TJ’s Household Haiku

My Venetian Letter Opener is ready for action. I am looking out for a crisp linen envelope without a nasty plastic window.

How full my mailbox!

Invitations? Friends’ letters?

Only bills, just only bills.

The prompt words for this week are “Full and Only”

How nice it would be to get some old fashioned mail now and then. Letter writing seems to be a forgotten art and the joy of going to the mailbox and finding a lovely invitation or a letter from a distant friend is a rare and precious thing sadly.

Penfriends once abounded and it was a privilege and a pleasure to connect with someone from another land and form a bond that was not at all about “getting something”.

The blogging world has shown me that there are wonderful people out there happy to take the leap and share a little of their world and I am very grateful for it.

So although handwritten missals are not being regularly wedged into my quaint but completely impractical letterbox, I can at least enjoy sharing a thought or a smile with many of you out there via my cyber pen.

I never underestimate the comments or communications I receive. People are very busy these days and sharing a personal connection is not only less simple but also sadly complexed with stories of false identities, manipulation or other sordid motives. To see beyond these and have the confidence to connect with real people who just enjoy the fact that they are sharing a part of themselves with other like minded people who are only interested in genuine friendship is something we would do well to cultivate.

Hope you have a lovely day you lovely bloggers you!

If you would like to join in just leave a link to your post in the comment section this week (just press the little black speech bubble to access the comments 🙂 )

Many thanks to those wonderful writers who contributed their talents to the last challenge.

Annette Rochelle Aben soars in the clouds here

https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/tjs-household-haiku-drift-air/

Judy Martin is home and away here.

https://www.edwinasepisodes.com/tjs-householdhaiku-drift-air/

Three variations on a theme from Ritu Bathal. Lovely

https://www.edwinasepisodes.com/tjs-householdhaiku-drift-air/

A triplet of lighter than air haiku from Kia

https://recoveringknowitall.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/for-tjs-household-haiku-drittt-and-air/

Wonderful photography of clouds and a haiku to match from Olga

https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/tjs-household-haiku-drift-air/

Paging Me is adrift in the poetical vein here

https://pagingme.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/tjs-household-haiku-air-and-drift/

Welcome to ShiftnShake awaking from slumber here.

https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/prompted-poetry/

Bolshevik leanings from Two on a Rant this week. Love it.

https://rantingalong.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/tjs-household-haiku-prompt-drift-air/

Lady Lee has an animated take on the prompt this week

https://ladyleemanilablog.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/tjs-household-haiku-drift-and-air/

A drifting apart from Radhika’s Reflection this week

https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/haiku-drift-air/

Mick E Talbot is a prolific and amazing poet. His interpretation is found here.

https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/tjs-household-haiku-prompt-drift-air/

The past meets the future from Kat Myrman this week

Ancestors

Dreams and reality encapsulated by Prairie Chat

Night Air

Eleutheromania has a haiku of hope here! Welcome to the challenge!

https://digantamisra1.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/eleutheromania/

Angels drift through this poem from God’s Chair

https://godschair.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/angels-in-the-mist/

 

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