Category Archives: meditation

“O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease,Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,To make the shifting clouds be what you please.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: a Montana sky gives a mountain jasper wings angels at sunset

“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.”  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: winter’s reminder how great a sacrifice ’tis to keep on living

“… No matter the intent or heartfelt emotion, not all promises could be kept.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: promises screeching like iron on icy tracks braking covenants –Written for Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Promises – December 23, 2021

“When I pronounce the word Future,the first syllable already belongs to the past” ― Wisława Szymborska **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: the new year is near singing auld lang syne— back to the future

“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” ― Author Unknown **** taking would bridges over shall-ow streams— New Year’s resolutions float

“It is snow to be shoveled, to make driving even worse than usual… it is snow, too, …that can awaken memories of things more wonderful than anything you ever knew or dreamed.”  — Frederick Buechner **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: memories’ manger swaddled in heavenly cheer winter’s wonderland