New

in awe of His promise

to make all things new

even me

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

New for Haiku Heights and haiku my heart

Happy New Year :)

Inspiring Blogger Award

The lovely and amazingly gifted poet Janet Martin, who writes at Another Porch, has nominated me for the Inspiring Blogger Award.  What an honor!  She inspires me. 

So if I understand this right I am to give 7 facts about myself and then I have the privilege of nominating some bloggers for the award as well.  

My 7 facts:

1. I’m pretty good at Texas Hold ‘Em, if I do say so myself.
2. In my opinion ‘I Love Lucy’ is one of the best TV shows.  Ever. 
3. I enjoy Agatha Christie mystery novels.
4. My favorite food is a tomato right off the vine.
5. I (heart) baseball.
6. I do not (heart) squirrels. (don’t ask…)
7. book, blanket, fire = happy, happy me :)

You know how you get excited to see what some bloggers have come up with in every new post?  Here are a few I consider to be inspiring.  My nominations:

Margaret Bednar at Art Happens 365.  Poetry.  Photography.  Inspiration.  And she’s a mom of 6!  What can’t she do?  Amazingly brilliant lady.

Lolly at Look for a Lovely Thing.  Hers is a newly discovered blog for me.  She absolutely nails the ‘haiku moment’.  Her haiku are among the best I have ever read.

Yelena at moonlitpoetic.  Every time I read something she’s written I feel as though I’ve just witnessed something incredibly beautiful and delicate.  What a poetic gift she has.

So again, thank you Janet!  I’m honored and humbled and smiling straight from my heart!

Snowdrops and Sleigh Bells

snowdrops splashing

like citrus squeezed

onto feathered ice

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snowdrops

dripping from the tongue

of the moon

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sleigh bells

and a hush of snow

almost silent night

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sleigh bells jingling

even the snowman

smiles and waves

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the sky flinging snow today

just to hear

children laughing again

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

Haiku Heights 

Winter Solstice

frost sparkles on

maple leaf confetti

autumn’s party ends

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

haiku my heart 

Wintertide

snow,

heavy,

slush-like,

weighing down

burnt orange leaves

raked

and scooped

and heaped

in hardship

wishing now

to pull them out

turn them green

glue them back

one by one

onto trees

to rustle softly

an enchanted echo

hushed

in winter’s tide

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

For Three Word Wednesday where we were to use the words echo, hardship, and softly...and for  Poetry Jam where Brian had us take a walk and write.  Here's what I came up with.