dVerse: Change Is Possible

dVerse: OpenLinkNight

never give up
i learned this week
sometimes compromise
comes at odd times
my husband who has asthma
and has fear of the fear
of an allergy
was steadfast about 
no furry critters

"even hypoallergenic dogs
have dander"
he reminds me
i've been furry petless
more than a decade
love my turtle and tortoise
but i miss the cuddles
and face licks
and being silly

realizing how much
i needed a furry companion
in my life
he began to open up
"i'll call my doctor"
"i'll see an allergist for something
in case i do sneeze or wheeze"
we did a doggie trial
with the breed we want
no swollen eyes or inhaler

yesterday i chose my puppy
from the now five-week-old litter
she won't come home for
another five weeks
she will get me moving again
a reason to move off the sofa
an issue i've had since 2007
one of my mind messages
not yet healed by neurofeedback

after committing to a life
without another cat or dog ever
i have more love for my husband
for allowing himself to open his mind...
accept change even if a bit uncomfortable
i'm in heaven
preparing for our new arrival

Photo by Yvonne Sadowy

Photo by Legin's Havanese (age 3 weeks)

CD: Eclipse

Carpe Diem #311 ~ Eclipse

light of my life

taking your last gasping breaths

eclipse of my heart

(I know the last line comes from a song, but I wanted to use it for this prompt.)

 

 

CD: Dazzling Dew

Carpe Diem #310 ~ Tsuyujimo (dew frost)

 

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nature decorates

with dazzling crystal sparkles

morning dew frost 

CD: Hidden

Carpe Diem #309 ~ Bashoo (Bananaplant)

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anonymity ~

flowers of banana plant

hidden deep within

dVerse: Above This Orbit

dVerse: Poetics

Writing to the Art of Catrin Welz-Stein

 

 

Where The Starlight Begins by Catrin Welz-Stein 

high above this orbit
far from earthbound danger
i roam the safety of the stars
held within the moon's glow

high above this earth
my world when being here
was too much for my mind to bear
where time was nonexistent
and pain relegated to
a me of a distant plane

now one of this earth  
healed beyond the pain ~
still wishing to be among the stars
walking the constellations
hiding within the peaceful unknown

 

CD: Jazzbumpa's "Cold Raindrops Falling"

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge #16

This week's first stanza of our Tan Renga is a haiku written by Jazzbumpa of Retirement Pastels. The goal for the challenge is to complete the Tan Renga by writing the second stanza (7-7 syllables). 

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green leaves turn orange
amid the colors we see
cold raindrops falling

(JzB)

abandoned nests rustling

in autumn's shivery breeze

(MG)

 

CD: Salmon Fishing Not In Yemen

Carpe Diem ~ Salmon

ishikari
salmon fishing upstream
willow spears ready


(The Ishikari River is one of the main rivers in Japan.)

dVerse: Lords of the Rings

dVerse: Forbidden Topics

internet forces stand guard
to see which perps are targeting
the young and innocent.
they find that one
and put him in jail
for whatever the sentence is
for luring online

but for every perp online
thousands are connected
to the one
we see it each time
"a ring is brought down"
international pedophile ring
on the internet

guess what?
it's happening in real life
in large connected
sophisticated groups
where children
are born into families
of a pedophile
and become indoctrinated
into that world
before they can even
speak a word

the trauma to these children
causes their minds to shut down
create an amnesia barrier
to the abuse
so by the time they can speak
or go to day care
they have no idea they
have a reason
"to tell a safe adult"

and they are constantly
instilled with terror
if they do remember
and tell
and when the amnesia breaks
usually decades into life
it's too late for the
child-now-adult
to do anything but
grieve and heal
if a therapist will treat them

pedophiles have meetings
with their prey
and create porn and make trades
and use their little assets
to hide drugs
and sometimes bombs
and exchange goods
and other nefarious deeds

this world is invisible
because it involves judges
and police
and attorney generals
not all...but enough
and coroners
and morticians
for the "accidents"

the children who most
need to be saved
are in their own homes
right now
this second
hoping to be rescued

CD: Crane At Work

Carpe Diem ~ Southard's "Widening Rings"

We are to write a new haiku inspired on this masterpiece by O. Mabson Southard in the same sense, tone and spirit:


a patter of rain ...
the lily-pad undulates
on widening rings

My inspired haiku:

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crane at the ready
eyes his fish for dinner

frog hangs on for plunge

 

 

 

CD: Flying South

Carpe Diem #307 ~ Kari (Goose)

geese depart to south

who gets to lead the V first?

and who is wing man?

