Self Portrait

Elizabeth Vigee le Brun 1755 - 1842

elegance captured
with her paint and brush
timeless french beauty

Carpe Diem # 1336

Jingle Bells in French (Vive le Vent) - Christmas song for kids with lyr...

Joyeux Noel !

First Line Friday - MLMM

alexi watched the snowfall
with narrowed eyes
maybe if he willed her to come
she would appear from behind a tree
if he could hold her just once
sink into her soul
find a few moments of peace
it would be enough

Nat King Cole- Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire (The Christmas Song)

hanging mistletoe
everywhere waiting for you
at Christmas

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille - MLMM

Haiku Horizons

why remain silent
have a politically incorrect
merry christmas

Times Change

 in 1900
kids were
very well mannered
good handwriting
good written expression
product of
a simpler gentler time




now days written expression
not as good
but kids -  much more confident
with higher expectations




however
in all of these letters
they all reveal themselves 
to be children
sweet lovely children
something
that time does not change








MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU

Carpe Diem # 1326

"She had met people who had lost the glow of being alive because they could no longer fight against loneliness and had ended up becoming addicted to it. They were, for most part, people who believed the world to be an undignified, inglorious place, and who spent their evenings and nights talking on and on about the mistakes others had made. They were people whom solitude had made into judges of the world, whose verdicts were scattered to the four winds for whoever cared to listen." [...] (Source: Brida by Paulo Coelho)


the folly of wisdom
one knows too much
at the very end
bitterness can lead to
frost bite of the soul

Carpe Diem # 1327

millicent maverick
on the other hand  decides
to go shopping instead


 

Transformation

chrysalis correction
a butterfly emerges
to pollinate flars




Carpe Diem# 1326

Pantoum

tick tock goes the clock
the cat sits by the fire
santa is on his way
everyone is asleep

the cat sits by the fire
the barn owl hoots
everyone is asleep
it's snowing outside

the barn owl hoots
santa is on his way
it's snowing outside
tick tock goes the clock

Saturday Mix Lucky Dip- MLMM

Snow

watching the snow fall
he still remembered the sunshine
thousands of miles away

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille - MLMM

All we like Sheep have gone astray (Messiah) - Handel

Celebration

in the bleak midwinter 2000 years ago
a homeless refugee jewish child was born in a stable

in spite of attempts from various factions  in history
to white wash and erase the importance
of this momentous event which changed the world
his birthday has been celebrated ever since

may the christian tradition of christmas continue forever



MERRY CHRISTMAS
to everyone
especially to those who have been so kind
to leave comments on this blog throughout the year
PEACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS
GOD BLESS

Midweek Motif - Poets United

Serenity

a butterfly
finds serenity in
her hand and heart

Carpe Diem # 

Sussex Carol (Willcocks) [King's - 2009, № 12]

my favourite time of  year
christmas lights and baubles
twinkling at night

he is coming
i see more smiles and hope
joy peeks through the clouds

Carpe Diem # 1319

acts of kindness
reflect an inner beauty
the only one that counts

Carpe Diem #1320

a sadness lingers
in unrequited love
ella's blue notes

Wordle #181 - MLMM

mesh lend forgettery decapitate hell external
effect incident fling june demagogue pop

               {  1 }

a demagogue  makes a request
lend me your ears
external impact/devastation
apostasy /penalty/ decapitation
an ocean of blood
a barbaric incident

pat a cake pat a cake
baker's man
bake me a cake as fast as you can
21 coptic christians
butchered on a beach
courtesy of the religion of peace





                        { 2 }

forgettery / a forgettable fling in june
with the cobbler's wife
consequences/ a mesh of lies
effect/ an eternal stint in hell


4 and twenty black birds
baked in a pie
l'enfer c'est les autres
not up in the sky
when the pie was opened
the birds began to sing
but not the coptic christians
their body parts were binned




preacher's theme song for 1777
pop goes the weasel

Carpe Diem # 1314 - The Nightingale

precious pretty bird
a power house of bright song
who made you little one