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Photo Victoria Slotto
winter in warm clime
mockingbird bird sings joyfully
new life mimics spring
A late submission to Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #32.
Snowbird–Frank Tassone’s Haiki Challenge #32
Tag Archives: haiku
the fresh breath of winter–dVerse OLN
the fresh breath of winter
shimmering snowfall
still water, frozen beauty
warming arid hearts
gazing on and on
reverent winter wonder
bare trees bow toward earth
nature’s white embrace
crystals sparkle silvery
beneath winter’s sun
Written and posted for dVerse Open Link Night–Join us at the poetry pub!
Photo: David Slotto
Mt. Whitney, California
Summer Moon–Poetic Bloomings, Day 10
Photo: David Slotto
summer moon
a haiku
summer moonlight kiss
stars wink in silent accord
lone coyote howls
For Poetic Bloomings, Day 10–the theme of moonlight!
Purple Pizzazz–Color Your World
Photo: David Slotto
Photo: Victoria Slotto
Purple Pizzazz
you paint spring happy
blend colors with so much care
divine artisan
Linked to Jennifer Nichole Wells Color Your World photography prompt: purple pizzazz.
Purple Mountain Majesty–Color My World
Photo: David Slotto
Photo: David Slotto–Mt. Whitney, Eastern Sierra, California
gaia convulses
gives birth to massive mountains
strength is born in pain
Linked to Jennifer Nichole Wells prompt: Color My World Purple Mountains Majesty
Iris
Photo: David Slotto
iris
bearded irises
like so many tongues of fire
consume my garden.
Photo: wikipedia
earthworm
digging damp spring soil,
i disrupt your enterprise;
back to work my friend.
Linked to dVerse Poetics where Patti Wolfe invites us to share our Microworlds. I’ve spent the better part of the past week or more in the garden, so this was perfect timing.
Weekly Photo Challenge–Texture
This is my first time participating in WordPress.com’s Weekly Photo Challenge. The prompt is Texture, which is, along with color, at the top of my favorite’s when considering the elements artists carry in their “tool boxes.”
Texture is all around us–smooth, coarse, rough, silky, actual, implied…think of the importance of the sense of touch to a person who is visually impaired. Here are a few textures I noticed on our daily walk today in our neighborhood:
Photo: V. Slotto
Succulent–a Haiku
though you seem prickly
smooth touch, each single petal,
but sharp on the tips.
Photo: V. Slotto
Photo: V. Slotto
Photo: V. Slotto
Hibiscus–a Haiku
your color seduces,
showcases, contrasts sun’s dance,
look to the center.
Photo: V. Slotto
Lava Rock
look what you’ve endured–
eons of harshness and heat,
borne through the ages.
Photo: V. Slotto
Old Pick Up Truck
you’re always just “there,”
gathering rust and hist’ry
i want to know more.
Photo: D. Slotto
A Pod
nature’s protection
keeping new life safe from harm.
can we say the same?
Photo: V. Slotto
A Rose
silky, smooth petals,
drinking of dew, opening,
sharing her beauty.
N.B. I am new to the world of photography, though not of art or poetry.
‘srooms
Photo: Wise Acre Gardens
‘srooms
beige, white, brown, speckled,
delicate, stout, pointed or round—
fairy umbrellas.
National Poetry Month–Day 21
Lantana
Photo: V. Slotto
a Haiku
Nature’s perfection—
symmetry and color play
under springtime skies.
National Poetry Month–Day 19
Farewell, 2013
Leaves of our trees gave way to bitter cold winds that stripped bare their branches.
A gentle turn of the page—calendars relinquish another year.
Photo: 123rf.com
Form
Alan Ginsberg developed a form he called the American Sentence. Using the structure of the haiku as a basis, the poem is built as a single sentence, employing seventeen syllables.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE WILD, WILD WEST. MANY GOOD THINGS TO YOU IN 2014. Thank you all for making 2013 a creative, poetic year. Victoria
Photo: Bob937.com
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 