An icy fog hugs the mountain behind a chilling wind. Winter sleeps here without her snows. We descend into the glen where Summer lives. Beyond the gate a forest welcomes us with open arms. The green is vibrant and full of bird song. It feels good to breathe in soothing smells and walk the sheltered path ahead. It feels good to be back in the warm, even though the hills are calling.
so much beauty here
leaves turn towards the light
my heart follows
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, setting: iA, 1/400 s.
Daily Prompt: Gate
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dVerse Poets Open Link Night #200
I love your haibun, Xenia ❤ It’s so evocative. Great post 🙂 Enjoy the weekend, love to you all xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Cathy 💜 and we wish you all wonderful weekend 🌞 Much love to you and Finn ☺💖 xxx
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Thank you 💖 xxx
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Beautiful haibun, Xenia. Always a joy to feel nature’s welcoming arms. ❤
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Thank you Olga, I had to chuckle when you said this earlier when I had just pressed the publish button 😉 We had to respect nature on the mountain where it was too dangerous in 70 mph winds – her arms were wide open back in the glen and we were grateful for their warm embrace ☺💜🌲 xxx
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Beautiful! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend 😺🌏💕 xxx
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Thank you Samantha, hope you are too! ☺💜🐾🐾 xxx
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Beautifully expressed! 💖💓
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Thank you Amy ☺💖 xxx
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I went on that walk with you Xenia. It’s beautifully written and your words really flow. The idea of the heart following the light is so subtly but powerfully expressed. Thanks so much for responding to the prompt.
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Thank you for your kind words Suzanne and for creating this beautiful prompt. Kikusha-Ni’s haiku really spoke to me ☺💖 xxx
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Pearl smiles so engagingly as she enjoys the sights and smells of nature!
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Thank you Shielagh, she was enjoying herself in the glen ☺💜 xxx
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Winter and summer, side by side. Wow!
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It was such a difference Laurie, quite unusual for this time of year :o) xxx
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I should think so!
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Lovely post!
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Thank you Frank! ☺
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I love your Hiabun, Xenia! I could feel the foggy chill gradually turned into summer warmth. Isn’t it true that we love to stay at a place yet we have to move on? Love the woody photos. Hugs, Miriam
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Thank you Miriam, that is so true. We love hiking in the mountains and it was not safe to continue on this day. Hopefully there will be other days before the snows return and we had a wonderful walk in the forest, which was very special ☺🌲🐾🐾
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I love hiking and I love forest, but we’re closer to the beach than forest. 🙂
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:o) xxx
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♥*♥*♥
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That is SO beautiful. You really do have such a rare gift of description. Do publish that book soon – and include lots of lots of pics of Elvor and Pearl !!! 🙂 Hope you are having a lovey week 🙂 xx
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Thank you for your kind words Judith and for your encouragement. I am hoping it will be before the end of the year, God willing. I hope you are having a lovely week too and much love to you from all of us here :o) xxx
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Gates of Nature
HeaVeN ReaLLy
SPRinG oF LIGht
FAll of COld
InVigorating
WiNter
SuMMeR
WaRm
iN WinTers FaLL
Summers Cool.. For
nONe to Fear WiTH SPRiNG
DoG eYes oF LiGht wiTHiN aLiVE..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD that is so true, HeaVeN ReaLLy :o) xxx
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SMiLes..
and back
with Whiter
Teeth
And
STiLL iN Heaven
Beyond Rainbow Colors..:)
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😁💜 xxx
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:)!
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I love this haibun – both the prose poem and the haiku. Absolutely lovely!
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Thank you so much for your kind words LuAnne :o) xxx
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Lovely! To dally in the warm though the hills are calling 🙂
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Thank you Jane, we had to be sensible on this day ;o) xxx
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The hills will always be there 🙂
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:o) xxx
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A breath-taking haibun. Natures warmth and beauty is what humanity needs to cherish and appreciate the moments of joy. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Charlie :o) xxx
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Your very welcome…and hope to see you on my blog soon. You’ll laugh and my poem will put a smile on your face. 🙂
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Thank you Charlie, I swung by yours just a minute ago! :o) xxx
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Awesome! I shall reply soon.
