
Just a reminder for myself and anyone else who needs to hear it. 📝
If you have a story
to tell, what are you waiting
for? Dare to create.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #writing #becreative
Just a reminder for myself and anyone else who needs to hear it. 📝
If you have a story
to tell, what are you waiting
for? Dare to create.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #writing #becreative
A hand gently grasps
my face, electricity
sizzling — more, please.
Words die on my lips
as you turn my face toward
you, pulling me in.
Your eyes lock with mine —
all thoughts fly from my head but
one: let me taste you.
You don‘t disappoint;
our lips meet, fireworks
exploding — I am alive.
It was like something out
of the movies — pure magic —
I‘ll never forget.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love
Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE Mountain Dew and can‘t live without it. Summer freeze is the new holiday flavor with cherry, lemon and raspberry. And it is absolutely freaking delicious! ❤️🤍💙
Electric blue bliss,
it‘s summer in a bottle —
tangy, sour, sweet.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #mountaindew
❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍
If everyone yells,
how will we be able to
hear one another?
Food for thought.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
Thanks for inviting me to join the #WDNCW club @dabbe ! Thought I‘d combine it with a haiku because, well, why not? 😆
We really don‘t care
the floor is covered with hair;
it can stay right there.
We do not care that the house hasn‘t been cleaned in a month because I dislocated my hip and have been gimping around ever since. We do not care that my hair is everywhere. I‘ll vacuum tomorrow! 😵💫
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
C‘est incroyable
que je t‘aime toujours après
ce que tu as fait.
Its incredible that
I still love you after
everything you did.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love
Pardon my French everyone. I‘m baffled by people who think they are owed an apology when they are the ones in the wrong. In this particular instance it‘s not me but someone close to me. I don‘t understand people. 😌
Apologize for
what exactly — I‘m sorry
that you‘re an asshole?
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
This book is a hard one. Kelsey Grammer's sister, Karen, was brutally murdered by 3 men on a killing spree in Colorado Springs in 1975. I'm giving it a pick because I love Kelsey - he truly seems like the sweetest man & the love he has for his sister & family is undeniable — BUT, this book suffered from a lack of a cohesive narrative. His thoughts are scattered & the timeline is very jumbled & a little hard to follow sometimes. But I hope ⬇️
Raising a reader
to be a dreamer — there‘s
nothing that‘s sweeter.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Jace #library #raisingreaders
They really twisted my arm yesterday. It‘s a dirty job but somebody‘s gotta do it! 😉🤓😎
1 book, 2 books, 3
books, 4 — 5 books, 6 books, I‘ve
gotta have some more!
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bookstore #booklove #bibliophile
I‘m nearly 2 months behind on #readlesmis — spent a rainy afternoon at the bookstore yesterday with my sister, and she bought me this gorgeous copy of the book. Should definitely motivate me to get caught up this week!!
From my sister with
love, I WILL finish this
chunkster — wish me luck!
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #allergictochunksters
Warm spices fill the
air as I work my magic —
kitchen witchery.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #foodie
🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️❤️🔥🌶️
I steal another
glimpse of you — don‘t you know I‘m
dying to taste you?
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love #romance
❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥🤍❤️🔥
Doing much better now. 🤍
If I hadn‘t left
you when I did, I‘d still be lost —
alone in the snow.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍
Every day is
a rainy day without you
here right next to me.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #rain
☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️
Flushed faces, bruised lips;
heart full, overflowing with
love — reunited. ♥️💋
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love
💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋
I love you — but I
really don‘t like you right now;
I‘ll keep my distance.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
I picked up this short play for a reading challenge on Goodreads. I‘ve never read any Sartre before but this was compelling. Three individuals wake up to find themselves in hell. I‘ll post my favorite quote from the end of the book below, with spoiler tags.👇🏻 I think it sums things up pretty accurately. 4⭐️
#classics #Sartre
I really enjoyed reading this for #LittensLoveRomance and look forward to reading more of the series. It‘s fun and very spicy and not meant to be taken too seriously. Perfect escapism. 4⭐️ Thanks for hosting @StayCurious ! 🤗
#romance #sexy #spicy #hockey
And on a lighter note, I thought I‘d pay tribute to poor, doomed but insanely beautiful Mr. Pamuk. 😆😬😳
Feeling cute; might die
in an Englishman‘s house tonight —
I‘ll ask Mary! 🐎
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DowntonAbbey #tvhaiku
Tears silently fell
as I drove away from you.
How did this happen?
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
This haiku is inspired by me trying to let go of my anxiety related to worrying too much about when people close to you talk crap behind your back (unjustly I might add). Instead of worrying about what they‘re saying I‘ll just pretend to not care anymore until it‘s actually true. We can‘t control what people do. P.S. Pardon my language 😬
You wanna talk sh*t?
Knock yourself out; it‘s not my
problem anymore.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
Did this one a few days ago & debated on posting it since it won‘t make much sense to you if you haven‘t seen it, but what the heck. This is from another of my favorite episodes of Mad Men, S5E10, Christmas Waltz. If you haven‘t seen Mad Men I can‘t recommend it enough!
Jaguar, jukebox, drinks —
flowers from Aly Khan; a
plate of spaghetti…
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #MadMen #tvhaiku
Poor Chippy, foiled yet again. 🙀
So close, yet so far…
Will this madness never end?
Sigh. I still need thumbs.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy
Today‘s haiku is inspired by one of my favorite episodes of my all-time fave show, Mad Men. If you‘ve seen S3E7, Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency, you‘ll get me. 🤓
The Brits are coming;
never fear, Lois is here!
