Easter Bunny

 

HAPPY EASTER

 

and now it 's sunday 

happy easter everyone

for he is risen

HAIBUN ....Poets and Story Tellers United # 120

GOOD FRIDAY 

The sun is shining The sky is blue yet there is always , regardless of weather ,a feeling of incredible sadness on this day for Christians. Not even all the jolliment at the Easter Show and snaps of people at the fish market on TV can mask it. The tendrils of faith are wrapped tightly around a soul at birth and never really leave. Centuries of ancestors sit heavily on our shoulders on this sad day and for the first time in a very long time I am able to weep. Deo Gratias.

 any good in man 
 comes from the lord who died for
 us all on this day

 

Whats Going On...the coming of the light

 

edna was  so shocked

she almost dropped her knitting

it was like a coming of the light

 

she was not expecting this

after all these years together

she had no idea

 george was a dancer

 

Come Away With Me...For the Weekend

 

 Nora Jones

Ravi Shankar's daughter 

a chip off the old block

 

 Ravi Shankar's

 other daughter Anoushka 

another fine musician

Nancy Wake: The White Mouse Was The Gestapo’s Most Wanted.....Whats going on

https://newwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com/2024/03/characters-in-action.html

Nancy Wake

 

 a feisty up front Aussie chick 

who saved thousands of lives in ww2

she made it her life's  work 

to bugger up the Nazis

after she witnessed the way the jews

were treated in Vienna before the war

" I  have only one thing to say:

 I killed a lot of Germans, and I 'm only sorry 

I didn't kill more."

 

TANKA TUESDAY NO 26

 SHADORMA

 

 autumn leaves

are not drifiting by 

my window

still summer

nature's having hot flushes

menopausal blues

FRIDAY WRITINGS # 119 .....FOWC with FANDANGO

 

i used to have a job

i had to work with people

don’t know how i managed

twas like jumping from a steeple

finally i retired

a miracle i survived

now i sit on a cushion

and sew a fine seam

and feed upon strawberries

sugar and cream

( yeah sure....in my dreams

my retirement now

makes the job look easy )

 

 nursery rhymes

are not good preparation

for the workplace

 

as a young child

this one

made a lasting impression 

on me  

i even remember

where i read it

when i read it

thinking at the time

it was a very good idea

 

Curly locks

Curly locks 

Wilt thou be mine

Thou shalt not wash dishes

nor yet feed the swine

 

 

 

Classic Prague Awards 2018, Klára (8)...

 

 WHAT"S Going On...CHILDREN

CINQUAIN

 goodness

what's going on

how can a child do this

playing the piano like a pro

bliimey

 

Whats Going On ! CHILDREN

 

 

 

Margot and Anne Frank

 

i wonder

what these girls would say

in response

to the child sacrifice in Gaza

sadly we will never know

they were tortured and murdered

in the holocaust

along with 6 million other jews

so you see

we keep on doing this

and  PLEASE

no holier than thou stance

WE all carry the guilt

 

how many jews were turned back

on the boats by our nations

and sent to their deaths ?

we did not want them 

no one wanted them

SO WHAT... now we have developed a social conscience?

learnt that no one wins in a war ?

we have changed?

Wouldn't that be wonderful !

is it somehow politically expedient

that we have decided that is not OK

to sacrifice children or commit genocide?

OR is that a fate only suited to certain races?

say 1 million tutsis in rwanda

you say it could not happen again

don't bet on it

PRAY FOR PEACE

AND REMEMBER

ALL MEN ARE EQUAL

IN THE EYES OF THE LORD

WE ARE All GOD'S CHILDREN

Let us return child sacrifice to the darkest corner of history, and
work towards a brighter future with those who choose life, Arabs
and Jews alike, all of us Abraham’s children.

Elie Weisel.... Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
 

Fandango's Story Starter and FOWC.....DAYLIGHT...Shadorma

 

  As the sun dipped below the horizon, Jessica knew she finally had to confront her fears. 

everything

 had to be achieved

in daylight

not at night

she was poverty stricken

difficult  time now

 

 

Tanka Tuesday Challenge no 25....St Patricks Day...HAIKU and TANKA

FRIDAY WRITINGS.....POETS and STORYTELLERS UNITED

no not leprechauns

gorgeous gifted irish lads

dancing up a storm 

guess where they all went

straight down to the wide brown land

so thanks st patrick

we're sending them back 

they are homesick for ireland

it has been too long

the shamrock is a

good explanation for  the

holy trinity

irish tradition remains

alive well and feisty down here

 

 

 

lovely irish gals

yep- up to shenanigans

having a good time

 

he shuffles about

practising irish dancing

in size 13 shoes

likes a guinness makes good cheer

and kisses the blarney stone

 

sang this song at school

sad...brings a tear to my eye 

a long time ago

more than half a century

 has passed-  where does the time go

FOWC with Fandango...Cinquains...Superb

superb 

stunning bedroom

 i would stay here all day

 oh well we can all fantasise

 a bit

 

superb

the brandenburgs

bach the great genius

rules the music world forever 

always

What's Going On : FRIDAY WRITINGS # 117

 One Good Reason for keeping a marker pen in your handbag

OR

One Good reason for never keeping a marker pen in your handbag

 

 

 

way back
in  hippy times
a young girl
tipsy
from too much champagne
rides home with a gypsy king
he asks for her number
she produces a black marker pen
from her handbag'
he gently lifts her soft full skirt
 writes on her leg
the walls of jericho came tumblin' down

Tanka Tuesday No. 24

 grapes  cosmos autumn

 

 

 autumn's changed her mind

summer has returned of late

briefly probably

cosmos grapes in a  lunch bag

left as a gift on the step

well hello there march

i've been coming here a while

tuesday ritual

i like writing tankas now

a bit addictive methinks