Valentine's Day

I'll be away tomorrow and Friday so thought I'd post my Valentine's Day contribution early.

The first three haiku are by my friend Brenda. When a group of us were doing chemo we used to write haiku based on a set theme. These are Brenda's for Valentine's Day four years ago. She was very ill at the time and sadly didn't recover, but she was a really gifted writer and a very funny and warm person. I like to re-read some of the things she wrote and these are worth sharing I think.

oil changes and smiles
I am the love of his life
and he tells me so

second time around
is much sweeter than the first
nor taken lightly

we will get through this.
not you, but we together
my favorite wife

And this came into my head last night. I like it, thought you might too.....

you are

my tribe, my troupe,
my flock, my herd,
my caste, my group,
my caravan, my marathon
my norm, my mean,
my swarm, my sting
my drum, my dart
my charm, my spell
my country, my world
my town, my harbour
my refuge, my love


the picture is mine and is based on a stamp produced by photographing a love heart in isolation