NAHAWRIMO Feburary Poems 2025

Leaf canopy
secret Smultronställe
spring sparkles


Smultronställe - A Place For a
rare moment of peaceful tranquility
Seasons begins with
hot roller dogs and
hanging out with
my best friend.
Hot diggity dog,
bases loaded,
crack to left field,
crowd goes wild.

Hanging out with
my best friend
hot diggity dog.
Dickey Stephens Park
Traveler's Fan
The season begins.
His arms wrapped around her tight, covering her with prayers at night. 

Gentle art of letting go, unchained love freely flow.

Restful peace seals their bond, with trust, two heartbeats respond.

Carried through by love's heartbeat, a restful peace seals their bond.
silence broken
winter creaks
lost footfalls
wintry threnodies
vermilion cardinals
exquisite encomium

(encomium means praise)
Vibrant winter blooms 
Cast against a snowy canvas,
beneath brooding skies
frozen heart
a kind touch
melting point
February 6 is SIERRA NEVADA
snow-cap mountains
giant sequoias
ant sympathizer
standing on the ridge
nature's beauty shines
altered point of view
Mt Magazine, AR
Picture by R Bronte Brown/ South Korea
Feb 3 Summit
Standing between worlds
piercing the sky, the summit
glimpses immortality
February 1 is EVEREST.

the gentle art of letting go
carried through by love's heartbeat
reaching Everest
February 2 is MOUNTAIN.

Picturesque shapes
lurking unseen in the shadows-
craggy contours

Feb 24 Crevasse
Picturesque
craggy contours
hidden crevasses
February 4 Volcano
Crusty plates
Tectonic ring of fire
silent vents, ticking

spewing chatter
of a jaded woman
seismically clueless.

cool surface
a woman's silence
red hot underneath

Volcano or Tsunami

Rumble, grumble
growing, growling, seething,
politics
Feb 5 Moraine
weathered beauties
moraine remains,
jumbled genesis
His arms wrapped around her tight and covered her with prayers at night. 

The gentle art of letting go, unchained love freely flows.

A restful peace seals their bond, responding in trust; the two heartbeats become one.

This is what women want: to know they are protected, loved, provided for, and safe as they care for their families. And yes, women want to work, be heard, and be understood, but to arrest fears- understand the words above. Arguing with your husband when he wraps you in prayer is hard.
tickled pink
sun's in-sync
rising star
The Saguaro cactus survives int the Sonoran Desert  and is an important ecological pollen trail for the lesser long-nosed bat. The Saguaro Cactus releases its scented flower to attract this tiny bat. Leptos bats fly at night by scented highways, which is time for their migration. Enticed by this heavily scented trail, this bat hunts by smell and sight. The cactus flower glistens in the moonlight like a beacon. Mutual survival, ecosystem sustainers, man, the land, and bat survive. 

Nature’s pollen connector
Saguaro Cactus

Leptos bats fly at night,
guided by scented highways.
timed for their migration.

Flower-powered highways,
bats follow the nectar trail,
and hunt by smell and sight.

Mutual survival
Ecosystem sustainers
Man, land, and the bat.

Leptos is a nickname for the lesser long-nosed bat.
seismic shift of public opinion, winning avalanche
Feb 8 Avalanche
Feb 10 Peak
Pistol Pete
44.2 points per game
LSU career peak

Pete Maravich set an NCAA record that holds true for today. The assembly center at LSU is now called the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Feb 17 Serac
towering serac
between two crevasses
artful deception

Ice towers
built on deceit
will crumble
Meat for Tea Review submission 
Silky smooth glacier
Shimmering ice sheets
what lies beneath
Feb 7 Glacier
life is a vapor
but it leaves a trail,
sweet and memorable
Andes' biodiversity
tropical, arid, wet,
life choices.

Adaptability
is key to finding
your fit.
Feb 9 NaHaiWriMo
Pinnacle Mountain
stair steps to slipper boulders
not for novice hikers

Pinnacle Mountain is the second-highest natural point in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
elegant skier
vs a flailing flier
my mind's eye lies
Feb 16 skier
the night sky frolics
under silvery moonbeams
in stillness, tomorrow sleeps
or
dreams dance
on silvery moonbeams,
tomorrow sleeps
complementary
one out shines the other
or muted a blend.
packed piste
slick and black
any green slopes
February 12 piste
eventide falls on one
mountain range as dawn rises
on another
Alpine butterfly-
climbing, connecting, creating attachments,
loop to loop

climbing, connecting
creating attachments
alpine butterfly loop
February 18
Window in time
for the vertical summit
what's in a name?

Identity
Whose? Denali or Mount McKinley
I've seen both
I cannot say
Appalachian ties
rooted in the Ozark,
mountain music
NaHaiWriMo prompt for February 20 is APPALACHIANS.
sliding seamlessly 
uninterrupted syllabic note
downhill slope
safely tucked
under subnivean snow,
revealing rain
decluttering
letting go of time itself
finding new horizons
when the space is clutter so is the mind, reclaim space, simplify life. 
relentless onslaught
freezing, thawing, loose scree
lost footfalls
February 19 Cairn
marked for battle
from the Jordan River
a cairn of twelve stones

markers along a trail
a connection, a guide for
redeeming the lost
wave of rolling hills
reaching its summit,
hilltop view

Eagle's perch
Petite Jean State Park
NaHaiWriMo prompt for February 21 hilltop
relentless onslaught
revealing heart's scree
lost footfalls
Fairfield Bay AR
combination of two haiku
Leaf canopy
secret Smultronställe
spring sparkles

where imagination,
fairies and pixies
play
South Korea
Eventide falls on one mountain range as dawn rises on another.

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