#DailyHaikuPrompt
ice flows in my veins
intentional cruelty
becoming the norm
#DailyHaikuPrompt Dec 9 - Ice
ice skates hung after
long long sail over cold cold pond
cocoa awaits
#Haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Ice
food court
the ice cream man
makes a plea deal
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku ice
@dailyhaikuprompt
Fingers reaching down
Shiny and gently dripping
Ah, Mister Jack Frost
A perfect mirror
The lake is frozen over
Ice as smooth as glass
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Ice
#Poem #Poetry #Haiku #WritingCommunity #TinyPoem
@dailyhaikuprompt - Ice
All my ice melted,
waiting for you to cool off.
Now we're both heated.
And still the powerful
bluff and blunder, ignoring
what is dead ahead!
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Ice
#Haiku #WritingCommunity #TinyPoem #ClimateChange
Glistening, crystal shards,
Silently reflecting the sky,
Winter's icy art.
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Ice
#haiku
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#writing
#WritingCommunity
soft snow
conceals the ice
--hazardous whites
I went with a contemporary structure for today's #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #senryu #poetry #snow
first frost
there are those
who skate on thin ice
#DailyHaikuPrompt - ice
#haiku
#senryu
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
#ice
#frost
Ice seals the pond's fish.
Warmer bottom is their home,
Winter rest begins.

Frozen still landscape
Summer mem'ries linger on
Shiver at the sight
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "ice"
Tiny distant sun
Ancient alien of ice
Comet soon to thaw
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "ice"
winter tats cold lace
feathers of delicate ice
frost on window panes
spheres of cold blue ice
disapproving eyes as I build
castles in sand...
#DailyHaikuPrompt - ice
#MastoPrompt - overcome
#polar #ice #antarctica #winter #frozen #icy #snow #water #nature #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #earth #heaven #fire #art #artwork #painting #paintings #smallpoems #haiku #writing #poetry #writers #writer #writingcommunity #poet #poets #poem #poems #blue #colorful #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #castle #castles

Polar ice caps are melting
We sit by our propane fires
Overcome by indifference...
***Went with a contemporary style.***
#DailyHaikuPrompt - ice
#MastoPrompt - overcome
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/heaven-and-earth-sharon-cummings.html
#polar #ice #antarctica #winter #frozen #icy #snow #water #nature #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #earth #heaven #fire #art #artwork #painting #paintings #smallpoems #haiku #writing #poetry #writers #writer #writingcommunity #poet #poets #poem #poems #blue #colorful #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt

Blind man under oak
He sees the souls of people
Falling autumn leaves
Short days, snowflakes fall,
Camellia's bloom, a fleeting grace,
Hunters seek their prey,
Sparrows gather 'round the bonfire's glow,
Mountain's peak, a beacon bright.
A weekly tanka whilsts I wait for timezones to catch up!
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#tanka
#haiku
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#writing
#WritingCommunity
From woody gumnuts
Grow soft fringes of stamens
Blooming bonfire red
#DailyHaikuPrompt bonfire π₯

Mole hills surround me
I conquer their craggy peaks
Each a mountain tall.
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "Mountain"
sleepwalking
wild horses
on the mountain
#DailyHaikuPrompt
They sold my mountain
A beautiful view no more
God don't forgive them
#DailyHaikuPrompt - mountain
#SmallPoems #poetry #poem #haiku
@dailyhaikuprompt
Towering peaks rise high,
A granite sentinel amidst clouds,
Mountain's timeless might.
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Mountain
#haiku
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#writing
#WritingCommunity
@dailyhaikuprompt - Mountain
Epic on their own,
mountains are indicators
of currents within.
untold grains of sand
boulders broken by time's touch
mountains on a beach
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku. Mountain
@dailyhaikuprompt
Fading shades of grey
Receding steps rising up
Line the horizon
a higher mountain
a frozen icy river
protecting the heart...
#DailyHaikuPrompt mountain
#575prompt icy
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-stream-colorful-nature-landscape-art-sharon-cummings.html
#nature #landscape #art #collage #collageart #artwork #fediart #mastoart #artist #artists #poets #poet #poetry #poem #poems #trees #tree #landscape #landscapes #landscapeart #forest #forests #climate #woods #camping #rustic #country #countrylife #countryliving #lake #stream #river #rivers #sky #sunset #sunsets #sunrise #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #FillThatEmptyWall