I love conversations. Your haibun really did make my day to be quite honest. Lately, I’ve been feeling extremely down…flash backs and all. Reading all poets including your work gave me a sense of strong and hope for humanity and earth itself.
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There is always hope Charlie and nature is a great healer xxx
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Indeed, the inner strength within us must be connected to nature herself. I believe she heals and we shouldn’t give up.
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:o) xxx
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What a beautifully evocative haibun!❤️ I wouldn’t mind joining you there 😀
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Thank you Sanaa, you would love it here! :o) xxx
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Following the leaves to the light seems the way to go. Nice haibun.
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Thank you Frank :o)
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I so enjoy those nature-filled hikes with you and the pups. You live in a beautiful corner of the world and make it seem so refreshing.
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Thank you for coming along on our hikes Victoria! We are very blessed with all the natural beauty around us and every day holds a new gift ☺💖 xxx
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Prose and haiku take us on a beautiful journey!
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Thank you for walking along with us Beverly 💜 xxx
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Nice 🙂
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Thank you Ayala 💜
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So interesting how you can move from coldness to summer warmth just from moving from the mountain to the glen. I love the image of the forest beyond the gate…a perfectly beautiful haibun, Xenia…loved it!
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Thank you for your kind words Gayle 💜 There is a bigger temperature difference this year than we have seen in a while and the glen felt like a warm blanket ☺💖 xxx
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And my heart follows the words, from prose to haiku… pure beauty.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Magaly ☺💖 xxx
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I love the way you’ve captured the contrast between mountains and glens, Xenia, and the sentence ‘ Winter sleeps here without her snows’ is a gem, and the haiku would fit perfectly in Carpe Diem’s departure theme! I hope the sun shines on you all this weekend! xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim and I hope the sun will shine on you too! ☺💜🌞 xxx
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🙂 xxx
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Beautiful haiku !
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Thank you Rajani 💜
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Beautiful Zenia. The hills won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. They’ll have their day.
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Thank you Paul, I trust they will have their day too!😁🙋
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Very nice! I like how the haiku reflects your feelings in the haibun but uses an example from nature as a parallel.
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Thank you so much for your kind words 💜
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Nothing like a summer hike in nature especially with your pet companion, the season where everthing is in bloom:)
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Thank you, it is a wonderful time for hiking just now ☺🌲🐾🐾
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It is indeed. Been doing some hiking myself
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☺👍🌲
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🙂
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Such a beautiful, tranquil feeling this post leaves me with. Thank you for that. ❤
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Thank you Serena and you are very welcome! ☺💜 xxx
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Is your pet dog by chance a greyhound? I maybe wrong but its legs and tail looks like one 😉
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They are both whippets – Eivor is a whippet-lurcher cross and Pearl is a whippet-italian greyhound cross. They are much smaller than greyhounds and have many similar features ☺🐾🐾
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Thank you for teaching and sharing! Now I must google and learn more about whippets. They are both really regal looking and was admiring their “jackets” they wore in the photos. You take good care of them and I am sure the 2 whippets love you as they are lucky! 😉 Garfield hugs!
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Thank you and it is a pleasure to share. Whippets have very little body fat and only a single coat of thin fur, which makes them very sensitive to the cold. Thankfully they enjoy wearing jumpers and coats during the colder seasons so they can still have fun outdoors and explore 😉🌲🐾🐾 Thank you for stopping by and hugs to you too 🤗💖 xxx
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I will now enjoy seeing more of your whippets! Pleasure to meet you my friend and take care.
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Lovely to meet you too and enjoy the rest of your day ☺💜🙋 xxx
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🙋😃💕💕🐾🐾
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