Tracy Abell

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Friday Haiku

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Still life with squirrel
rare moment of inaction
in a life of GO!

 

 

Be as a bird

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 5 Comments

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.
~ Victor Hugo

Friday Haiku

October 12, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Mate’s garden bounty
he sees food, I see still life
art is nourishment

Friday Haiku

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

I’m Cory Gardner
soulless Republican stooge
look at me not care!

Friday Haiku

September 28, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Able to survive
despite harsh circumstances
flora and women

Friday Haiku

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Rock transformation
performed by a young boy who’s
transformed to a man

Friday Haiku

September 14, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Last year’s invasion
Painted Ladies everywhere
wish they’d come again

Friday Haiku

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

Riderless horses
deceptively still as they
race for finish line

Friday Haiku

August 31, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Late-blooming garden
in a race with the season.
Will ripe or cold win?

Friday Haiku

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Loki’s not amused
found a quiet napping spot
then paparazzi

Friday Haiku

August 17, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Reminder to self
not all orange is grotesque
like the spray-tanned Tr*mp

Friday Haiku

August 10, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Fungal tiki hut
sprouting from the landscape rocks
shelter for insects

Friday Haiku

August 3, 2018 / Tracy Abell

One patty pan squash
four mustard green leaves eaten
mate’s garden harvest.

Friday Haiku

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 7 Comments

Caressing fireweed
while hiking ten miles of trail
I’m flower-powered

Heaven in a Wild Flower

July 24, 2018 / Tracy Abell
To see a World in a Grain of Sand 
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower 
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 
And Eternity in an hour
~ William Blake

Friday Haiku

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Wildflower bouquet
presented to friend and me
on yesterday’s hike.

Friday Haiku

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Waiting for Tesla
Weeks without solar power
Thanks a lot, Elon.

 

Friday Haiku

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Flowers just like you
kissed my legs this morning as
I ran on the trails.

Friday Haiku

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Lilies in garden
tallest in the neighborhood
reaching for the sky

Friday Haiku

June 22, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Hey guys, never mind!
You can all stop looking now!
Found my contact lens.

Friday Haiku

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Brief rest before flight
one diaphanous wing torn
this dragon can fly

Friday Haiku

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 / Tracy Abell

Lost in the shadow
ant hill intended subject
photographer looms

Friday Haiku

June 1, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Tried for bird outside
but it flew from camera
captured son instead


Friday Haiku

May 25, 2018May 24, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

There’s no escaping
contrast between young and old
Even pinecones age

 

 

Friday Haiku

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

How many guys does
it take to fix a zipper
pre-ceremony?

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Tracy is . . .

a writer of contemporary middle-grade and young adult fiction & nonfiction who enjoys trail running, hoop dancing, and bird watching. Sometimes, all of the above happen before her first cup of coffee. BLOG KEY: Zippy = spouse. Wildebeest and Zebu = sons. Love and laughter = essential.

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