over the mountains
stone cold icy memories
only love can melt...
#DailyHaikuPrompt - mountain
#575prompt - icy
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-mountains-black-and-white-art-sharon-cummings.html
#blackandwhite #art #artwork #artist #artists #white #mountain #mountains #nature #modern #modernart #climbing #love #memory #memories #writing #writers #writer #writingcommunity #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #haiku #smallpoems #winter #snow #frost #frosty #cold #chill #chilly #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #FillThatEmptyWall

Daily Haiku Prompt for 8 December: mountain
Forbidding summits
bright with godlight, white with cloud β
we pass beneath you.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku
#Poetry
icy morning
ahead of me
a mountain to climb
#DailyHaikuPrompt - mountain
#575prompt - icy
#haiku
#senryu
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
I take the challenge,
Harder than a mountain climb,
That is to love you.
#haiku
#tanka
#dailyhaikuprompt - mountain

a white-crowned sparrow
writes its tell-all memoir
on the wayward wind
#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poem #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt ( @dailyhaikuprompt )
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Bonfire
night flaming sea wings
trace paths across island sand
drumming on the air
We must pull them down
Those purveyors of hatred
A bonfire of lies
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "Bonfire"
bonfire's embers glow
long after the flames subside
warming in old age
My soul and bones yearn
like a bonfire in winter
I burn for the wind...
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Bonfire
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/soft-blue-sea-sailboat-art-sharon-cummings.html
#boat #boating #boats #sailing #sailboat #sailboats #beach #beachy #beachlife #beaches #coastal #tropical #ocean #oceans #sea #blue #art #artwork #fedigiftshop #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #poems #poets #fun #winter #fire #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt

sitting fireside
burnt marshmallow memories
childhood joy once s'more!
#575Prompt - fireside
#DailyHaikuPrompt - bonfire
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fire-water-302-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#art #fire #bonfire #warm #warmth #hot #heat #winter #childhood #memories #memory #fun #cute #orange #artwork #artist #fediart #mastoart #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #writing #writingcommunity #haiku #smallpoems #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #fireplace #kids #food #foodie #desert #sweet #painting #paintings

Sparrow among them?
I don't know which bird is which.
Our birds go nameless
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "Sparrow"
If always hunting
Answers become elusive
They will come to you
#hailku #DailyHaikuPrompt "hunting"
lackadaisical
days hunting for Spring flowers
Chilly days ahead!
***The last of 5 I created by commission for Advent.
#575Prompt chilly
#MastoPrompt lackadaisical
#DailyHaikuPrompt hunting
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/an-open-book-colorful-art-sharon-cummings.html
#book #books #Bookwyrm #booklover #booklovers #read #reading #readers #imagination #creativity #Advent #adventcalendar #ArtAdventCalendar #spring #flower #flowers #garden #gardening #gardens #tree #trees #poetry #haiku #bird #birds #birdart #hummingbird #hummingbirds #nature

a chilly wind blows
lackadaisical days gone
Pushing up daisies...
#575Prompt chilly
#MastoPrompt lackadaisical
#DailyHaikuPrompt hunting
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/buck-deer-art-dont-shoot-sharon-cummings.html
#deer #buck #nature #flower #flowers #floral #floralart #garden #gardening #gardens #fun #cute #haiku #poetry #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #animal #animals #farmhouse #daisy #daisies #hunting #poet #poets #poem #poems #life #spring #summer #winter #country #rustic

