Long Wait

Long Wait
Originally uploaded by vajra.

It's misty not
quite a fog or rain but wet
enough for reflection

Christmas Cups

Christmas Cups
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Advent begins with
a candle the air glistens
briefly the dark night recedes
its splendor for a spark

Taking Time

Sally
Originally uploaded by vajra.

it takes time to change
what you do or think sometimes
it never changes

Cat Friday

Cat Friday
Originally uploaded by vajra.

where the day ends
Light softens into black
And my true love breathes softly
Beside me

Frida

Frida
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Grids

Her dark eyes look forward
beyond the frame to a dream
she already knows
will never be
anything but
a dream

Haiga

Softly, Softly
Originally uploaded by vajra.

petals of spicy
fragrance envelope my face
leaving my cheeks pink

Seed Burst, #1

Seed Burst, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

fine filaments gradual
release waiting for a breeze
to mail the future

Implacable

Vive le Roi!
Originally uploaded by vajra.

searching for summer's
ending the dried leaves fall
yet the sun is warm

Flamboyant

Flamboyant
Originally uploaded by vajra.

I shall wear a skirt of roses
and starlight at my neck
I shall steer my boat towards beauty
regardless of a wreck

Honey Do

Honey Do
Originally uploaded by vajra.

None matters save joy
None blesses save happiness
None more divine save kindness

Cat Friday

Observant
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Late Fall

there is warmth yet in afternoon sun

camellias have begun their bloom

here and there an early calla lily unfurls

the pepper and liquid amber in haste exchange

a green to red or gold disguise

with color rise to greet

their wintry death

Gray Skies

Lemony Snicket
Originally uploaded by vajra.

fog came in today
first chill of November
I don't wear a coat

Women Are Doing It For Themselves

Delight

Delight
Originally uploaded by vajra.

fine gold filaments
enticing with sweet dewdrops
the helpless bee and me

Bronze

Bloomies, #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

no fog or respite
from the hot November
sun lilies turn brown

Unseasonable

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Despite the clouds heat
presses down until we sweat
like glasses of iced tea
in November

Armando's

Listening to music
at Armando's I'm thinking
the years have passed
you are so far from me
each year takes you
further into memory and
heartache is a lonely
school for last year's lovers

Flaming Out

Flaming Out
Originally uploaded by vajra.

waling down the steep road
past tombstones and swift squirrels
a tree aflame with joy

Cat Friday

Snooze
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Springtime

Younger
Originally uploaded by vajra.

California
Spring happens before winter
hills green before gold

Haiga

Over the Cottage, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

warm November sun
entices the clematis
bee, the breeze, and me

Deep

Deep
Originally uploaded by vajra.

when looking into
a still pool you look into
a stranger's eyes

Review

Exultate
Originally uploaded by vajra.

I passed by you
several times today
resistance waning
until it vanished
before your
radiance

Amanda Palmer

Before Flight

Before Flight
Originally uploaded by vajra.

remove your sandals
carefully unpack your wings
then one sip of tea

White Room

White Room
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Apricot Haiga

Apricot Blush Series, #17
Originally uploaded by vajra.

you are younger than
yesterday's morning sunshine
and cool mist fragrance

In A Golden Wood

In A Golden Wood
Originally uploaded by vajra.

everlasting gold
I lift my face and feel gentle
mist light upon me

Cat Friday

All I Survey
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Hope

Esperanza, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

difficult virtue
facing winter's fading light
yet lift a bud to bloom

Haiga

Lemonade
Originally uploaded by vajra.

no connection between
the golden flowers blooming
and the quick chill wind

Washing

Nothing But
Originally uploaded by vajra.

we used to hang
our clothes on lines to dry
now only Autumn leaves
wait for the wind to
blow them clean away

ObamaWins

ObamaWins
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Worth Remembering

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality.

Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.

Yes we can heal this nation.

Yes we can repair this world.

Yes we can.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea --

Yes. We. Can.

Joyous

Joyous
Originally uploaded by vajra.

darkened rain-washed
sky above the flower cart
you can warm your hands

If you vote, Starbucks buys your coffee

This is a really great ad;the free coffee is just frosting on the cake.

Darkness

Shameless
Originally uploaded by vajra.

In the morning we rose
to find the rain vanished
the clouds and sky bright
as new-washed linens
and flowers impervious
to shortened day
held back the dark
in petal's disarray

Windblown

Windblown
Originally uploaded by vajra.

first autumn rain falls
persistently as the clock
turns and looks back