Daily Affirmations ©Carolyn

25/06/2020

1. I am enough. ❤👩‍🦰❌🤗🌈

2. I create my own space in which to live and work. ✍🏻📖📚🤗❤🐈🐈❤

3. I deserve people in my life who will uplift and validate me. ❤👩‍🦰❌🌈🤗😷

• 🐈‍⬛🐈💜CAT’S WORLD 219💜🐈🐈‍⬛13/01/2026

  #catsworld

  

• 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙347💙13/01/2026

  #senseofhumour

  

• 🦋🦉AI Haiku Prompt No. 51🦉🦋 Haiku/Senryu🦉🦋13/01/2026

  #AI #Prompts #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku

  when the day shrinks
  to pain and coping with it
  music soothes the mind
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 🐲💚Tanka 292💚🐲 – For Tanka Tuesday💚🐲13/01/2026

  #Tanka #Tuesday #poetry #TheDailyHaiku

  another Monday 
  gone into my past, the days
  rush by, each one more
  precious than the last, I try
  to do the things that are left
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 💛✨️5-7-5 Haiku/Senryu✨️💙No 113 (Ripples TDH Theme)💛✨️12/01/2026

  #575 #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku

  each act of kindness
  ripples on mankind's ocean
  lifts those weary hearts
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 🎉💚💜Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🎉💚💜No.500🎉💚💜12/01/2026

  #randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku

  busy cafe buzz
  couples stopped talking
  conversation dies...
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
  *As a people watcher, I have observed many couples in different venues, sitting for an entire meal in silence. Have they said it all? Or is the silence comfortable?
  Or do they save their chat for their friends? *

  

• Weekend Renga🍹🍹09/01/26 – 12/01/26🍹🍹12/01/2026

  #weekend #renga #poetry #japanese

  No. 1
  not at all well known
  we pass from this world
  into the unknown...
  
  No. 2
  lichen clinging
  to the cold stone wall -
  strange bedfellows 
  
  No. 3
  like lichen
  I clutch my safety blanket
  and stay home
  
  No. 4
  we let be,
  less of the doing,
  just breathe
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 🩷🩵The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 739🩵🩷11/01/2026

  #TheSundayWhirl #wordle739

  beam, blunt, works, moment, own, shape, ancient, envy, truth, scroll, shift, fluid.
  
      
  WISDOM
  
  Being blunt only works in the moment.
  We must shape shift our own truth,
  From ancient wisdom, which history
  Teaches us, we must be fluid in our
  Beliefs, be without envy and scorn.
  We must scroll the internet with
  Integrity's pure, bright, white beam.
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 🩷🍨💛SenHai Saturday #34 – By Susi Bocks💛🍨🩷10/01/2026

  #SenHai #Saturday #34 #poetry

  Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing!
  
  The creator’s image shows autumn leaves hanging from a tree at the top, a brick wall at the bottom with fallen leaves and what looks like green moss, both framing historic stone buildings in a village that appears cloudy and overcast.
  
  Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that a traditional haiku describes nature or a season, while a senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.
  
  Then, provide a link in the comments below or ping back to this post on your blog.
  ©✍️SusiBocks
  
  Senryu #34
  
  autumn years
  the crone settles at the
  window with her cat
  
  Haiku #34
  
  a settling into
  autumn, dead leaves on the wall,
  green growing in stone
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• ✈️💙Free Verse 82 – Lorraine Walker – A Eulogy💙✈️ 💙✈️09/01/2026

  #freeverse #poetry

  When someone dies, 
  it is a loss to the sphere they lived in.
  Lorraine Walker was a unique character, 
  A hard shell hiding a soft heart within.
  
  Lorraine was born in 1946 and lost her mother,
  aged 3 years old. She went into care until she was 10.
  Fostered and later adopted by Betty and the late George,
  Her tough exterior had already been formed.
  
  Lorraine married Colin, and they chose to adopt Glynn.
  Whom she loved dearly. Lorraine went on to marry Anders
  And lived and worked in Sweden for many years.
  She cared for and helped rehome refugees.
  
  Lorraine learned Swedish and in her later years
  could still watch Swedish films without the subtitles.
  Back in Oldham, she ran an old people's home
  There, she introduced Christmas gifts for the residents.
  
  When she retired she volunteered for Keyring,
  an organisation for people with learning difficulties.
  Lorraine had an extensive knowledge of welfare benefits
  which she used to help others including me to get our benefits.
  
  She helped neighbours and friends and even complete strangers!
  Lorraine had strong opinions and could be acerbic,
  but her kind and caring heart always came through
  in her tireless efforts to help others throughout her life.
  
  Dogs featured in Lorraine's life from the Cavalier King Charles,
  Peggy Patch to Little Nell the Poochon, cross between a 
  poodle and a bichon frisé, who has now 
  found a new loving home.
  She always paid for hay at Christmas for distressed donkeys too.
  
  In her later years, Lorraine struggled with the effects of COPD.
  She also had psoriasis, but she was stoical 
  and never complained about her illnesses.
  When asked how she was, she replied, "I am here!"
  
  My hope for Lorraine is that she is enfolded in her mother's loving arms,
  and is finally resting in everlasting peace.
  
  ©Carolyn Crossley🦊VixenOfVerse,  2026

  

• 💐💚💜Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 💐💚💜No.499💐💚💜09/01/2026

  #randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku

  sleepless night,
  so tired, but sleep 
  is elusive...
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 🌍👀✈️You Are Never Too Old For Snoopy 🌍👀✈️08/01/2026

  #youarenevertoooldforsnoopy #senseofhumour

  

• 🌿❤️Poesía Española – No. 3❤️🌿08/01/2026

  #Poesía #Española

  El amor de la madre es fuerte y duro.
  Viva en la corazón, salvo dentro.
  Guarda el ritmo du su propio tambor,
  Cada pulsa, contenidas y controladas.
  
