every childhood memory
an Alice and rabbit
in parallax
every childhood memory
an Alice and rabbit
in parallax
the dark slowness of winter
aches like a sore tooth
the dark slowness of winter
aches like a sore tooth
my mother
through winter’s fog…
her hands, now the tiny ones,
light as falling snow
#tankathursday (burden)
#tanka #haiku #poetry
*using a haiku I wrote earlier this year
my mother
through winter’s fog…
her hands, now the tiny ones,
light as falling snow
#tankathursday (burden)
#tanka #haiku #poetry
*using a haiku I wrote earlier this year
clouds give way
to the sun
the garden
suddenly
beautiful
#Photography Maria Carvalho
@immcarvalho.bsky.social
clouds give way
to the sun
the garden
suddenly
beautiful
#Photography Maria Carvalho
@immcarvalho.bsky.social
the loss mounts up
in proportion
to the love
and there's a lake
that fills
the space
between hills
and you cannot
tell, you can't
figure out
what is what
in the end
the loss mounts up
in proportion
to the love
and there's a lake
that fills
the space
between hills
and you cannot
tell, you can't
figure out
what is what
in the end
my grandmother’s
oatmeal cookies
my grandmother’s
oatmeal cookies
all my thoughts
become the moon
all my thoughts
become the moon
of winters past
I carry your heart
in my throat
of winters past
I carry your heart
in my throat
not fog but almost
giving the garden
a faraway look
as if it's lost in thought
an owl hooos softly
not fog but almost
giving the garden
a faraway look
as if it's lost in thought
an owl hooos softly
while we slept
and covered
our dreams
with new
while we slept
and covered
our dreams
with new
I crack open a book
pages like snow
footprints to elsewhere
I crack open a book
pages like snow
footprints to elsewhere
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
in winter's house
it will sit and look
you in the eye
while you sit
staring back
in winter's house
it will sit and look
you in the eye
while you sit
staring back
to hunkering down
our eyes fall back
into our heads
and read what
winter writes
to hunkering down
our eyes fall back
into our heads
and read what
winter writes