Raven

Raven

@ravenbranhard.bsky.social

He/Him ProπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Social Democrat Poetry, Art, Music. All My Original Work. Β© Applies.

5,649 Followers 3,224 Following 3,085 Posts Joined Dec 2024
1 hour ago
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friday the thirteenth
I rely on my shadow
to guide me home safe

#haikufeels
#prompt
#rely

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3 hours ago
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low tide morning
sharing one small pool
red kelp and sky

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Low-Tide
#Red

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18 hours ago
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I feel her
close
but not near

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18 hours ago
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beneath a frosted dawn moon
her dream
of cherry blossoms
survives
another harsh winter night

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19 hours ago
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you speak
as if you just arrived
but you've been right here
softening the silence
you left behind

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19 hours ago
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in the stillness
of your heart
a garden blooms
rooting me deep
in the warmth
of your touch

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4 months ago
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nothing but open road & blue sky

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6 days ago
Library of Congress free image shows two red-crowned cranes, one about to land, in a marsh.
Artist: AndΓΆ, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.

look to the horizon
& find me
waiting for you
#haiku #art

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22 hours ago
branches of a pine tree

"If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees."
-Rainer Maria Rilke

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1 day ago

πŸ˜ŠπŸ™ŒπŸŽΆ

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2 days ago

Thank you, Uta! πŸ’š

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2 days ago

Many thanks, Bernard. πŸ™πŸ˜ŠπŸ™Œ Yes, it is the new guitar. I sanded the bottom of the saddle to lower the action a little. Also I changed from 12 gauge strings to 10s. The truss rod may need a tweak too. It takes time to get the right sound out of a new guitar. But for now it's ok.

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2 days ago
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in complete silence
I hear the sound of flowers
blossom in her heart

#photography wynterrayven
@wynterrayven.bsky.social

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3 days ago

It's an absolute pleasure David. Thank you for sharing that amazing photograph. I look forward to seeing more! πŸ‘πŸ“·πŸŒ±πŸ’«

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3 days ago
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a seed awakens
defying the cold dark soil
a small mutiny

#Photography david wiggins
@wordingway.bsky.social

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3 days ago

Thank you, Maria. Beautiful capture! πŸ‘πŸ€πŸ’™πŸ“·

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3 days ago

You're very welcome. Thank you for sharing your art! πŸ˜ŠπŸ’«

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3 days ago

Thank you πŸ˜ŠπŸ“·πŸ’«

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3 days ago

πŸ˜ŠπŸ™ŒπŸ“·πŸ’«

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3 days ago

Thanks so much, Bernard! πŸ˜ŠπŸ™πŸ“·

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3 days ago
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no thought left to spare
the shape of now in my hands
weightless as a sigh

#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social

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3 days ago
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through the cracks
of a misdrawn border
one white lily blooms

#Photography Maria Carvalho
@immcarvalho.bsky.social

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3 days ago
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spring equinox
the season shifts its weight
I breathe in deeply

#Photography Bernard Doucette
@bdoucette.bsky.social

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5 days ago
A close-up of a flowering Ourisia macrophylla (North Island mountain foxglove) spotted just off the trail leading up a slope of Taranaki Maunga (Mt. Egmont). 

From the wiki: "Plants of this species of New Zealand foxglove are showy, perennial, large-leaved, tufted, rhizomatous herbs that are often glabrous (hairless) or sometimes hairy with non-glandular or glandular hairs. They have crenate, ovate to heart-shaped leaves. The flowers are in whorls in each node, with a regular calyx, and a large, white irregular corolla. The corolla tube is yellow with three lines of yellow hairs inside." and "Ourisia macrophylla plants are large, showy, hairy perennials with whorls of flowers with large white corollas, and three lines of yellow hairs inside the corolla tube, characters they share with another New Zealand species, O. crosbyi."

All is know is this:  PREEEEEEEETTY 🌼🀍

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#MacroMonday
#mobilephotography #photography
#haiku #shahai

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2 weeks ago
This is a black and white landscape nature photo I took of Lake Champlain from the shore in Burlington Vermont. 

Elegant rays fan over the glimmering lake. Winter sun's bright reflection glows atop the right surface of Champlain and stretches left into a thin line of light. Brooding clouds, the prominent horizon line, and a textured expanse of dark waves all add contrasting layers to the image. It was an effervescent moment that paused time, and inspired my latest senryu:

sparkling champlain
i sip
a string of pearls 

Fun fact: Perlage is a wine (champagne) term to describe the continuous stream of small bubbles, often called a string of pearls, that rise inside the drinking glass.

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sparkling champlain
i sip
a string of pearls

#EastCoastKin
#Stunday
#ImageAndVerse

#senryu #senryusunday #micropoetry #photography #nature #NaHaiWriMo #classicmono

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1 week ago
A photo of the wetlands with grasses, reeds and a single tree partially submerged in the surrounding  water . There are mountains and trees in the background.

β€œLive in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
β€” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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3 days ago
Art Image by Juan Brufal. Street tree on multicoloured apartment wall, somewhere in Europe.

'It is divinely and intimately innate, comrades, for a misfit mystic’s heart to create.'

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3 days ago
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like a ray of sunshine
swallowed by the mineshaft
my love vanished in you
then burst out of my chest
like perfect poems do

#Art #Photography zen-nature
@zen-nature.bsky.social

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3 days ago
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Here’s my attempt at playing "Is There Anybody Out There" from The Wall album by Pink Floyd.
I tried working out how to play it just by listening to it, so it may not be completely accurate.

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4 days ago

You're very welcome, my friend! πŸ˜ŠπŸ’«

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