bilingual, En español, Nature, photography, Spanish

May 2023 Poetry Challenge

Looking forward to our online poetry soirée for May! This month we will write a haiku (5/7/5 syllables) using the phrase “Waterfall of Stars.” See example below. While reading a YA story recommended by our teen called The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson, I came across this phrase and thought it was beautiful. Haikus […]

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bilingual, En español, Nature, photography, writing

0 Days Left of Ice Fishing

Lake Mendota as seen from my bicycle. Spring LakeIce fishing houses gonefirst dark patcheson grainy icegive way to movementwebbed mallard feetthrough open waters –Rebecca Cuningham, March 25, 2023 0 días mas para pescar por el hielo El lago Mendota como lo vi por bicicleta. Lago en primaveraQuitaron las casitas de pescar por el hieloprimeros lugares […]

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bilingual, En español, Humor, photography

Bit of a Road Detour Here?

We saw this sign on the way to a friend’s party. I imagine a large truck looming, backing up, in this arrow’s shaky past. Thought the remnant deserved a photo. Haiku proceed this way please signs, telegraph messages through a zig zag world –Rebecca Cuningham, 17 March 2023 ¿Un desvío pequeño por aquí? Vimos este […]

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