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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 2022
1 min

[8/19/21]

Along with all the other horrors going on these days, I'm haunted by the news of the wildfires in the West. Last spring when I wrote this...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 2022
2 min

[8/11/21]

Those who know me know that one of my great pleasures in life is to go hunting and gathering in the thrift shop. There are several fine...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 2022
1 min

]7/12/21]

Here's another star-lit poem journey. A slightly earlier version appears in my collection Turtle Blessing (again o/p but available on my...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 2022
2 min

[7/11/21]

I realize that I've missed posting here quite a few things I posted past weeks on my Facebook page. So I'm going to backtrack a bit here...

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Penny Harter

Sep 19, 2021
2 min

[9/5/21]

[9/5/21] Some things about this time of year—the earlier coming of dusk, chill whispers of fall on an occasional night breeze, slight...

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Penny Harter

Aug 11, 2021
1 min

Saying Hello Again, August 11, 2021

After being absent for some weeks, here I am again. I will start posting new poems and/or haibun again soon. It already feels like it's...

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Penny Harter

Apr 18, 2021
2 min

[4/17/21]

I haven’t written very much in recent weeks, perhaps because I’ve been able to go out more since being vaccinated. Also, I think I’ve...

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Penny Harter

Feb 5, 2021
1 min

[2/5/21]

This morning’s poem comes from the forecast of a polar cold front due to sweep down the mid-Atlantic coast later this week. Coat Pockets...

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Penny Harter

Feb 2, 2021
1 min

[2[1[21]

Dried Grass-Leaves after a photo by Tom Clausen Fallen on the snow, these dry grass leaves are glyphs we must translate— each become a...

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Penny Harter

Jan 31, 2021
1 min

[1/31/21]

Arriving with the first significant snow that south Jersey has had in over two years, this haibun found me—and took me on a ride. The...

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Penny Harter

Jan 16, 2021
1 min

[1/16/221]

A short poem for today, a revision from one I wrote some weeks ago and don't think I previously posted. We are in the doldrums, the...

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Penny Harter

Jan 16, 2021
1 min

[1/1/21|

Wishing a Happy New Year to all my friends and family. May this coming year bring us health and happiness, and may we learn to let go of...

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Penny Harter

Dec 18, 2020
1 min

[12/18/20]

Today's poem / haibun, a gift of hope born from a dream last night. Strange how the subconscious sometimes knows what we need more than...

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Penny Harter

Dec 1, 2020
2 min

[11/29/20]

Three days after Thanksgiving, this haibun meditation: Giving Back Yesterday, the trees in the graveyard had overnight gone to deep...

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Penny Harter

Nov 17, 2020
2 min

[11/17/20]

Here’s today’s poem, written late yesterday. The photo I took which I wanted to post with this poem didn’t come out well, so I found this...

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Penny Harter

Nov 16, 2020
2 min

[11/16/20]

So happy to be writing again! Special thanks to Neesa Maloney for her posts of Nov. 9th and 10th sharing info about this practice as well...

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Penny Harter

Nov 16, 2020
2 min

[11/15/20]

After long creative drought, this for today: Turkey Crossing Two different flocks of wild turkeys scuttle across the country road,...

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Penny Harter

Oct 30, 2020
1 min

[10/30/20]

I'm beyond thrilled and very honored to be included in this gorge ous anthology *The Plague Papers*. Deep thanks to Robbi Nester and Cati...

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Penny Harter

Oct 25, 2020
2 min

[10/25/20]

Husking Corn Since I spend much time in the kitchen these days, I find myself contemplating simple tasks like peeling and coring an...

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Penny Harter

Oct 24, 2020
2 min

[10/23/20]

(Photo is from 1947 of the family beach cottage at Barnegat Light, Long Beach Island, NJ, owned by my mother's great-aunt and...

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