my e-calendar 2023

I fill my work calendar with big stones. I organize my activities and set my career goals for 2023.  Family's birthdays and other milestones are colored in spring green.  Also my timetable for vacations & personal days from work are marked  in bright pink.    That block of time is precious, like a gift to be carefully unwrapped, slowly after each tear.  

However for my personal life's goal, the calendar is open.   I welcome the blankness of the canvas because it means new things and challenges for me.  Though I am keen on regularly walking, hiking and reading in my down time,  I invite time to ghost me, while I ponder on my verses & mystery of the night sky. 

mud-stained sky is glum

melting ice by craggy shore-

birds glide, swelling tide 

Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Haibun Monday, hosted by Kim Russell.   Our poetry community is back! Cheers to 2023!   

Resolutions

Unwoven light by Soo Sunny Park

Chain by chain

block by block

there's light underfoot

& above

& sideways

Seeping into each crack

as rain

as canvas, clean & startling

as dawn, awakening trees after

ice storm with a gentle brush of yellow 

along its bent brittle limbs

Weave and weave

knot and knot

gather, refract, pour, mirror, cast

light 

even hidden from your eyes

each wave & particle, a seed

resilient &

beautiful as you 

May your 2014 be full of light !!!

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Resolutions ~ My resolutions are to keep myself & the people around me cheerful & hopeful & of course, to continue writing.   And on a personal note, my eldest son proposed to his long term girlfriend over the holiday.   Now plans are underway for a wedding in 1.5 years.  Whoa, change is coming fast, smiles ~

And Shared with Write,Edit,Publish-New Beginnings ~ Happy to be reconnecting with you~  

New Year Wishes

a cheer for you

i would tow 

a smile for you

i would throw

a lighter care 

i would cast

a deeper love

i would catch

a harvest of words

kind and hopeful

a basket of songs

joyful and true

along sandy shores

a  journey's  peace,

this day and tomorrow

  

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Posted for the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Mini-Challenge for the New Year

In 15 lines:   the first 4 stanzas - 4/3 syllables; next 2 stanzas - 5/4 syllables; and last 3 lines - 5-4-6 syllables.  

Shared with The Gooseberry Garden:    Fairy tales, My First Time, Hope, and New Year’s Resolutions

picture credit:    here 

Travel

a journey from here,

eventually gets us there

one step at a time

~0~0

maps in our hands,

light is the care we carry

around tourist's spots

~0~0

fireworks cheer the sky

travelling at speed of light

heavens ablazing

Happy New Year !!!

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Prompt is Travel

Ring out the Old, ring in the New

tick tock tick tock

 

my book is open, bookmarked page

I had wanted to read but until now

awaits for my attention, so fleeting

my pen lies on my table, as it has been

for the last months, still humming the

lyrics of the song in my head, unsung

my recipe book is dusty in kitchen shelf

papers hurriedly torn, pressed tight amidst

the jars, waiting for my yellow apron   

tick tock tick tock

the heavy snow fall after Christmas Day

reminds me of the season’s swift passing,

burying festive wrappers, in a blink of an eye

as the year comes closer to the end, 

I see unmarked days,  unopened letters,

as well as exclamation points, and smiley faces 

a good and fruitful year, despite sad autumn

and short summer, new and old friends keeping

company, while meeting challenges head on

the sparklers and blow horn are ready

for new year’s eve, a countdown louder than

church bell’s tower in downtown square

yes, I am all set to turn the page,

write my words, try new dishes to cook,

watch ice hockey games, shake more hands

tick tock tick tock

 

 

Happy New Year !!!!

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads:   Mary's Mixed Bag
and Theme Thursday :   Future