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March 13, 2015
Haiku Friday – Miss & Past
Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog. It’s Haiku Friday! Thanks for visiting. Once again my prompt words come from RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge��If you enjoy haiku poetry you should definitely visit his blog. Many people participate in the weekly challenges and they share the link to their haiku on his page and Ronovan also features the haiku poems on the weekend. The prompt words today are Miss and Past. I thought of Easter for some reason and this is what I came up with.
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Goddess of spring past
bunnies and eggs her symbols
Easter was then born
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Missed in the Eddas
Mischievous St Bede
Conjured her being
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Did she exist once?
Dancing while the flowers bloomed
The wiccans think so
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Do you celebrate Easter? If so what do you do on Easter Sunday? What does Easter represent to you?
Tagged: Easter, Easter Sunday, Eostre, haiku challenge, haiku friday, poem, poetry, RonovanWrites, Wicca
March 5, 2015
Haiku Friday – Beast & Day
Hello! A warm welcome to my blog. Thank you for visiting. Today’s prompt words for Haiku Friday come from RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. Anyone can participate in Ronovan’s weekly haiku challenges (Mondays). It’s��fun and his��prompt words��always��tests one’s abilities. Today’s prompt words are Beast and Day.
When I read the words they��immediately made me think of the new Avengers movie The Avengers: Age of Ultron��coming May 1st, 2015. Yes������I’m a big “geek girl”. I can’t wait to see it! Anyway, here is my haiku. I hope you enjoy it.
Kelsey Grammer as Beast (X-Men)
Henry Philip “Hank” McCoy
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Blue fur, fangs, and claws
Reluctant beast awakens
New day for X-Men
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A human mutant
Avenger and Defender
Man of science and art
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Nerd Disclaimer: I know Beast will not be in the Avengers movie but once upon a time he was part of the Avengers in Marvel comics. So the prompt word “Beast” made me think of him.
Are you excited about the new Avengers movie? Who’s your favorite hero? Who’s your favorite X-Men? Did you read Marvel comics? Are you a geek? Are you a nerd?
Tagged: avengers, beast, comics, haiku friday, haiku poems, Hank, kelsey grammer, Marvel, poetry, X-Men
February 27, 2015
Haiku Friday – Black Widow
Hello and welcome to Haiku Friday! My prompt today is Black Widow Spider. For those of you that don’t know much about these little creatures here’s a bit of��information.
The Black Widow Spider is a carnivorous bug. Yes, you read correctly. They are also considered the most venomous spiders in North America. This spider is just a little bigger than a paper clip but don’t be fooled������it’s bite is much feared because its venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s.
The animals most at risk from the black widow’s bite are the��male black widow spiders. Females sometimes kill and eat their counterparts after mating in a macabre behavior that gave the insect its name. Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual.��To feed, black widows puncture their insect prey with their fangs and administer digestive enzymes to the corpses. By using these enzymes, and their gnashing fangs, the spiders liquefy their prey’s bodies and suck up the resulting fluid.
Black Widows are identified by a colored hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens.
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Black Widow Spider
Carnivore
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Black Widow Spider
A notorious partner
Hourglass marks his death
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Have you ever seen a Black Widow spider? Or been bitten by one? Have you ever had a spider for a pet?
Tagged: black widow spider, Black widows, Carnivore, haiku friday, Haiku poem, poetry, venomous spiders
February 23, 2015
Real Life Horror: Superbugs
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has packaged a series of disaster preparedness resources for the general public related to the possibility of a zombie apocalypse.
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5 Real Diseases That Could Make You Act Just Like A Zombie
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“This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
~T S Eliot
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I have written��on this subject before. Read my article How Will The World End? I believe ‘Superbugs’ are a real threat and I have the Medical and Science communities to back me.
Rising Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
“With a sinking stomach, I scrolled through my patient���s medical record, down the list of antibiotics that could do nothing to help her get well. Her infection was due to bacteria resistant to most of our antibiotics. Treating it would be challenging���if we could do it at all���and require a regimen of multiple antibiotics, each with their own side effects and interactions. I called the Infectious Disease physician for her input ���- for the third time that day. I���d had two other patients with similarly resistant medications in the past five hours.”
~Darria Long Gillespie, MD
How did we get here?
When doctors began using penicillin to treat infections in the 1940s, it was hailed as a ���miracle cure.��� Before antibiotics, strep throat was fatal. A simple urinary tract infection (UTI) could spread and lead to organ failure. Patients died from infections after surgery. But no longer. Infections that had once been inevitably fatal, claiming thousands of lives, were now treatable.
The balance shifts
Doctors started to notice that some patients seemed to be resistant to penicillin. Fortunately, pharmaceutical companies were able to develop other, more comprehensive, stronger antibiotics that could kill bacteria. But things are changing once again. And while new antibiotics are part of the solution, resolving the problem isn���t that simple.
A global health crisis
How big is the problem?
Big. And getting bigger. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that two million people become ill from resistant bacteria, and 23,000 die every year. It���s not just the U.S. and other developed countries, however. This is truly a global problem, especially in developing countries. In India, more than 58,000 infants died last year due to resistant infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) warns us of the possibility of entering into a ���post-antibiotic era��� in which our antibiotic regimens are ineffectual.
Why is this happening?
– Overuse of antibiotics
Some doctors prescribe antibiotics for any little issue. Your toe nail hurts? Here’s a prescription for antibiotics. You sneezed twice this morning? Here’s a prescription for antibiotics. You scratched your head? Here’s a prescription for antibiotics.
–��Antibiotics pumped into some of our animal food sources, creating drug resistance in those animals.
Some of those bacteria strains may get passed to humans.