Camellia grows
Bright sky pulls verdant tea leaves
Impatient cup waits
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "Camellia"
Scant gravity pull
Hesitant to settle down
Snowflakes in the air
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "snowflakes"
Tiny fallen stars
Decorating my coat sleeve.
Snowflakes drifting down.
Swirling, biting wind
Out into the dark I go
Snowflakes in my eyes
Dec 3: Snowflakes
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Short Days
Commute in darkness
Work indoors all day, and then
Commute in darkness
days getting shorter
a damp chill in the night air
Winter wonderland!
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Short Days
#art #landscape #landscapes #landscapeart #winter #snow #arctic #blue #sky #nature #artist #artists #fediart #mastoart #cold #antarctica #haiku #smallpoems #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #writing #writingcommunity

Darkness is rising
Short days crowding in close now
And a cold white sheet
#haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt "short days"
It's only sunset,
When winter's short days fly.
Still plenty to do.
North of
Of nightmare fuel
A hopeful bloom
sweet ribbon of love
a bunch of green mistletoe
just north of my head!
#575prompt - ribbons
#DailyHaikuPrompt - north
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/kiss-me-mistletoe-holiday-art-sharon-cummings.html
#mistletoe #christmas #xmas #christmasgifts #love #romance #romantic #ribbon #ribbons #red #art #artwork #artist #artists #poetry #poem #poems #poet #poets #writing #writingcommunity #haiku #smallpoems #fun #cute #memories #vintage #oldfashioned #antique #antiques #oldschool #lovers

Well I popped off to do that other thing (haiku: have a look at #DailyHaikuPrompt or #575prompt if you're curious), and was listening to this interesting mix of jazz and Afrobeat β
Kokoroko, "Colonial Mentality" (live 2016)
#JukeboxFridayNight
#MixedUp #Kokoroko
Kokoroko released "Could We Be More" in 2022 (link below), but this track has yet to be released, I believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUnKDK1iklo
Link to releases:
https://kokoroko.bleepstores.com/format/1006698-could-we-be-more
from the North
the Winter King arrives
an extra blanket
#DailyHaikuPrompt - North
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
timeless deity
an artisan of the sky
painting moon and stars...
***A painting from many moons ago..***
#575prompt - timeless
#MastoPrompt - artisan
#DailyHaikuPrompt - moon
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/divine-solitude-sharon-cummings.html
#moon #moons #star #stars #sky #night #nighttime #nightsky #evening #dark #darkness #moonlight #painting #paintings #spiritual #spirituality #art #artist #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #poems #poets #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity

withering wisdom
age, a cunning predator
Hollow illusions...
#575prompt - predator #MastoPrompt - hollow #DailyHaikuPrompt - withering
#art #owl #arts #artwork #artist #artists #owls #barnowl #nature #bird #birds #predator #eyes #wisdom #colorful #colorfulart #farmhouse #farm #country #rustic #cabin #poetry #poets #poet #poem #poems #smallpoems #haiku #writing #writingcommunity #animal #animals

what was I thinking?
hollow and withering hope
Shadows of the past...
***Have you had a malignant narcissist in your life? Then you get this haiku!
#MastoPrompt - hollow #DailyHaikuPrompt - withering
#art #artwork #abstract #abstractart #abstractpainting #painting #paintings #homedecor #interiordesign #darkart #mood #moody #depression #narcissist #poem #poetry #poet #haiku #smallpoems #hope #poets #poems #writing #writingcommunity

manipulation
and things I cannot accept
like your kind of love.
peeled like an onion
tender skin and stinging tears
A predator's touch!
#575Prompt predator
#MastoPrompt accept
#DailyHaikuPrompt onion
#art #artwork #artist #colorful #colorfulart #girl #girls #women #womensrights #feminism #feminist #childhood #children #memories #life #tree #trees #healing #hope #kindness #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #haiku

