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Poinciana ~ Hibiscus trees
riot of color
landscaping the yard
eye-catching beauty
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note:
it was amazing to be able to walk
out side and see the gorgeous Poinciana
and Hibiscus trees in bloom.
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no back bone for me
I know now
my voice silenced by fear
found my voice ~ deaf to yours
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breathtaking
elegance and grace
moonlight glow
photo: Red Admiral butterfly;
Charlotte Rhodes Butterfly Park photo
Southwest Harbor, Maine, USA
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prompt: butterfly
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Monarchs on roses
flying flower to flower
joined by painted ladies
mourning cloaks ~ red admirals
Rhodes Butterfly Park
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Charlotte Rhodes Butterfly Park in Southwwest Harbor, Maine, USA
is a favorite place for me to visit… by myself, or with painters group
to paint plein aire.
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prompt: elegant dress (white cloud)
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white cloud
sparking powder-puff dress
like fine fireworks
dainty glowing
regal princess
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Sigrid (Butler) Saradunn (c) 1971 painting. Private collection
Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Old San Juan, P.R.
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prompt: a place you inhabit when you are not there: “visiting yourself”
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Yesterday after the beautiful haiku event,
we stopped at the Colonnade Art Gallery in Pasadena.
To visit our friends at the opening of an exhibit,
and also to “visit myself”.
My haiga art, images, and journals there while I am gone
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How have you created a physical space
that you can be “visited’ in this way?
I am thinking of a temporary or permanent location,
where, for at least a time, your presence is felt,
when you are not there?
What tangible spaces do you create,
or inhabit that “embody” yourself ?
Where can you “visit yourself” in this way?
Your garden?
Of course there is the “book”
which is of course a tangible object
where you can visit yourself.
Even a journal publication make tangible the experiences )
Often we’ve left markers in places,
carvings in a tree or sidewalk,
that we can revisit, art objects,
and even our old homes,
(even without a plaque,
can be known and visited by others)
When we create a public space,
like my daughter’s spa in Santa Barbara,
“Colleen Elizabeth” –she can be visited there…
and visit herself!
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How do you create a physical space to represent you
when you are not there?
Are their favorite places others have created
that embody and carry their “presence”
that especially impress you?
How would you like to do it,
even if not yet done?
Can you embody it with specifics in your tanka?
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Isolatation~ hepatitis
Puerto Rico, far from base
new baby with Dad’s mom
El Morro Castle painted
bittersweet memory
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My response to the prompt photo (below)
by Mark Ross ~ “if all you had was a window”
for Caroline Skanne Poems ~ Seize the Day
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heart attack
on the patch ~ cold turkey
hospital window
views smokers break area
madder than wet cat
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note:
my first ex hubby messaged me
from his cardiac room bed ~ angry stating
that there was very poor planning to have
the smoking area right where people who
can’t smoke have to have the blind down
or watch the smokers.
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prompt photo by Mark Ross
for Caroline Skanne Poems ~ Seize the Day
(c) Saradunn
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Prompt: when we can’t talk (death)
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Silence
talk of death avoided
except once
after the fall ~ alone 94 hours
death a black hole ~ nothingness
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free image: naturacuriosa.blogspot.comwhite peacock
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waiting for your prince
elegant flair
butterflies and roses
tiara sparkles
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Prompt: when we can’t talk
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silence ~ thinking back
did i ever ~ hear you laugh
express joy
you left me silent
within my soul
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