Holland remembers...

on the 4th of May

all victims of WW II

Many years may have past,

but in this sometimes crazy world of today, it is good to remember

and take time to think about all these people that were chased and murdered, the soldiers and resistance members that have given their lives for our freedom

I made this digital collage and haiku in honour of these heroes

Inner glow

in

nature's beauty

modest colours

on this

4 th of May

Sunday Haiku

She looked at me

from the woods

Innocent and wild

Such pure, wild beauty

Sea-urchins (3)

Sea urchin

Nature's perfection

The ocean calls...

I made the haiku this morning.

Writing poetry and playing with words is a direction I would love

my work to go more. But yet there's always hesitation, do I use the right words, do they really express my feelings, and hey, do I want everybody to read my feelings?

On the other hand, what is wrong about saying and writing about what moves you, what enthralls you?? The Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea that surround our little island provide me with almost constant inspiration and I simply love being there.

One thing that complicates it for me a bit, is that the English language is not my native tongue. Fortunately I'm born in the Netherlands and there every child has to learn English (and German, French)! But especially when feelings and emotions are involved, I feel the lack of enough words that are exactly right to describe them. So by reading some blogs of people that use the language so eloquently, I learn new words every day.

One of these blogs is in my side bar: Ornamental by Nina Bagley

And I am thankful for Michelle Ward's prompt of this month's GPP Crusade no. 30.

As the challenge is to use WORDS and/or to USE words in journals, I don't know if this entrance qualifies, but I am working on more to send...

A lovely Wednesday for everyone!