Haiku

[Cotton Tsunami]

vast blue

clouds, crests and troughs

cotton tsunami

[Aurora Dances]

Aurora dances

under flashing solar strobes

leaves all men cold

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Author's Note

Just a couple haiku for you today. The skies around my new digs are superb. Both photos were taken by me. The clouds from my front yard and the aurora from my backyard. The aurora was from more than a month ago. Last night was cloudy and so I could not not catch the storm. Hopefully, tonight will be better and the magnetic skies will still have some fire left in them. [Cotton Tsunami] is a recent composition and [Aurora Dances] is featured in Tatoo, Calling All Soldiers Home. The link is above, contained in the post. Did you guys get any good aurora shots ... loved to see them. Be by later this weekend to return reviews:):):)

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Pryde... lovely expressions of our Solar mysteries... the Jade that brings Wisdom is predominantly present. tenderly, Pat

[Pryde Foltz]

A very wonderful way to think of the northern lights:)

[Marie]

Two wondrously inked Haiku, dear Pryde. The visual detail is superb, word choice is excellent and I love the very imaginative titles of the poems. Lovely work! Thank you for sharing, dear poetess...

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Marie:)

[Marie]

Most welcome, dear poetess :)

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Pryde... with our eyes open wide... we cross the Great Divide...
Beginning to gather Petals of possibilities. The Wisp of my Heart knows where to Start. tenderly, Pat

[Pryde Foltz]

Thanks so much, Patricia:)

[redzone]

Hi Pryde, good to see your posts once again. I have missed reading you. Loved both your Haikus Pryde. I am not trying to be contrary, but the Northern Lights have always fascinated me, both the beauty of them, as well as the reasons for them. So, they do not leave me cold. Aurora, Goddess of Dawn, always in love, so the mythology goes. And, for that brief moment that it is you she loves, well, that is a warm feeling is it not?? And what a fitting name Aurora Borealis, the fleeting love of solar winds and magnetic earth.

Anyway.... Thanks Pryde for sharing your haikus and for the great photos.

[Pryde Foltz]

So nice to see you:) Yes, we had some amazing aurora last night. The sky was alive and the temperatures a relatively balmy 8; but I challenge you to fee the warmth at minus 40:):):)

[redzone]

They are projecting that almost half of the US will be able to see tonight's display of lights.
read moreThey are projecting that almost half of the US will be able to see tonight's display of lights.

Ha!! minus 40, a real heat wave Pryde... er... I mean... perhaps if you join me in some hot chocolate, it might feel warm. A toast: to Aurora and her "warmth"!!! ;0)

[Relic]

Great Haikus Pryde. It's good to see you stopping by.
The earth can be magnificent and monstrous too. Since the beginning of science men have been trying to solve its mysteries. Your pictures are excellent. Cotton Tsunami is such a unique way of describing passing clouds.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Relic:)

[MomzillaNC]

Clouds as a "cotton tsunami" conjures a roiling sky for me. Great haiku

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Denise:)

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing Haikus dear Pryde. One day I will go to deep Minnesota and I will see the Aurora sky. Hello dear friend and I hope you are doing well and you are enjoying the days of October.
Coyote

[Pryde Foltz]

Seeing the Aurora for the first time is amazing. Yes ... you should go to see them:) Thank you:)

[Coyote Poetry]

I will try someday. Here in my city in Michigan. Too much light of the city and houses. I need to go north. You are welcome dear Pryde.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the haiku themselves draw the pictures...nicely done.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Jacob:)

[Sami Khalil]

Enjoyed the pics and Haikus
Awesome to look at and read.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thanks so much, Sami:)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome Pryde.