Places on my map are where I choose to visit when I want to find something I’ve been looking for all these years on earth.

I’m craving the clean, meadowy smell of pine trees and grass, the smoky scent of steam emanating from neighbours home, and the cool, frost but springy kiss of fresh, mild winter air. I’m longing for the sight of forested, tranquil trails, parks, bungalows, and fluffy, cloudy, soft-pastel blue skies. I want to hear the upbeat sound of kids playing, dogs yapping, cars driving, and shopping carts walking.

Salty, crispy, crunchy melt-in-your-mouth munchies, addictive as a bowl of falafel balls, store-bought.

Hair is like human weed Grass that grows on your head You water, feed, nurture and plant Your personal garden in any way Shape or form. It’s a work of art A piece of land you inhabit and cultivate. It’s a symbol of health, abundance, happiness, respect, magic and beauty.

I’m out of the cage free from tension and anguish; I feel light and soft.

Stinky caked in despair like someone’s been smearing verbal mud onto my body hurting.

Tangled and knotted in the problems I have confusions, fury, vexation feelings. Pieces of my own puzzle to use and keep large, medium, small or tiny sizes. Each day one at a time solving, mounting, hunting for the resolutions to my troubles. Seeing the real scheme settling, fixing, getting close to reaching my potential hopeful. Finished my big puzzle relieved, consoled, achieved my goal.

Alone in my thoughts, I sense my heart burning from the pain I feel. I notice my eyes starting to water with salty tears and my insides shaking inexorably. It’s like I’ve dropped myself into a dirty, dusty, deep and dark hole where I’ve sat for a long time, unseen. …

Colours (haiku) Tints and shades regenerate the universe. Springtime Treasures (cinquain) Peering out the window hearing, praying, sleeping to the teatime hymn of goldfinch birds. Tulips (haiku) Fairies fall asleep In the caves of oasis; Don’t wake or scare them! Chrysanthemum (cinquain) Bright pink Blossoms that pose Like models and statues Outside in…