expectation...

may the snows be light
may your sails unfurl softly
and love the breezes


Linking to;
Haiku Heights - expectation

Awake in a Dream

Relaxing Fantasy Music
  


dream gods
play me a song of sweet bells
to soothe my seasons


Linking to:
Carpe Diem - Awake in a Dream

Spirits of the Wild

Adrian Von Ziegler - Spirits of the Wild


may haunting flutes
charm the light of
a forest morning

let me feel
the presence of
the sacred earth


spirits of the wild
bless
my hungry soul


 Linking to:
Carpe Diem - Spirits of the Wild

solarise...

solarise time
seven plain worlds become 
seven wonders





Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Seven

when sailing is blind...

Eastern Lighthouse at McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula was built in England in 1874
and transported to Australia.
It guides mariners through the South Channel on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay.


when sailing is blind
when seas are blackened with night
trust in lighthouse rays


Linking to:
Carpe Diem - Lighthouse of Alexandria

wheeling dark wings...

wheeling dark wings
perform their Spring rummage
through light clouds


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Rummage

Straw Mat

seasons will come
to cross Lethe's straw mat
and enter the frame





Linking to:
A Haiku a Day - Straw Mat

perception...

soft down and water

grated with a metal brush

dipped in silver

Linking to:

Creative Challenge - Perception


NOTE
On the theme of perception, for an extraordinary, lively story about a philosopical cat
visit
Welcome to the Anglo Swiss World

serene...

a touch of water
sweeping curves of emerald 
serene still space

Linking to:
A Haiku a Day - Serene

crooked...

social norms beg
to be manoeuvred into
the art of the soul


Linking to:
Haiku Heights - Crooked

Liberation

Recently I read Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah.
My poetic review and Goodreads review are on my Songlines on the Winds blog.


I am African
I need to find my soul light
free of border lines


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Liberation

Crescendo

visual sounds grow
cheeky winds tamper with spray
living crescendo


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Crescendo

Weekend Haiku #5 ~ Brown

two faces glowing
two shining expectant smiles
two beautiful browns 
 

WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU

Today's prompt is

BROWN

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NOTE
As there seems to be no interest in this meme,
I am discontinuing it as of this post.

Weekend Haiku #4 ~ Green

Display in the vestibule of the small Treasury Theatre in Melbourne


in a green hued light
touched with Nature's mystery
cleansing the clutter


WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU
Today's prompt is

GREEN

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Weekend Haiku #3 ~ Yellow

pink petalled flower
spinning a web of yellow
like a heart of gold


WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU

Today's prompt is

YELLOW

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Stone

foundation of stone
frantic shufflings circle by
a cold unmoved heart


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Stone


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme HERE each Sunday!

Next Prompt: YELLOW

Change

when the colours change
the moment seems enchanting
but beware of masks


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Change


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme HERE each Sunday!

Next Prompt: YELLOW

Weekend Haiku #2 - Blue

when blue is measured
levelled by a gentle soul
the music is sweet


WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU

Today's prompt is

BLUE

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health...

health is all about
good foods for body and soul
and nature's fine wines


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Health


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme HERE each Sunday!

Next Prompt: BLUE

betrayal...

A colourful Melbourne tram travelling Swanston Street

If ever there were a 19th-century opera to have stood the test of time it is Verdi’s soaringly romantic and dramatic Aida. Its exotic, golden images of Egypt, spine-tingling arias, potent choruses, conflicting allegiances and cruel twists of fate make it one of the pillars of the grand opera repertoire.
- Aida is being performed now at the Arts Centre, Melbourne by Opera Australia


not a betrayal 
just conflicting loyalties
tragic Aida


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Betrayal


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme started HERE last Sunday!

Prompt : RED

Next Prompt: BLUE

Welcome to Weekend Haiku!

in my red moments
I feel the shadows of pain
and hope they will pass


WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU

Today's prompt is

RED

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Art of Art

community wall
tiled colours, secrets and souls
egg on inspired art



NOTE
The photo is a section of a garden wall by Kingston Arts Centre at Moorabbin, an inner suburb of Melbourne.
Each tile is painted by a member - young or old -  of the community.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Egg


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme starts HERE this Sunday!

Prompt : RED

tiny fancy bridge...

tiny fancy bridge
waits for the rains to give
some flowing water


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Bridge


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme starts HERE this Sunday!

Prompt : RED

ANNOUNCEMENT! Weekend Haiku!