Granny's recipes
All begin, "Take an onion."
Except apple pie.
watching swimming carp
diem breaks my chain of thoughts
I'll just seize the day!
#575Prompt - milestone
#MastoPrompt - ricochet
#DailyHaikuPrompt - carp
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/impressionist-koi-fish-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#carp #fish #koi #koipond #ponds #pond #art #artwork #colorful #artist #artists #nature #fishes #fishy #garden #gardening #gardener #carpediem #latin #seizetheday #day #life #fun #cute #haiku #poetry #poem #poems #poet #poets #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems

six weeks of rain
all I ask for Thanksgiving
is a clear day
#DailyHaikuPrompt - clear day
#haiku
#senryu
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
northern wind
the sky filled
with birds passing
#DailyHaikuPrompt - passing
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
a panoramic view
love's seductive invitation
Or just a passing glance?
***breaking from tradition today with a more modern haiku style.***
#MastoPrompt panoramic
#575Prompt invitation
#dailyhaikuprompt passing
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/romantic-art-you-are-the-one-blue-hearts-sharon-cummings.html
#modernhaiku #haiku #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #love #romance #romantic #gift #gifts #giftidea #giftideas #fedigiftshop #art #heart #hearts #lovers #loveislove #blue #artwork #artists #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
a frog
a plunge into the ditch
splash!
#DailyHaikuPrompt - plunge
#haiku
#poetry
#poetry
#writing
#writingcommunity
Classic art techniques
I do not entertain them
When boredom sets in...
#MastoPrompt - entertain
#DailyHaikuPrompt - classic
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/modern-colorful-nautilus-shell-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poems #poet #poets #smallpoems #ocean #sea #beach #beachlife #seashells #nautilusshell #fractals #coastal #tropical #sealife #oceans #oceanlife #modernart #colorful #colorfulart #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
The darkness of night
fading into a new dawn
Joy won't be silenced!
#DailyHaikuPrompt - fading
#575Prompt - gagged
#MastoPrompt - promise
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/black-bird-art-a-new-dawn-sharon-cummings.html
#sunrise #sun #art #bird #mandala #mandalas #birds #birdart #nature #blackbird #ravens #raven #artwork #mastoart #fediart #giftideas #fedigiftshop #poetry #poets #poems #haiku #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity
a casual glance
purity of thoughts all gone
temptation, like wine...
#DailyHaikuPrompt - wine
#575Prompt - purity
#MastoPrompt - glance
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bar-friends-wine-glass-art-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#wine #sangria #drinks #happyhour #alcohol #festive #vineyard #art #artwork #arts #artist #artists #abstract #abstractart #abstractpainting #painting #modernart #colorful #poetry #poet #poem #poets #poems #haiku #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity
plunging into waves
imbibing in day's last light
Sunset remedy...
#DailyHaikuPrompt imbibe
#575prompt plunge
#MastoPrompt remedy
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-honeymoon-sunset-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#sunset #sunsets #sun #beach #beaches #beachy #sea #ocean #vacation #florida #art #artist #artists #photography #photo #oceans #people #life #fun #waves #coastal #haiku #poetry #poem #poets #poet #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity
@dailyhaikuprompt - Maudlin
As the years pile up
and the tears flow more freely
I feel more human
forever haunting
the recesses of my mind
A fallen soldier...
#MastoPrompt - reverse
#575Prompt - haunting
#DailyHaikuPrompt - fallen
#soldier #war #fighting #military #art #artwork #artist #artists #fediart #mastoart #poetry #poet #poem #writing #writingcommunity #haiku #smallpoems #poets #poems #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #stopwar #death #dying
a foggy morning
a mist of memories
falls over my heart...
#DailyHaikuPrompt - foggy
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/minimalist-abstract-landscape-morning-fog-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #fog #foggy #mist #misty #modernart #modern #colorful #haiku #smallpoems #poetry #poet #poem #poets #poems #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #blue #landscape #landscapes
In honour of my beloved dog Shiraz who I lost in October several years ago.
The sky sapphire blue
