Sunday Savvy 25

a photo of my bougainvillae, used for this shahai, was taken by my God daughter who is also a Godmother

Sunday savvy -
enough flowers warm
both our hearts
--gillena cox

Today, Mother's Day at Lunch Break; I'm Wishing all Godmothers a Happy Mother's Day and inviting stories poems and what ever else you wish to share on the theme Godmother

Traditionally, godparents were informally responsible for ensuring the child's religious education was carried out, and for caring for the child should he/she be orphaned. Today, the word godparent might not have explicitly religious overtones. The modern view of a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the child's upbringing and personal development

revisit
The Cinderella Syndrome
a renga posted from 1st to 31st August 2010 retelling my favourite fairy tale in haiku/haibun style

revisit Mother's Day 2011

revisit Sunday Savvy 24

Sunday Smiles to All

Monastery Ostrog
baptism of the child
old godmother
--Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia

Mother's Day
covered with wrinkles
dear face
--Gennady Nov, Russia

forgetting her own
she forgot her mother's too ...
May Sunday
--Zen Anecdotes (Megan), UK

napping in the shade
of red bougainvillae
tinted dreams
--Adelaide

Sunday Savvy 22

Sunday savvy -
this circle that is earth
ours to stewardship
--gillena cox, TT

Earth Day marks its 43rd year today April 22. Forty-three years is nothing. The Earth has survived for 4.5 billion years. It’s handled countless asteroids, oxidizing bacteria, and climate-changing volcanoes. Trust me, the Earth is going to be fine. The real question is: are we? read more here
series SUNDAY SAVVY continues - HAPPY EARTH DAY


over her scars
each year a new dress...
Mother Earth
--Ana-Maria Trandafir, RO

Happy quotidian birthday to you, Mother Gaia!
One more trip around the Sun,
just a cosmic inch on the infinite spiral trek towards Vega.
And while you, heavenly pals, move, human life goes on
through perplexing moments of glory and misery.
--Franklin Magalhaes, BR


get moving
work together for Mother...
"Mobilize the Earth"
--Pat Geyer, US


earth day –
on the robin chicks’ backs
new feathers

earth day -
a blackbird feather woven
into the robins’ nest
--Stella Pierdes, DE/UK


earth day--
I make a wish
on a dandelion

endless sky
another spring
full of daffodils
--Christine L. Villa, US



Earth Day---
first bird song
greens smile
--Gennady Nov, RU

Poems in this Earth Day Sunday sequence are the copyright of the individual writers

revisit Earth Day 2010

revisit Sunday Savvy 21

Sunday smiles to all; Why not share a little Sunday Earth day something with me: COMMENT or email me

Saying Even Less 30

July 30th - note

The Girl With A Umbrella...
Yuriy Sultanov...


Renga...
Ren... linked images in paintings...
ga ...a subject marker...