"Taking refuge in you, may I set upright all that I have overturned Taking refuge in you, may I hold a lamp high in the darkness Taking refuge in you, may I carry compassion to all beings" From "108 prayers A book of devotion to the Bodhisattva of Compassion" by Marcus Powles

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step one: escape the bed step two: slive

Y esa, amigos, es la unica ley del mar.

No haiku today annual inventory and syllable count #haiku #micropoetry P.S. It is January after all!! 😃

Tea is a rainy day’s best friend. 🌧️🫖❤️

#SunriseReport ! It was chilly, though we're supposed to get up to 80s this week. Now that the winds have calmed there were tons of birds going hither and yon, just none that wanted to be on camera. 8.5/10 😄 #Sunrise

You're all amazing creatures Thanks.

This 👇🏻

pop culture knowing where it's at - start with 'i'm sorry'

Please to enjoy this picture of a lizard in a tiny crocheted hat.

This is more about the current Santa Ana winds than the current events but

cold and vicious as ever - the winds of change #Haiku #Senryu

silhouettes of snow delivery of a poem before paper #vss365 #delivery

trees draw their own maps taking the old root #haiku #poem #poet #nature #wander

joke's on you, my heart's been broken all along

“What does it matter if half the time a poet fails in his effort at expression? The failure makes it real...Failure is part of the living chaos.” -- D.H. Lawrence

Today's #SunriseReport is one for the books. I'm used to (and love) the fog off the river; normally white, today it was glowing pinkish gold like poured champagne. Just gorgeous. #Photography #Sunrise

#haiku tips of the ribbons bleached by the sun

appreciation ashes to ashes, dust to dust every one's human

night's dawn a hidden mystery - dappled moonrise #Haiku #Poetry

pen prediliction perfection preferred pure Pilots, please!

much 'Feliz Año!' how strangers become friends! - terrific magic

Finally found a notebook tiny and random enough to be my purse haiku notebook.

Mark Morrison voice: reTURN of the snek reTURN of the snek reTURN of the snek you knew that I'd be beck This is a post for @cornduck3.bsky.social, specifically (zoom in).

there but distant - after the storm cold blue eyes #Haiku

Seeing this upside-down and sligjtly crooked I read 'Jeeves of the Sea' and OMG yes, please?

This also reminds me of the time, whilst learning German in college, I was reviewing living room items and said Hifi Regal according to German i = ee, so Hee-fee Regal & everyone laughed at me because OBVIOUSLY Germans use the American pronunciation and call it a High-Figh Regal. 😐 #NotBitter

Fortunate enough to have a Portillo's near me - just make sure you pronounce it Por-till-oh's (rhymes with pillows) not Por-tee-yo's (with the spanish ll=y sound) or your Chiacagoan friend will scoff at you.

#completethehaiga 132 @completethehaiga.bsky.social

This reminds me of a runner's tip I once heard, that was in fact very effective: don't always look at the goal, especially when it seems overwhelming. Just look at your feet, and keep going.

one minute per minute stay with yourself!

"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. [...]" "...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."

if i do, i will be happy but if i don't -- #SenryuSunday #Haiku #Senryu

Timeline cleanse. In my Jeep yesterday, this lil dude was climbing up INSIDE THE WINDOW. I suspect he hitched a ride on my xmas tree, which got shipped fresh from WA. (Usually I get a ladybug 🥰). Zoom in and marvel at his lil spatulate feet.

With gift cards to burn, I picked up this superlatively gorgeous book @ B&N yesterday.

So cute. I love that the pom poms are also knit.

@iziezi.bsky.social 🥰

I'm taking this opportunity to wish that humanity really could celebrate the coming new year on the moment of Perihelion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis#P... #newyear #astronomy

new pants just like the old pants just holier

Ok team, we can bring these words back into usage! 💪 Overmorrow = the day after tomorrow Ereyesterday = the day before yesterday We ahould have been using such excellent words ereyesterday, but if we start now we’ll be glad overmorrow!

Another one from much warmer times, recording 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow' in North Carolina. A welcome reminder that spring will always come again. I hope you’re staying bundled up out there and enjoying time with loved ones. Video: Alexei Mejouev

My favorite fact to impose on people at New Year’s parties (when I made it past 9:30) is: Dom Pierre Pérignon was a 17th century Benedictine monk. The property where he lived is now where the champagne is made but he didn’t invent it. He rejected all luxury & would likely decry the brand. Cheers! 🍾

WORD FACT What it really means to make a New Year’s resolution: “Resolution” comes from the Latin “resolvere”: to loosen, untie, or dissolve. What is “soluble” can be broken into components. “Resolution” means making something clear by unbinding it. [1/3]

RESOLUTIONS (Anagrammed Lines) New Year's Resolutions: — Wearily rouse sonnets. — Seriously enter a snow. — Ensure reality swoons.

flailingly feral unfailingly fabulous fête forever!! #Senryu #Senryule

Can confirm. 😍

Ancient Wisdom III Woodcarving Last sculpture of 2025

forgotten crochet hook - I _wanted_ _Malibu Barbie_ !! #Senryule

Daily Haiku #311 Winter wind A freezing reminder That we're alive #Haiku #Poetry #Winter #DailyHaikuPrompt (Cold)