No more golf for Guy…
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #MadMen #tvhaiku
This is another angsty haiku and I hope nobody minds. This was from earlier this week. Things are looking up! (And oops there‘s an extra syllable in the last line 😬)
So exhausted from
tiptoeing around your moods,
waiting for you to blow.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
Don‘t mind me, just another evening of overthinking. It‘s what I do best. 🙃😌🤯
Can‘t turn off my brain,
feel like I‘m going insane;
I tried, but in vain.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
Foiled again by this
blasted window — can‘t bear to
look! He will be mine…
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy
🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛
Just my experience with journaling today. Feeling better now. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Committed words to
paper that were choking me;
I can breathe again.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #journaling
Just a reminder for myself and for anyone else who needs to hear it. 🩷💜🩷
Give yourself some grace;
take a step back, take a deep
breath and move forward.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
kairosclerosis
n. the moment you look around and realize that you‘re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart, and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it‘s little more than an aftertaste.
For an instant, eyes
squeezed shut, I burned this moment
into memory.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DOOS
Could someone please ‘splain
how it‘s Monday already?
How about Mond-no.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ILoveLucy
Not responsible
for other people‘s actions
despite what they say.
I try to remind myself of this every day. My brain knows this is true but my heart struggles with it. Time to let go of the anxiety. I can‘t control what other people do. 🩵💙🩵
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #anxiety
It‘s been one of those days. 😌 So happy to have this outlet to blow off some steam.
I‘m hoarse from screaming
into the void; tired of
talking to myself.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #iaskmyselfeverydaywhyaremen 🤷🏻♀️
My dad befriended a duck a few weeks ago who wandered over from the retention pond in our subdivision. The last few days, she has been nestled in the exact same spot in the bushes in front of our house. Wondering if she‘s sitting on a nest! She‘s very sassy. Jace named her Daisy.
Nestled among leaves,
an eye warily peeks out;
Littens, meet Daisy!
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #duck #Daisy
🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆🍃🦆
Feet blistered walking
on eggshells, heart bruised by words
spoken without thought. 🥚
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry
My first rough haiku, since there‘s an extra syllable in the first line. 😬
It shouldn‘t be like this —
but you‘re too blind to see what‘s
right in front of you.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ostrich
It‘s day three of the
standoff. He made eye contact
yesterday. Progress! 🦎
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #catsoflitsy #Chipper #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy
🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎🐈⬛🦎
For everyone that wanted to see Nugget when she was even smaller, here you go! Cutest freaking kitten ever. 😻😻😻
You checkin‘ meowt?
Guess that‘s okay — I‘m so cute
You can‘t look away!
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Nugget #catsoflitsy
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this series for #LittensLoveACOTAR & now I have a book hangover of sorts, or should I say series hangover. I‘ve always had a soft spot for Nesta & I enjoyed this just as much as the others that are centered on Feyre. Dunno what to do with myself til the next book comes out. 😪 Would highly recommend this series! 5⭐️
#fantasy #ACOTAR
Time for another slightly darker haiku. Thank you to my #haikuhive for being my therapists! 😆
I gave you my all
but you left me in pieces,
broken and bleeding.
#haiku #haikuaday #poetry #love
I love Old Hollywood and especially James Dean. Came across this gorgeous pic of him and what can I say, he inspired me. 😬
Beautiful dreamer —
a misunderstood rebel
who left us too soon.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #OldHollywood #JamesDean
nodus tollens: the feeling that the plot of your life doesn‘t make sense to you anymore.
Nearly five years gone,
the merry-go-round from hell
still won‘t stop spinning.
Dunno about you all but it feels like my life crashed & burned right around the time the pandemic started. I feel like I‘ve been living in a Twilight Zone episode ever since!
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DOOS
An ode to Nugget:
I‘m saucy and sweet,
but not a nugget you eat;
I have little feet.
Nugget is the little baby runt of the litter and is just the cutest thing ever. She has adorable little munchkin legs. Can‘t get enough of her! 🐈
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #catsoflitsy #Nugget
Went to the used bookstore yesterday to drop off some books and Jace insisted on coming with to see Willa, the bookstore kitty. Willa is so chill and laid back. All of my favorite things in one place!
My favorite things —
books and cats and cats and books,
and this little guy.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Jace #Willa #catsoflitsy
🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛📚🐈⬛
This was a quick listen at 3 hours. I didn‘t realize it‘s part of a series, but since it‘s a retelling of The Great Gatsby with a twist, I was already familiar with the characters. If you‘ve always secretly wished Nick Carraway & Jay Gatsby got together, then this is the book for you. I enjoyed the narrator. 3.5⭐️
#audiobook #novella #retelling #gatsby #historicalfiction #LGBTQ
Today would be my Uncle Glenn‘s 75th birthday. We lost him 14 years ago to pancreatic cancer. This is one of my favorite pics of him holding me when I was a baby. He was a straightforward, no nonsense person who loved his family deeply. He will always be missed. 💜 (purple is for pancreatic cancer awareness)
Today‘s your birthday
and I feel you smiling down.
You‘ll always be missed.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #cancersucks 💜
One more for today (sorry I couldn‘t resist! 😸).
Oh no, not again!
You‘ve cat to be kitten me!
I almost had him.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy
The continuing chronicles of Chipper and the window lizard, A.K.A. Ziggy!
It doesn‘t please me
when this lizard teases me.
Littens — meet Ziggy!
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy