropping faster.

Wishing a lovely week to your, enjoy the rest of this season.

I am…

Plume, Sunset, Yellow, Nature, Landscape, Reed, Wind — pixabay image

I am a museum full of art,
and a deck full of music, but
I am an illusion of thoughts
a warm breeze
carrying the burden of the years
floating in the space
in search of an anchor
and a safe ground

Reena’s Exploration Challenge this week is “I am a museum full of art, and a deck full of music, but…”

Tanka Tuesday – Whisper

Dream Catcher, Dreamcatcher, Feather, Dreams, Indian — pixabay image

Whisper in my dreams
It reminders me of you
Between time and space
The dauntless effort to find
The lapse of a lost moment

Tanka Tuesday words for this week are: hint and bold, synonyms only! I used whisper and dauntless.

Is it always me?

grayscale photo of a woman by a window — pixabay image

Lost in the darkest night
Thoughts are nightmares
Light is far away
Is it always me
who carries the sorrow
and the what-ifs?
Isn't enough to just be
and let go?
Forgiveness is there
a treasure waiting to be found

Joining Reena’s Exploration Challenge – Is it always me?

Wordless Wednesday – simple

Tanka Tuesday :: Beam of Light

Dog, Wolf, Yelp, Moon, Tree, Night — pixabay image

pure exuberance
opening up in the sky
the world is all yours
seeking for the beam of light
brightening with confidence

Tanka Tuesday – poet’s choice, and of course, my poem is about the full moon, have you seen her? she is gorgeous this week!

just a sunday!

sunrise by the river. i’m just back from my 5k, it was gorgeous out there this morning. crisp air, birds, a breeze, little things that make me happy!

this last week i went back to the office after 150 days of quarantine working from home. it’s a different world out there. i see many layers of adaptation on my way.

strong coffee early mornings

nothing better than a strong cup of coffee before going out to keep up with all the changes and stresses of the outdoor world.

have a wonderful sunday!