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Pic and a Word ChallengeThe Pic and a Word Challenge comes from Patrick Jennings’ site www.pixtowords.com Each week he provides a photograph of his along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as points of inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. We are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If we create both images and words, all the better.
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#haiku

breeze bites hard

breeze bites hard for May

May 25, 2023

Ben Kohns

Life, Poetry

#haiku
The cold steals my Warmth

The cold steals my Warmth

November 22, 2022

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose

#haiku
in swirling chaos

in swirling chaos / together – we find center / and you make me feel

May 21, 2022

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, polyamory, Uncategorized

#haiku, centering, mindfulness, peace
Win/Win?

Competing interests / Often call for some losses / Before both can win

January 27, 2022

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Justice, Life, Love, Poetry, polyamory

#haiku
Punt.

More sleep means haiku

December 21, 2021

Ben Kohns

Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized

#haiku, haiku, priorities
On Advent – III: Anticipation

Meant to be joyful waiting

December 9, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Christmas, Faith, Life, Poetry

#haiku, haiku
Beginnings

Soon it will be light

November 23, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Love, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry

#haiku, haiku
ambivalence

Sometimes there’s no light

November 9, 2021

Ben Kohns

Faith, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry

#haiku, haiku
Morning comes in black

Contemplate what will be seen

October 14, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Faith, Life, Poetry

#haiku, #tanka
give way

This morning – Three lines

September 26, 2021

Ben Kohns

Freedom, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized

#haiku, haiku
Missed Connections

Therapy today…

September 10, 2021

Ben Kohns

Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry

#haiku, tanka
Breathe

I’m back Here from There

August 23, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose

#haiku, #tanka, haiku, tanka
beyond the iris

I look at your eyes / and forget they have color.

July 30, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized

#haiku, #tanka
daunted

he enters the fray daunted – so much like before

July 12, 2021

Ben Kohns

Faith, Freedom, Justice, Kindness, Life, Poetry

#haiku, #tanka
forward

where again is there?

July 7, 2021

Ben Kohns

Faith, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized

#haiku, #tanka, choice, fate, haiku, tanka
isn’t it ironic?

hilarious, God.

June 23, 2021

Ben Kohns

Life, Poetry, Uncategorized

#haiku, haiku
new

trust me – my new was harder.

May 20, 2021

Ben Kohns

Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized

#haiku, #tanka, authenticity, being, haiku, tanka
Head Squared

Freedom is strange… New.

March 28, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized

#haiku, #tanka, haikai
halo-ringed

This is the essence of hope – Vistas unshrouded by light.

March 3, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Faith, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry

#haiku, #tanka, halo, hope, perseverance, sun
Dualiquous

His, the warmest cold

January 12, 2021

Ben Kohns

art, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized

#haiku, #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, #tanka, denial, duality, struggle

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