Monthly Archives: June 2024

Week 25: Season Words–“Summer Solstice”

Posted on June 22, 2024 by pedometergeek

This week’s blog on Season Words, Mark wrote about the twenty-fifth week of the year, during which the summer solstice occurs. This year the summer solstice occurs on June 20th because of leap year. Normally, the solstice arrives on June … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Happenings–Haiku Dialogue and Cold Moon

Posted on June 14, 2024 by pedometergeek

Last week’s Haiku Dialogue at the Haiku Foundation had a new guest editor, Deborah Karl-Brandt. She chose as her theme for the series, “Going For a Walk.” Her first prompt was rivers and clouds. About this, she wrote the following: … Continue reading →

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Weeks 23-24: Season Words

Posted on June 14, 2024 by pedometergeek

On Mark’s Season Words blog for the 23rd week of the year, he mentions that there are two Solar Terms during this week. The Solar Term Grain Buds ends and the Solar Term Grain in Ear begins. It is the … Continue reading →

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An Off-the-cuff Fib Poem

Posted on June 6, 2024 by pedometergeek

This pedometer geek poet has never written a Fib poem (based on the Fibonacci sequence), but for the W3 prompt, I wrote the following: theshellwithina spiralchambered nautilussiphoning tentacles searching…~Nancy Brady, 2024 As a (student) invertebrate lab instructor at Ohio Northern … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month Offering: Pizza 1984

Posted on June 5, 2024 by pedometergeek

April is National Poetry Month in the United States. It was launched in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry. (Wikipedia) During the month many poets write a poem a … Continue reading →

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Link to Cutting Words

Posted on June 5, 2024 by pedometergeek

As mentioned in my previous post, this book is available through Amazon. Every haiku poet should have it in his/her/their collection. The price point is incredible, too, as the publisher wants to make it available to all. Check it out! … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Happenings–June 1 Edition

Posted on June 3, 2024 by pedometergeek

This pedometer geek poet has been fortunate to have had a few haiku selected in the last month or so. Normally, I post them near the time of the release of the journal (whether online or print), but I have … Continue reading →

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Weeks 20, 21, & 22: Season Words

Posted on June 2, 2024 by pedometergeek

This pedometer geek has been slacking. Not in regards to putting steps (and miles) on my Fitbit as I am participating in Healthcode.org’s May’s Million Mile Month. With today being the last day of May, I have already completed my … Continue reading →

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