haiku my heart - the fuchsia flower

A carnival ride,



Swirling magenta transforms--



Spun cotton candy.


Haiku my heart is the vision of Rebecca Brooks at "recuerda mi corazon." If you would like to participate, just post your haiku on Fridays with an accompanying photo on your blog and link back to recuerda mi corazon.

Magpie Tales 67

Banquet Scene with a Lute Player by Nicolas Tournier, 1625

Characters, left to right
Nicolas Tournier, French Baroque painter, 1590-1639
la Serveuse (waitress)
Claudio Monteverdi, Italian opera composer, 1567-1643
Sybille de la Tour, Georges's younger sister
Georges de la Tour, French Baroque painter, 1593-1652

Monteverdi: Now, do you see changing from the major key of C to the key of A minor creates an entirely different mood? And if you were to use a more agitated tempo, the mood changes once again?

de la Tour (who has been playing the lute to please his guests): Nicolas, don't you feel we're doing the same thing with light? Placing some characters in darkness and others in light reveals something of the soul of those characters?

Tournier: Exactly. It gives a contemplative feel to the painting.

de la Tour: You know, Pascal says in his Pensees that the beginning and end are concealed from man in an impenetrable secret. When we paint shrouds of black, that is the unaware blindness; when we paint streams of light, that is the illuminated consciousness.

Sybille: I feel as though I am in the light, that I am aware, and that this sense of enlightenment is only heightened by looking through the eye loup at the ray of light beaming down on me.


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haiku my heart - sacred mystery

Exotic blue rose



Incense burns at the altar--




Sacred mystery.


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Magpie Tales 66

Belle's heart was pounding as she hastily placed the book back on the shelf. She loved this library in the 36th and Madison mansion and spent hours here, sorting, examining, reading.

Today she could not believe her eyes: Walden, innocuously placed in a row at the back of the desk, had been autographed several years ago by Henry David Thoreau!
"My dearest John,
Allow me the pleasure of presenting to you a line from this book:
'Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.'
I beg you to receive, dear Sir, the expression of my very best sentiments.
I remain yours truly,
Henry David Thoreau."

She had heard the clatter of John's carriage in the passageway, and he would be coming in the downstairs entry any moment. Belle retrieved her feather duster and studiously began dusting. She mentally went over her plans to be very gracious and impeccable in her work with both John Sr. and John Jr.


John~ John Pierpont Morgan, Sr. and Jr.

Belle~ Belle de Costa Greene, first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library


Magpie Tales is the vision of Tess Kincaid. If you would like to participate, just post your poem or vignette--based on Tess Kincaid's photo prompt--on your blog and link back to http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com.

Magpie Tales 65

The dashing, wealthy Francis Bernandone was ceasing to exist; he was becoming a different person, one who was humble and caring. He was growing aware of the natural world and often went on walks through the Italian countryside.

During one of these walks, two birds flew down to him, and an immediate connection sprang up. Francis received a very clear message from the birds.

The communication touched his heart, not his ears. It was moving and profound. He had a new perception of himself and the world around him. Francis's purpose was henceforth to teach others the interconnectedness of all God's creatures through living example.

As he set out to start this new life, Francis noticed that wherever he went animals followed him and helped him to communicate the lessons he was teaching.


by the Creative Writing Circle at A Life Well Lived


Magpie Tales is the vision of Tess Kincaid. If you would like to participate, just post your poem or vignette--based on Tess Kincaid's photo prompt--on your blog and link back to http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com.

Haiku my heart!

Waving in the wind,
Hidden treasure from the eye.
Dappled pale sunlight.

~by Laurel Gross




Dogwood and Mary
Are dressed in the purest white--
A new beginning.

~by Margaret Pangert






Haiku my heart is the vision of Rebecca Brooks at "recuerda mi corazon." If you would like to participate, just post your haiku on Fridays with an accompanying photo on your blog and link back to recuerda mi corazon.