Leigh Goodwin

I agree on all counts!

Freely accessible museums & libraries — just one more public good we need to protect.

I see we both follow the photographer Jocelyn Anderson, who loves chickadees too, & is converting me to loving tufted titmice 😎

I don't see her marvelous videos here of handfeeding birds, though, which she does post on FB. She gets a lot of both tufties & chickadees. I watch them in my dogwood. ☀️🌿

The visible song of a male Red-winged Blackbird in the morning light.

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Revision.

Somehow this feels to me
like a poem for this moment —
for Iran, for the storm
of corruption & chaos
we have brought upon the world

#resist

from The Tempest— windblown, Miranda gazes out at storm-wrackec seas painting by Waterhouse

Meditation: On Frost's Road Not Taken

Words escape us,
shape their own agendas—
we build narrative with
both blindness & intent.

Words are twisty. Secretive
& sacred.

Only the heart knows
the true temperature of blood;
only the hand knows
what truth it meant to write.

#poem L.C. Goodwin

#俳句 #haiku #poem

ignoring the scarecrow
the crows nibble what's left
of the snowman

moon behind the clouds
the gaps between plum branches
flower in silence

*boop* 💛

The Red Queen admonishes Alice

The Red Queen thought so too 😎

And in later years he strove long to learn what can be learned, in silence, from the eyes of animals, the flight of birds, the great slow gestures of trees.

A breathtaking sunset bathes RSPB Arne in golden light, casting a warm glow over a sea of vibrant heather and lush green ferns. A lone pine tree stands tall in the foreground, its dark silhouette contrasting against the soft pink and orange hues of the sky. The landscape stretches into the distance, dotted with scattered trees, as the last rays of sunlight streak through the branches. A scene full of colour, warmth, and the quiet magic of a late summer evening.

Lighter evenings incoming… ☀️

In just four weeks, the sun will be setting after 7pm, giving us more time for birdsong, golden skies, and peaceful walks...

What have you spotted in nature this weekend? Share below! 👇

wheatfield wind
the sky stitched shut
with black wings
#haiku #poetry

That is between me and my shadow.

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They're my favorites 😎💛
tiny, cranky, loud & lovely

First Peoples know them as messengers & symbols of truth

Oh, I love Klimt. I imagine that was marvelous!

I remember so vividly the shock of realizing the difference that seeing great art in person can make.

And I agree with you, there is a true timelessness about those experiences 💚🌿

💙💙💙💛☀️🌿

Yep. I had to learn that wearing socks in bed means aching knees: they keep me from moving my feet enough.

Of course I'm the girl who broke her thigh bone just getting into bed...

I hope the knee is just cranky & feels better soon 💛

she's my perfect avatar: white sleeve, linen bodice pearl earring gleaming, hands intent on quill & paper dreaming herself a poet painting detail

On Frost's Road Not Taken

Words escape us,
carry their own agendas—
we build narratives both
with intentions & blindness.

Words are twisty. Sacred
& secretive.

Only the heart knows
the true temperature of blood
only the hand knows
the truth it meant to write.

#poem L.C. Goodwin
#art Vermeer

Intimacy, to me,
is not skin-
it is sight.

The quiet recognition
of being understood
without performance.

It is minds touching first,
ideas unfolding like open hands,
souls leaning closer

in the sacred space
between
your truth
and mine.

HAIKU
Trees stand stark, naked,
Unafraid of winter’s cold,
Trusting in the spring.

#micropoetry #poetry #haiku #haikusaturday #haikupoem
#poetrycommunity #nature #trees #winter #spring

you're very kind 💛

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The dragons are dangerous, yes. They can do harm, yes. But they're not evil. They're beneath our morality, if you will, like any animal. Or beyond it. They have nothing to do with it.
We must choose and choose again. The animals need only be and do. We're yoked, and they're free.

held upright, piercing a golden crown, circled with a flower-vine: Ace of Swords Tarot card illustration

Talisman

over the lintel of the door

(the fairy sword)
both binds and cuts—

if you have need of either, he will answer to your hand

🗡🌹

prose #poem Robin McKinley
#art David Palladini
#fairytales

#resist

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Dumbo Bambi!!

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Thank you 💙💙💙☀️

there's a bonus #haiku in the Alt Text

cold layers of morning clouds part for driven wings warm feathered hearts photograph

high silence breaks in
far calls, winged heartbeats
returned to home waters

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#poem L.C. Goodwin
#art R. Drummond
#haiku #micropoem
#CallAndResponse

#resist

Tell me again why Felon47 REALLY DESERVES a Nobel Peace Prize?

Second "war" against Iran within 9 months.

The only peace he wants is what he'll get if we stop looking at
• the Epstein files
• his ongoing, open theft of $$$ billions from Americans

#CongressMustAct
#GOPisResponsible

#resist

awake behind the window
patiently
night awaits her

🌙

#poem L.C. Goodwin
#haiku #micropoem #paintku
Edward Hopper

#resist

putting my previously quote-posted entry here, joining the ongoing conversation 🤍🌙