Leaves in drifts under my feet
Like our last autumn
#haiku #writing #writingcommunity #DailyHaikuPrompt #dailyprompt #poem #poetry #grief #dog #october #autumn @dailyhaikuprompt
How do you know when
a joke becomes a "dad joke"?
When it's fully groan.
#DailyHaikuPrompt - grown
#haiku #DadJokes #poetry
@dailyhaikuprompt
after one bite
fangs will have grown tomorrow
new vampire born
#DailyHaikuPrompt - grown
#MastoPrompt - #tomorrow
#575prompt - fangs
#haiku
#senryu
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
waiting till you're ripe
sunning on the tree...I am
Ready to devour!
#DailyHaikuPrompt- ripe
#575Prompt -devour
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/luscious-fig-fruit-art-sharon-cummings.html
#figs #fig #fruit #fall #autumn #food #foodporn #foodie #gourmet #kitchen #art #artwork #fedigiftshop #mastoart #poetry #haiku #writing #nature #writingcommunity #vegan #veganfood #vegetarian
change of season
leaves turn vivid colours
a slug's slime trail
#DailyHaikuPrompt - vivid
#575Prompt - slime
#haiku
#senryu
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#writing
#WritingCommunity
the seeds were planted
mortified by what they grew
Self care a nursemaid...
#MastoPrompt - mortified
#575Prompt - nurse
#DailyHaikuPrompt - seeds
#flowerart #floralart #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #colorful #nature #garden #gardening #gardens #summer #botanical #botany #flower #flowers #floral #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #haiku #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #writers #selfcare #selflove #happy #happiness
Defective haiku
Is one syllable short
Only has sixteen.
Corrected haiku
Was missing one syllable
Perfect seventeen.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
Footsteps in the sand
Tell a story of the past
Memories fade
#DailyHaikuPrompt - footsteps
#haiku
#senryu
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#writing
#WritingCommunity
a cascade of thoughts
in color shape and texture
Lost in translation...
#DailyHaikuPrompt - cascade
#Mastoprompt - Translate
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/color-squared-7-colorful-abstract-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #artists #fediart #mastoart #mastodonart #colorful #colorfulart #modernart #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #haiku #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #modernart #blue #orange #green #browns #square #homedecor
on that blue sky day
Pax Americana
fell into twilight
#DailyHaikuPrompt (twilight)
With a bit of grief for the way this nation and this world have unfolded since 9/11.
Hot late summer nights
Distant laughter on the wind
Winter being sown
unbothered nature
spirits dancing in sunbeams
sinking dust like plans
days at a snail's pace
the sequence of our routines
Time, the illusion.
#mastoprompt- sequence
#DailyHaikuPrompt - snail
"Time Will Tell" ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/time-will-tell-abstract-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #artists #fediart #mastoart #mastodonart #colorful #colorfulart #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #haiku #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #abstract #abstractart #abstractpainting #time #life #memories #red #modernart #painting #paintings
gated by darkness
careful steps along the path
fortuitous moon!
#MastoPrompt - #fortuitous
#DailyHaikuPrompt - #moon
#575Prompt - #gated
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/moon-flowers-colorful-floral-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #artists #fediart #mastoart #mastodonart #colorful #colorfulart #stars #sky #night #nighttime #nightsky #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #haiku #smallpoems #writing #writingcommunity #nature #writer #writers #fun #cute #happy #rainbow #mandala #healing #inspiration #inspirational #feather #nativeamerican
Lingering thru
Return to your happy place
The journey keeps flowing
#DailyHaikuPrompt lingering
#MastoPrompt return
Green Abstract Framed ART: https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/green-liquid-abstract-pamela-williams.html
#abstract #abstractart #haiku #poetry #zen #SharePamsArt #MastoArt #MastadonArt #FediArt #ArtMatters #Artwork #FediGiftShop #ArtForSale #FediGiftShop #Wallart #DigitalArt #BuyIntoArt #mastoart #AYearForArt #TheArtDistrict #Art #Artist #CreativeToots #mentalhealth
The lingering scent of flowers
Fills the air with memories
A summer's day gone
#DailyHaikuPrompt - lingering
#haiku
#senryu
#poem
#SmallPoems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#writing
#WritingCommunity