Word of the Day Challenge: Traffic, A Haiku

Along The Road

feet moving southwards
a moment free of traffic
memories of the road

Today’s Word of the Day Challenge is Traffic. I took the photo above on one of last week’s daily walks. Memories of long-ago road trips. That moment of breaking free from the urban, of the slog of traffic, facing the freedom, and cruelty, of the road. Washington and Oregon’s backroads, where one goes for miles without seeing other cars. When you do, only the briefest intersection, a burst of rushing wind, abruptly quieting to nothing. Only my engine’s hum remains.

A Walk In The Woods

A Walk In The Woods

underneath the trees
sunlight and clouds dance above
feet upon the earth

Snoozing Through Winter

Awakening

snoozing through winter
slowly awakening
morning’s gentle rain


Today’s “Word of the Day Challenge” is Snooze. These words came while watching rhododendron blooms slowly come to life this week.

Mysteries

Sink By The Sidewalk

next to the sidewalk
what strange story exists here?
today’s mystery

Blossoms in the Breeze

upon the spring breeze

blossoms gracefully dancing

within the sunlight

Moment of Sunlight

Spring moments

moment of sunlight
gentle breeze against the sky
now the calm of night


I took this photo while trying to capture a bee dancing vigorously between the blooms. She was much too fast for my photo, sadly. Yet it was a lovely moment.