It’s the third week of the month! For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday. Time for a #PhotoPrompt!
I thought I would try another Haibun .
Sally Cronin provided the photo for this month’s photo challenge:
Early morning on the beach my mind being swept clean by the North wind. Waves lashing at my feet I contemplate the mistakes I have made in life. I see a lobster pot washed up on the beach, coloured ropes attached to it, full of detritus. I stop and look.
Washed up on life’s shore
Ties broken full of salt tears
Hope gone, deserted.
willowdot21 
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:32:07
Lovely response Willow…thanks for sharing…♥
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:33:06
Thank you for the photo it is really thought provoking.💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:35:41
Glad you found it so Willow…hugsxx♥
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:42:01
I did 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:36:53
Oh a sad one Willow. ❤
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:42:20
Yes it was today 😊
Jul 21, 2020 @ 16:48:00
I would like you to print out for me exactly how you add your post to the mr. linky thing. I’ve never had success, I frankly have no idea what I’m doing wrong. If you could show me, please email it to: cjscan_1999@yahoo.com. Thanks! I guess I need an example I can copy.
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:30:01
Emailing you now
Jul 21, 2020 @ 18:06:19
Thanks so much
Jul 21, 2020 @ 19:06:33
Did it work 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:40:37
Hi sent you an email and photos please let me know if this helps
Jul 21, 2020 @ 18:06:42
Okie dokie
Jul 21, 2020 @ 16:59:11
Beautiful 🥰
Jul 21, 2020 @ 15:21:30
Thank you Sis 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 19:03:02
Sad and beautiful at the same time. (And an interesting photo Sally chose.)
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:41:49
Thank you I do live Colleen photo it’s quite evocative isn’t it 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 19:07:39
No mistakes, Willow… only lessons. Lovely! 🧡
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:42:21
Yes I could of used lessons 😁💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:48:25
Every mistake is not a mistake. It IS a lesson. Wise words from Maya Angelou… 🧡🧡
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:49:50
Yes I remember, she was a very wise lady 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:51:21
Very.
Jul 21, 2020 @ 18:00:33
I was listening to her life story on the radio then I got ill and missed the series , I shall have to look it up and relisten 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 18:13:53
Absolutely. I haven’t listened to it yet, either.
Jul 21, 2020 @ 18:21:48
It was good, sad though
Jul 21, 2020 @ 18:22:23
Yes. Ever notice the ones who had it toughest, shine the brightest?
Jul 21, 2020 @ 19:07:34
Yes they had it all to strive for 💜
Jul 21, 2020 @ 19:12:06
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Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:48:47
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Jul 21, 2020 @ 17:58:18
🙂
Jul 21, 2020 @ 20:58:02
Excellent prose and poetry, Willow. I copied it all to FB and shared on my page. That’s the workaround since FB won’t let me share from your blog. ❤
Jul 21, 2020 @ 20:59:33
Oh! Thank you Colleen ☺️
Jul 21, 2020 @ 21:01:06
It worked! https://www.facebook.com/ColleenMChesebro/
Jul 21, 2020 @ 21:11:52
Thank you 💜
Jul 22, 2020 @ 09:50:11
Poignant and Beautifully written
Jul 22, 2020 @ 09:54:33
Thank you 😊
Jul 26, 2020 @ 02:01:40
Eloquent writing, my friend. 💗💓💗
Jul 26, 2020 @ 06:41:01
Thank you trying out the Haibun style of poetry.💜
Jul 26, 2020 @ 17:50:21
I hope you will find new birth after your cleansing. (K)
Jul 26, 2020 @ 20:29:15
Thank you 💜💜
Jul 27, 2020 @ 13:13:39
And yet that empty lobster pot is full of breathable air! Noticing the colors and being bathed in the sunshine can be a good thing. 😀
Jul 27, 2020 @ 13:33:34
Very positive Jules, and I definitely agree 💜🌹
Jul 29, 2020 @ 17:09:27
Great response, Willow. It almost has to be a sad post. I wondered if that was a lobster trap or possibly crabs. You knew instantly.
Jul 29, 2020 @ 17:33:10
We lived in Devon many years ago and we often saw Lobster pots 😊
Jul 29, 2020 @ 19:35:51
I visited Boston once and saw stacks of them. I couldn’t remember if they were lobsters or crabs, but they were big like that.
Jul 29, 2020 @ 19:57:18
Very likely lobster if they were big. I take it you mean Boston in the USA, I have been there too, beautiful city 💜
Jul 29, 2020 @ 22:26:02
Yes, Boston, USA. I’ve only had the chance to visit once but it was amazing, and I’m blessed to have gone.
Jul 30, 2020 @ 05:16:54
Yes I visit my sister while she was in New York for work and we had five days in Boston and I loved it 💜
Jul 31, 2020 @ 03:31:50
That’s about how long I was there. What a fun place. I met up with a blogger, Eunice Miller who told me some great walking tours. I was there by myself to plan a social studies conference, so I had time to explore on my own.
Jul 31, 2020 @ 04:06:28
We walk the slave trail, or I believe it’s name is The Black Heritage trail. And we took the Duck that’s was fun I actually got to drive that in the River🌹
Jul 31, 2020 @ 19:09:54
Wow! That’s awesome, Willow. How did you rate?
Jul 31, 2020 @ 20:03:46
Hi Marsha what do you mean how did I rate , do you mean did I like Boston, I loved it 💜
Aug 01, 2020 @ 04:34:34
I guess I’m showing my age, Willow, or my upbringing. In my family when you say, “How did you rate?” You are pretending to be jealous of the other person’s good fortune. You might see my hand on my hip, but you’d see a big smile. Your good fortune was to drive the Duck. I imagine not too many people get to do that, so I teasingly said, “How do you rate (such a great honor)? The Australians would say, “Good on you,” and not try to be funny. You have to hear a person’s inflection. If I said, “Good for you,” you might see my hand on my hip and hear a slight edge of insincerity in my voice. I loved all the places the red line took me. 🙂 So cool. Thanks for asking! 🙂
Aug 01, 2020 @ 04:45:10
Lol it’s funny isn’t how we can be flummoxed by the same language, I see now what you mean! We definitely need to see that hand on hip, look in eye and hear the voice inflection . It make a world of difference! Yes I was very lucky and it was so much fun. I shall never forget it. Oh! We enjoyed following the Red trail and really everything about Boston . Even the place we stayed at was “interesting” my eyes are laughing…. I think there is a post there 💜
Aug 02, 2020 @ 06:10:57
Definitely!