***

geese flying south

one of nature's mysteries

a sight to behold

 

CD: Colors of Autumn

Carpe Diem ~ Chrysanthemum

colors of autumn
in september's garden
chrysanthemums

dVerse: Fall from Grace

dVerse: OpenLinkNight ~ Fall

i fell for all the lies in life
i fell for all your truths
i didn't know that i'd been had
from the moment of my birth

i fell from grace
but not by choice
i stood as soon as i knew
and ran so fast the other way
your reach could not pursue

i fell into a world of love
and caring others' hands
and though it may have taken years
i finally can stand
without the strings
without the cues
without the secret codes
i fell into a cloud of fate
that has gently taken hold

and led me through the fire
to a place where i am now
i fell in love with my own life
far from the one you planned

i thank my lucky stars and guides
for freeing me from you
and letting me fall into a world
where innocence is true

CD: Lonely Straw

Carpe Diem ~ Straw Bundles

after the crops are gone
lonely straw bundles afield 
small creatures find warmth

CD: Summer Skin

Carpe Diem #304 ~ (Willow Leaves Fall)

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shedding summer skin
willow floats downstream
reflecting season's end

dVerse: Chaos Rules

dVerse: Poetics ~ Peace

i march to a different beat
knowing regardless of
desire for peace
warmongers are at work
setting up a house of cards
to fall exactly as planned
to create disorder and chaos
in the world
because the rich get richer
when we are at war

images of peace marches
in the sixties
police beating those shouting peace
with clubs
and tossing tear gas
and shoot to kill at Kent State

peace marches for civil rights
end in death and chaos for
the peaceful ones
because hatred trumps peace
as war trumps peace

and while the UN proclaims
a day of peace
they are guilty themselves
of engaging in the
drug and sex slave trade
as shown in The Whistle Blower
so don't dare try to stop
the madness 

peace is a picture 
of a dove and an olive branch
though it may as well be
a black helicopter
dropping sarin gas

 

CD: Totem of Change

Carpe Diem #303 ~ Tonbo (Dragonfly)

 

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dragonfly finds her

wherever life's path takes her

beautiful totem

***

life's transformations

dragonfly brings light and change

let your heart flutter

 

dVerse: Monomind

dVerse: Form For All ~ Ballad

my life has been a riddle
few can understand
even professionals
disagree on my life's hand

is it real or am i faking
but who could fake such pain
and need years and years of therapy
just to maintain...sustain

from multiple to singleton
a journey long and grueling
is it worth the trek to reach the goal
or will the end be my undoing

so many questions along the way
who will i be when i am "done"
i've reached the goal of monomind
but the battle is still not won

the world is slightly different
from a single point of view
still some fears do linger
for which i haven't got a clue

but i'll trudge on until my death
to be a better me
embracing love, releasing fear
always yearning to feel free

CD: Windstorm

Carpe Diem ~ Dividing Wind

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winds whipping through field

we find shelter in the hut

huddling 'til its gone

***

winds of avignon

chilling warm september days

mistral from the sea

The prompt reminded me of the mistral when we were in France. Gorgeous clear blue skies and temperatures in the 80s except for three days when the mistral came through and shut down the sidewalk cafes making the city almost a ghost town.

CD: Summer's End

Carpe Diem ~ Harvest Moon

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golden harvest moon

our beautiful reminder

of summer's end

CD: Anticipation

Carpe Diem ~ Waiting Evening

(The Evening Before the Harvest Moon)

looking to the sky
seeking some confirmation
of full harvest moon