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An eclectic collection of "musings & mindlint", poetry and digital abstractions from Canadian artist & poet B.Y. Penman with a bit of music served up on the side.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'haiku'

• Knotty Sapling ~ Word Offering

  Posted on Wednesday April 30th, 2008 at 13:00 in haiku, poem, sapling, savvyology, senryu, word offering

  Knotty sapling spreadsGangly limbs and lofty thoughtsOf life beyond us© B.Y. Penman 2008 - All rights reserved. ...

• Hypervigilance ~ Word & Image Offering

  Posted on Tuesday November 20th, 2007 at 15:08 in abstract, digital collage, haiga short verse, haiku, hypervigilance, poem, savvyology, senryu

  Always listeningFor the sound of life stopping-Hypervigilance© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved. ...

• Toward Nothing ~ Word Offering

  Posted on Thursday November 1st, 2007 at 13:19 in haiku, poem, savvyology, short verse, word offering

  Over pine needlesAnd pavement, these gypsy feetRush toward nothing© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved. ...

• Caught ~ Word & Image Offering

  Posted on Thursday October 25th, 2007 at 16:40 in haiku, poem, savvyology, short verse, word offering

  Caught between here andThere are no happy endingsJust new becomings© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved....

• Walking The Walk ~ Word & Image Offering

  Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 17:54 in Autumn, fall, haiku, maple leaf, poem, savvyology, season, short verse, word offering

  A new route taken-The maple sheds her red leavesTo soften the path~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Misty morning air-I walk beneath changing leavesand think of you© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved...

• Sidestepping

  Posted on Friday September 14th, 2007 at 17:26 in haiku, poem, short poem, short verse, word offering

  Humbly I sidestepTo get out of my own way-Clouds part for the sun© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved.A little music to go with image & words. Bedouin Soundclash - Wall Fall Down...

• Moving Into Clarity ~ Image & Word Offering

  Posted on Saturday August 4th, 2007 at 10:19 in clarity, digital abstraction, haiku, poem, short verse, word offering

  Moving Into ClarityOld ways and stale thoughtsBrushed aside for clarityCobwebs of a life© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved....

• Acoustic Boogie & Between

  Posted on Monday July 16th, 2007 at 12:48 in acoustic guitar, boogie, favorite of the week, haiku, short verse, tommy emmanuel, word offering

  BetweenBetween the sheetsHe brings the beach to meGrain by grain© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved.Tommy Emmanuel - Boogie...

• Tuesday Word Offerings With a Little Music On The Side

  Posted on Tuesday July 10th, 2007 at 11:54 in favorite of the week, haiku, nicholas barron, senryu, short verse, word offering

  VibrationsA life's vibrationsUnnoticed by othersI feel you leaving------------------- Caught Afraid to dance Caught up in should and must These bones know...

• Wandering Wednesdays - Music & Word Offering

  Posted on Wednesday July 4th, 2007 at 18:18 in favorite of the week, gypsy, haiku, short verse, word offering

  Toes tap in timeA gypsy wandersWithout leaving© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved.I decided to combine a word offering with my favorite of the week today just to mix things up a little. Along wi...

• It's a Jazzy Sort of Day

  Posted on Thursday June 28th, 2007 at 15:40 in haiku, jazz, jazz guitar, matt otten, senryu, short verse, word offering

  Time for a little soothing jazz and a new word offering. I'm moving through my day with one eye closed while trying to chase away a migraine. I should know better by now and just hide out in a dark ro...

• Monday Word Offerings

  Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 19:39 in haiku, senryu, short verse, word offering

  Guardian motherBetween the madness and themMy body a shieldIn soul cut momentsWithout arms, only words leftTo stem the bleedingBurn the blue incenseOf forgetting and cleanse theseWord cuts from this s...

• Blue Notes Etched In Bone - Collection of Word Offerings

  Posted on Friday June 15th, 2007 at 17:32 in blues, haiku, senryu, short verse, word offering

  In touch with those rootsTouching roots of becomingBlue notes etched in boneMoments of wantingI play those blue notes to sootheThese old restless feetFeeling the old waysVibrating through two old sole...

• Word Offerings To Start The Week Off Right

  Posted on Monday June 4th, 2007 at 09:34 in haiku, savvyology, senryu, short verse, tanka, word offering

  ChosenSome say he chose usFrom that place of becoming-Love mends broken wings----------------------------Something BentI fear the rainfallAnd the mountain's slow shed tearsWaking the riverI shall wish...

• Wanting Red Galoshes - Word Offering

  Posted on Thursday May 17th, 2007 at 14:26 in haiku, poem, short verse, word offering

  Wanting red galoshes-Wading through the tides of lifeSplashing through the fear© B.Y. Penman 2007 - All rights reserved.** I cheated a bit on this haiku. 6-7-5 But it works and -wanting red rainboots...