WEEKEND HAIKU


Beginning next weekend 
on Sunday - in Australia -

a new meme

WEEKEND HAIKU

prompt for next weekend is

RED


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carved in his life lines...

A sculpture by William Ricketts at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula


carved in his life lines
story of many seasons
and many visions


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Story
SOOC Sunday 

Zebra Crossing

a zebra painting
memories of abbey road
musical crossing



Source: Wikipedia


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Zebra Crossing

Youngling

to swim with life's flow
a youngling means a freedom
ungroomed and unchained


NOTE
The photo above (December 2011) is a young seal pup that stayed awhile with Mum near Anthony's Nose
- a rocky ridge near Dromana beach on Port Phillip Bay.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Youngling

my days may be grey...

my days may be grey
I may be shrouded in mist
but somewhere sun  shines


NOTE:
The photo above was taken on the Dromana foreshore track - December 2011.
Summer was just beginning.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ OPEN DAY
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Xerox

nature's London Bridge
xerox of a famed name but
a diff'rent beauty


NOTE
This beautiful rugged piece of coastline with the sculpted arch is on the Mornington Peninsula.
The beach is called London Bridge Ocean beach and this arch is the highlight..


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Xerox

Waterfall

waterfall surprise
no river or stream nearby
coastal landscape art


NOTE
The above photo is a section of the wondrous rugged coastline of London Bridge Ocean Beach on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula.
The coastline is festooned with mini mountains, valleys, waterfalls (when the tide rushes in) and fascinating rock pools.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Waterfall

Volcano

Scottish Arthurs Seat
extinct volcano system
shaped by glaciers

my Arthurs Seat world
soars above Port Phillip Bay
close to a fault line


NOTE
There is an Arthurs Seat in Scotland.
It has a volcanic heritage.
My Arthurs Seat mountain is on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.
It does not have a volcanic heritage.
 It was named by Acting Lieutenant John Murray when he entered Port Phillip Bay in the ship Lady Nelson in February 1802.
 Murray thought that it resembled the hill of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh (which was his home city).
My Arthurs Seat mountain is close to the Selwyn fault line running along the ridge of the peninsula.
The photo above is a view from my Arthurs Seat of the bay, looking down on Dromana.

Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Volcano

Uproot

crazy cold weather
spawns no reason to uproot
a walk on the beach


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Uproot

Tsunami

rising winter tides
boiled by roaring icy winds
tsunami feeling


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Tsunami

Shadow

when daylight nestles
in the shadow of sunset
night music wakens


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Shadow

while vines are sleeping...

while vines are sleeping
cooling skies and lonely art
exchange their sad sighs


NOTE
Montalto Vineyard, on the Mornington Peninsula near Red Hill, pictured above, has many unusual  artworks scattered through the vineyards.
Somehow in the Autumn/Winter season, those artworks seem quite stark - with the leafless vines as a backdrop.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ OPEN DAY
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Rosemary

Sea mist envelops London Bridge Ocean Beach at Portsea on the Mornington Peninsula


when sea mists drift in
do you yearn for distant lands
lady rosemary


NOTE
Rosemary is from a combination of 2 Latin words
(ros = dew + marinus = sea) which together mean dew of the sea.
Rosemary is a plant native to the seaside regions of the Mediterranean and North Africa.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Rosemary

Qutub Minar

Lighthouse at Cape Schank at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula


tall lonely lighthouse
like the famed qutub minar
do you light prayers


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Qutub Minar

Pariah

do you feel unloved
pariah of feathered worlds
do you crave some love


NOTE
In my peninsula world, the crow is chased away by kookaburras, magpies and even little wattle birds.
It is not only we humans who feel that the crow is far from acceptable to our psyche.
Many link the crow with death and sorcery.
And yet, legends suggest that the crow as a totem, could be the key to life's mysteries and the potential of energies within.


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Pariah

Owl

Athena's wee owl
do you hide her wise treasures
close to her shoulder


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Owl

Nightingale

butcher bird songsters
piping loud their magic flutes
like dawn nightingales


NOTE
Butcher bird territory spreads across mainland Australia.
The one pictured above is a youngster (photographed on my verandah rail).
All those brown tones will darken to black.
Their song impressed Olivier Messiaen, who incorporated pied butcherbird song into his last work,
Éclairs sur l’au-delà.
More detail about the butcher bird and their musical range of song is HERE
(scroll down to just above the WARNING ad for their swooping habits!)

Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ Nightingale