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TJ’s Household Challenge

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 18 comments

TJ’s Household challenge Prompt Words: Earth and Whirlwind

Image result for hurricane irma images

Hurricane Irma

Mighty destructive whirlwind

People, earth misplaced

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TJ Paris’ TJ’s Household Challenge – Earth and Whirlwind

Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge: Week 6 – Late & Summer

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 4 comments

Using the words “late & summer” or just one or the other, write a Haiku poem. – Kiwinana

Santorini, Greece, Landscape, Nature

Summer heat lingers

No sign of autumn in sight

Winter will be late

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Kiwinana’s Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge: Week 6 – Late & Summer

TJ’s Household Haiku – Window and Heart

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 22 comments

Prompt words for this week: “Window and Heart” – TJ

Window of chances

Bringing our hearts together

Divine direction

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TJ’s Household Haiku – Window & Heart

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 49 #Haiku #Tanka #Haibun: Soar & Wait

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 10 comments

This is the prompt for Colleen’sWeekly #Poetry Challenge No. 49: Soar & Wait

Paragliding, Skydiving, Parachute

Photo Credit: Pixabay

Soaring to new height

Seek fulfillment of desire

Next rest in no sight

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Col leen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 49 #Haiku #Tanka #Haibun: Soar & Wait

Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge: Week 5 – Sheltering & Resting

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 12 comments

Kiwinana’s Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge: Week 5 – Sheltering & Resting

A Thai veterinarian shows the baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Bangkok to Iran.

A Thai veterinarian fed the baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Bangkok to Iran. (SAKCHAI LALIT / ASSOCIATED PRESS) – August 7, 2010

Sheltering at last

Baby tiger cub rescued

Resting and be fed

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Kiwinana’s Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge: Week 5 – Sheltering & Resting

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Miriam Hurdle

Miriam Hurdle grew up in Hong Kong where she went to college and worked for five years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, she taught Chinese as a Second Language at Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for three years. She was also the Director of the Children’s Department at the Asian Outreach where she published four Chinese Children’s books. Miriam Hurdle came to the United States for her graduate studies. She received her master’s degrees in Christian Ministry from Portland Seminary, Counseling from Seattle Pacific University, and Education Administration from California State University, Los Angeles. After teaching in a California public school for fifteen years, she was promoted to a school district administrative position. She went on to do the postgraduate studies and earned her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from La Verne University in California. Dr. Hurdle continued in her administrative position for ten years before her retirement. In her retired life, Dr. Hurdle enjoys doing volunteer counseling, reading, writing, blogging, singing, drawing, watercolor painting, gardening, photographing, and traveling. Dr. Hurdle is married to Lynton Hurdle and has one married daughter and one granddaughter.

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