a quiet revealed by a nuthatch scratch #dailyhaikuprompt | quiet #smallpoems

moth flight . a gust of wind lifts a plastic bag #dailyhaikuprompt | moth #smallpoems

whiffs of wood smoke cold morning walk #dailyhaikuprompt | smoke #smallpoems

a warm winter sun wakes the house flies #dailyhaikuprompt | house fly #smallpoems

snow squall a quartet of crows #dailyhaikuprompt | snow #smallpoems

turnip greens and asiago on pasta – that warm light from the window #dailyhaikuprompt | turnip #smallpoems

#silentsunday #dogsofmastodon

light rain . two deer and the fallen apples #dailyhaikuprompt | rain #smallpoems

#Poetry #smallpoems https://sleepingdog.mataroa.blog/blog/three-untitled-vertical-poems/

on an icy sidewalk in Minneapolis a candle flickers #dailyhaikuprompt | candle #smallpoems

What a relief to learn (from the NY Times) that a blatant act of aggression by the U.S., violating international law and killing scores of people, will produce "winners."

even through the sweetness of cold melon – this relentless rage #dailyhaikuprompt | cold/melon #smallpoems

a shiv-wind finds my parka seams – the January thaw ends #dailyhaikuprompt | thaw #smallpoems

Cornelius Eady, Renee Nicole Good is Murdered #Poetry https://poets.org/poem/renee-nicole-good-murdered

Danez Smith, An Elegy for my Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good “The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us. With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us […]

shorn corn #monochrome #monoculture #BlackAndWhite

the dunes at Au Sable – a landscape remembers #dailyhaikuprompt | sable #smallpoems

on Canoe Creek a brown leaf encased in ice #dailyhaikuprompt | creek #smallpoems

From the new blog, a poem about a tree and the greatest auntie a guy could have. https://sleepingdog.mataroa.blog/blog/like-a-tree/ #Poetry

like Haldane's creator an inordinate fondness for beetles #dailyhaikuprompt | beetle #smallpoems

another during this time of rage – a poet shot dead on that cold street #dailyhaikuprompt | time #smallpoems #dailyatrocity

at the edge of an aspen clearcut #monochrome #BlackAndWhite

the tang under the sweet – wild plum jam #dailyhaikuprompt | plum #smallpoems

abandoned field — doubts creep in from the edges #dailyhaikuprompt | field #smallpoems

no coffee before the blood test – morning cloud #dailyhaikuprompt | morning cloud #smallpoems #Coffee

losing the bearing – a constant struggle to right the ship of state #dailyhaikuprompt | bear #smallpoems #imperialism

long shadows January 2025 #BlackAndWhite #monochrome

more no account bullies – a new year begins like the old one #dailyhaikuprompt | new year #smallpoems

leaf encased in ice on a creek #BlackAndWhite #smallpoems #Abstract

oh those tiny footprints in the sand! plover lover #dailyhaikuprompt | plover #smallpoems

I see my crooked grin on my grandfather’s face – binding threads #dailyhaikuprompt | thread #smallpoems #ancestors

hard right turn from nowhere to nowhere #StreetPhotography #rural #Iowa #Photography

snow squall over a hay field #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Iowa

that kind of joy – a sky so clear I touch the Pleiades #dailyhaikuprompt | clear sky #smallpoems #gratitude

waiting – all day the icicles grow #dailyhaikuprompt | icicle #smallpoems

gate #BlackAndWhite

A weathered sheet of ice at the Grand Marais, MN breakwater, Jan 2025. #BlackAndWhite #monochrome

high above this blizzard a cold winter moon #dailyhaikuprompt | cold #smallpoems #Iowa

Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this… A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek

snowmelt off the woodshed roof #BlackAndWhite #monochrome

bubbles in lake ice #monochrome #BlackAndWhite

pin oak leaf melting into the snow #Photography

what can we bear – on my father’s nightstand a half-done crossword #dailyhaikuprompt | bear #smallpoems

RE: https://mastodon.social/@BriefPulseNews/115788109966709186 I'm guessing that if this vote actually COULD get Thiel to leave, Californians might vote in droves.

a Christmas day pratfall – the mirth of Christ #dailyhaikuprompt | mirth #smallpoems #icypath

sunrise through the fog across the valley #BlackAndWhite #LandscapePhotography