Category Archives: poem

Winter Bones

Posted on January 26, 2016 by greenmackenzie

All night he rattled The dead sapless tree bones while Spring slept safe below

Posted in elemental, nature photo, poem | Tagged art, Haiku, landscape, mindfulness, nature, poetry, scotland, snow, trees, winter | 36 Comments

Life in Winter

Posted on January 18, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Winter holds the hill Whitewashed steely lifeless fields Life’s flame flickers on

Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, poem | Tagged Haiku, landscape, mindfulness, mountains, nature, poetry, scotland, snow, verse, winter | 48 Comments

Winters Blood

Posted on January 8, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Stillness in the end A sweep of golden pink flows From bleeding stone hearts

Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, poem | Tagged change, Haiku, mindfulness, mountains, nature, photography, poem, relaxation, scotland, sunset, water, winter | 52 Comments

New Year New You

Posted on December 30, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Find who you’ve become In the space between the years Don’t mourn the outworn Notice with fondness All that passed out of your life Embrace the space left Wishing all of my wonderful readers and everyone who comments … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, poem, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, Haiku, life, magic, mindfulness, new year, now, Ocean, photography, poetry, posraday, relaxation, scotland, spiritual | 39 Comments

All things Pass -We are Reborn with each Breath

Posted on November 10, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Prayer of the Desperate She had crawled here on her knees Over the sharp broken bones of her life. She had come to bargain with every god she had ever heard named. Bruised clouds closed around the moon Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, poem, spiritual | Tagged challenge, death, hope, illness, life, mindfulness, poetry, recovery, spiritual, trauma | 39 Comments

Late Harvest

Posted on October 19, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Late sunbeam harvest Drinking up the golden light Each seed holds a dream Taken as the sun sank into the Cairngorms in the middle of the Scottish highlands.

Posted in nature photo, poem, spiritual | Tagged Autumn, golden hour, Haiku, light burst, mindfulness, photography, poetry, scotland, spiritual | 28 Comments

Summers Decline

Posted on October 6, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Summer falls from us Sipping rose tea heedlessly As the dark creeps in

Posted in change, mindfulness, poem | Tagged change, garden, Haiku, mindfulness, nature, poetry, postaday, relaxation, summer, tea | 20 Comments

Infinities Pier

Posted on July 15, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Walk to the piers end Where infinity calls out Dive in and let go Summer will wash you Free and sunkissed freckles rise On hot apple cheeks

Posted in elemental, mindfulness, poem | Tagged golden, Haiku, holidays, landscape, photography, poetry, Reflections, summer, water | 26 Comments

Blossom Skirts

Posted on July 7, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Fairies underskirts Springs rich froth of soft beauty Falls each day aching Snow petals tumble Swirling fleeting beauty past Into strong green growth.