–��Patients failing to complete a course of antibiotics.
Think of the times you may have stopped or forgot to finish an antibiotic once you were feeling better.
Superbugs sound scary — and they are.
A superbug is a strain of bacteria that can no longer be killed with an antibiotic — they become antibiotic resistant, or drug resistant. Some common infections and conditions that may become untreatable include MRSA, tuberculosis, urinary tract infections, E. coli and meningitis. Find out what you need to know to protect yourself and your family from superbugs, avoid infection and stay healthy.
“Anyone who pays attention to health news knows that deadly bacteria are a growing threat to everyone.” ~ Joel Fuhrman, MD
“Antibiotics are medications that fight bacterial infections. Often the bacteria learn how to avoid antibiotics over time. The more exposure to an antibiotic that bacteria have, the more likely the bacteria is to learn to avoid it. This is how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.”
~ Univ. of Nev. School of Medicine
Have you ever stopped taking antibiotics a few days after beginning your dosage because you were feeling better? Do you take antibiotics every time you get a cold? Are you concerned about the growing number of ‘Superbugs’?
Tagged: antibiotics, CDC, disease, drug resistant bacteria, medical, real life horror, science, superbugs, T S Eliot, zombie apocalypse
February 20, 2015
Haiku Friday – The Best of the Best
Winter
by Jan Allison
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Thick Blanket of snow
snuggling the flowerbeds
with a winter wrap
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Heavenly Herald
by Jan Allison
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Dainty daffodil
your golden trumpet fanfares
the dawning of spring
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Destiny
by Andrea Dietrich
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A child plays alone
Watching from behind a tree
A predator smiles
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Photograph by Jeremy Richter
Yellow Butterfly
by Cornelius Chidera
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Yellow butterfly
flying toward the petal
of morning glory
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Lily
by Casarah Nance
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When summer sun seeps
Lily of the valley sleeps
Rise in the midnight
I hope you enjoyed these award winning Haiku poems. Let me know what you think in the comment section below. Have a great weekend!
Tagged: best of the best, flowers, haiku, haiku friday, Heavenly Herald, Jan Allison, Jeremy Richter, poems, poetry, spring, winter
February 16, 2015
Don’t Turn Your Face Away
Hello! Welcome to my blog! My name is Vashti and I’m a writer of fiction. I plan to entertain you with my short stories, articles and featured writers, artists and poets, but once in a while I will get serious about the issues I care about. I have zero tolerance for any kind of bullying or child abuse. I believe creating awareness of these issues is an important first step to stopping it. I also believe that the people who stand up to bullies and abusers are real life superheroes.
Don���t Turn Your Face Away
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Don���t turn your face away.
Once you���ve seen, you can no longer act like you don���t know.
Open your eyes to the truth. It���s all around you.
Don���t deny what the eyes to your soul have revealed to you.
Now that you know, you cannot feign ignorance.
Now that you���re aware, you cannot pretend you don���t care.
To be concerned is to be human.
To act is to care.
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Domestic Violence and Abuse: Signs of Abusive Relationships (Click on picture)
1 out of 7 children are abused . . .
How many do you know?
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Child Abuse Prevention: What You Should Know and How You Can Help (click on picture)
Don’t turn your face away.
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Domestic Violence Against Men (click on picture)
If my post were made of paper it would be wet with my tears. Have you ever confronted a bully? If you saw a woman beating up a man would you interfere?
Tagged: Bullying, Child Abuse, domestic violence, Don't Turn Your Face Away, human, poem, Superhero, Vashti Quiroz-Vega
February 13, 2015
Haiku Friday – Wait & Move
Welcome to Haiku Friday . . .
RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge #31
Taking on the challenge one more week, prompt words Wait & Move��
Longing
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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I was moved by you
Your love proved ephemeral
why do I still wait
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Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day? If so, what are you doing? Is Valentine’s Day just another day for��you?
Tagged: haiku, haiku challenge, haiku friday, longing, Love, poem, poetry, RonovanWrites, Valentine's Day
February 6, 2015
Haiku Friday ������ Force & Free
Welcome to Haiku Friday! Today’s Haiku is inspired by RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge��The prompt words are Force & Free. I must admit I struggled a bit with these prompt words but this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy.
Life Finds A Way
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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From the dry, cracked earth
Delicate life forces through
Free as a daisy
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Did you enjoy the Haiku poem? I love daisies. They make me smile and to me they represent simple beauty, purity, and strength. What’s your favorite flower and what does it represent to you?
Tagged: daisy, haiku, haiku friday, Haiku poem, haiku poetry, Life, poem, poetry, RonovanWrites, Vashti Quiroz-Vega
February 1, 2015
Kind Words
I fell in-love with these words . . .��
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“Kind words are the music of the world.
They have a power which seems to be
beyond natural causes, as if they were
some angel’s song which had lost its way
and come to earth.”
~ Frederick William Faber
Tears by Laphet on deviantART
Has anyone ever spoken��kind words to you that had such an impact that they changed your life, self image, or the way you think about a certain subject?�����
Tagged: angel's song, angels, Frederick William, in love, kind words, music, natural causes, quote, words
January 29, 2015
Haiku Friday ��� Fret & Chill
Happy Friday everyone! Today I’m participating in RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #29��Fret & Chill. The prompt words as you can see are Fret and Chill.
Illustration by Luis Royo
Prelude to Death
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Do not fret, my dear
No longer will you feel��the chill������
once you are dead
Illustration by Luis Royo
Do you enjoy haiku poetry? Do you write haiku poetry? If so, would you like to be featured here?
Tagged: art, dark fantasy, haiku friday, Haiku poem, Luis Royo, poetry, RonovanWrites
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