When the lights turn low...

when the lights turn low 
when questions smoke with mixed scents
dance on just dance on



NOTE:
I am still rocked by the news that prolific, loved blogger and photographer
Shaun Downey - Jams O'Donnell - The Poor Mouth
has suddenly died in London... (Sunday 24th March Australian Eastern Standard Time)
I can't believe it...I just can't believe it...
On 9th March 2013, a short post announced that the Black Dog was visiting...
By the 20th March, he was posting about his new cat Jack...

His last post was 22nd March - A Young Dancer

And his birthday would have been yesterday...Good Friday...29th March...


Weekend Haiku
Each weekend I will post a haiku frame of my moment

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Linking to:
Haiku Friday

Taco

Kites with character
Like prayer flags on lengthy strings
Riding fickle winds


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Taco (kite)

Fortitude

Our back verandah, with all its side branches and viewing deck, is almost gone.
The wood was just getting too rotten and unsafe.
Rather than repair, our landlord chose to remove it.
So now we are waiting for the new one to emerge.


when old worlds are stripped
fortitude clasps next beauty
close to the spirit


See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
- This will hurt me


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Fortitude
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

When grey wild winds...

When grey wild winds howl
And the sea seems unfriendly
Souls feel disgruntled


Weekend Haiku
Each weekend I will post a haiku frame of my moment

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Linking to:
Haiku Friday

Cacophony

One of the attractions at the recent Westernport Festival at Hastings on the Mornington Peninsula.


A magic circus
Cacophony of hues like
A candy rock band


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Cacophony
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Hold your ship high ...

Hold your ship high
  Taste the salts of the winds
  Feel your ley line


Weekend Haiku
Each weekend I will post a haiku frame of my moment

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Linking to:
Haiku Friday

Nehane

butterfly
Buddha's Nirvana song
visible


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Nehane (Buddha's Nirvana Ceremony)
Most websites record this as being on the 8th or 15th February,
but Carpe Diem's post today refers to 15th March.
Haiku My Heart Friday

Serene

In serene spaces
Earth and sky massage the soul
The mind is at peace


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Serene
Postcards from Paradise

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life 
~ This will hurt me

Origami

One of many colourful, unusual kites flying in the annual Kite Festival held this weekend on the Rosebud foreshore, Mornington Peninsula.


Strange kite fantasies
Like some origami dreams
Waiting to unfold


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Origami
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture 
~ This will hurt me

Doll Festival

Old dolls for sale at the Tyabb Antique Village, Mornington Peninsula
(The Japanese Doll Festival - Hina Matsuri - is celebrated on 3rd March each year.)


Mute yesterday's dolls
Share the flotsam of echoes
Pining for new love


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Doll Festival

Breeze...

Slow dance of ev'ning
Clouds reaching for random wings
Breeze waltzing the seas


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Breeze
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
NatureFootstep Inspiring Photography/Catching the Light

I feel...I wish...

Young girl in the recent Westernport Festival parade at Hastings on the Mornington Peninsula.
Her naval outfit suggests that she represents someone in her family who is connected to nearby HMAS Cerberus.


I feel a child's gaze
Locked into more than fanfare
I wish I could see


Linking to:
Haiku My Heart Friday
Haiku Friday

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.
~ This will hurt me