  Pero ahora, mi corazón está congelado en tiempo.
  Les echo de menos a mis hijos.
  Uno está muerto y el otro muerto para mí. 
  Vivo en la esperanza de reconciliación.
  
  ©🦊LaZorraDelVerso, 2026

  

• 🐦‍🔥🤎GOOD VIBES 🤎🐦‍🔥- Raising Our Vibration🤎🐦‍🔥08/01/2026

  #goodvibes

  💐🍨Why should we try to raise our vibration? To manifest a better life for ourselves. The higher the vibration, the more positive our lives become.
  
  In this feature, I bring you quotations to do just that. These are positive or thought-provoking in order that you can choose to change your life for the better.
  
  The choice is yours. You can choose to make the best of things, or you can wallow in self-pity and negative inner talk. Choose to be positive!🍨💐
  
  ©✍️CarolynCrossley

  🩵💜💚🩵QUOTATION🩵💚💜🩵

  

• 🩷🪷CHALLENGING THE NARRATIVE🩷🪷 – Positivity 🩷🪷08/01/2026

  #positiveaffirmations

  🦎🐞Are positive affirmations just mumbo-jumbo? I don't think so. In our universe, like attracts like. So, by being positive, we counteract our often negative ego.
  
  Some people's negative egos never change and have been with them since childhood. It is that nagging inner voice that spreads fear and doubt in our minds. It's the 'can't' narrative.
  
  Writing down positive affirmations and reading them aloud, preferably in front of a mirror, will reinforce a positive attitude. The affirmations must be in the present tense. Repetition reinforces them.
  
  If you don't believe in them now, you will. When you speak words out loud, you give them their own energy, which in time will correct that nasty, nagging ego. Why not try it? 🐞🦎
  
  ©✍️CarolynCrossley
  THE VIXEN OF VERSE

  1. I am safe.
  2. I am connected to the Divine.
  3. I have all I need.
  4. I am living my best life.
  5. I am letting go of what no longer serves me.

  

• 💛🐝COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS💛🐝 – Gratitude Journal💛🐝08/01/2026

  #gratitudejournal

  💐💛 My mum had a saying for just about every occasion, and " count your blessings" was one of them.
  
  Nowadays, people like to write their blessings into a gratitude journal or in their diaries or just a nice notebook.
  
  The idea is to look for your positive blessings instead of concentrating on the negative or hankering after the unobtainable.
  
  I think 5 is a good number of blessings to look for. It could just as easily be 3 or 7. It's up to you.  Here are my 5 to give you an idea. Why not try it? When you look for the positive, it is amazing how it keeps appearing.💛💐
   
  ©✍️CarolynCrossley
  
  http://backfromdarknesstolight.com

  1.  I appreciate the company of cats

  2.  I am blessed with lovely friends.

  3.  I am grateful for inner peace.

  4.  I am thankful for rest and recuperation.

  5.  I am grateful for being alive.

  ALL IS WELL IN MY WORLD

  

• 🌿🌻Triolet for Thursday 06🌻🌿Hunker Down🌻🌿08/01/2026

  triolet #poetry #french

  A storm approaching, time to hunker down.
  Snow is forecast and cold weather.
  Now is not the time to fret and frown,
  A storm approaching, time to hunker down.
  Travel will be hampered - a school close down?
  No walkng, we can save on shoe leather!
  A storm approaching, time to hunker down.
  Snow is forecast and cold weather.
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 📚🤸‍♂️Slow Renga (125) Wednesday 🤸‍♂️📚08/01/2026

  #slow #renga #poetry #Japanese

  Small things/thank you
  
  No. 1
  thank you for all the
  small things which really are
  the most important
  
  No. 2
  small things,
  a cat's purr, the first coffee 
  of the day
  
  No. 3
  thank you for
  the precious gift 
  of life
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• ❤️💙💜Thank You💜💙❤️06/01/2026

  #thankyou #followers

  At the start of a new year, I want to say a big THANK YOU to all my followers on this WordPress/JetPack blog.
  
  To everyone who has checked the blog out, liked, and commented , I appreciate the support of every one of you. I have made some good friends and had my work published in three poetry anthologies. ( Thank you to the lovely and talented, Susi Bocks. )
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
  
  Links:
  1.  The Sound of Brilliance: The Short of It - Volume 1 - 2020 https://amzn.eu/d/fcyLlRC
  
  2.  Reflections & Revelations https://amzn.eu/d/gA343y2
  
  3.  Natures Discovered https://amzn.eu/d/9nVc3YO

  

• 🐲💚Tanka 291💚🐲 – For Tanka Tuesday💚🐲06/01/2026

  #Tanka #Tuesday #poetry #TheDailyHaiku

  the decorations
  boxed up for another year
  glitz and glitter,
  angels and reindeer all gone,
  the room looks sad and bare
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 💐💚💜Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme –  💐💚💜No.498 – Nearly Home💐💚💜05/01/2026

  #randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku

  nearly home
  cats at the window,
  two beating hearts
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 💐💚💜Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 💐💚💜No.497💐💚💜05/01/2026

  #randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku

  snow fell last night
  it came quietly, without 
  fanfare - cold layers
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• Weekend Renga🍹🍹02/01/26 – 05/01/26🍹🍹05/01/2026

  #weekend #renga #poetry #japanese

  No. 1
  brittle with fate,
  as above, so below
  intentions are made
  
  No. 2
  pierce our melting thoughts
  like shards of glass, cut to the
  bone - isolation
  
  No. 3
  a flurry of
  bombs, kidnap, death, and Trump -
  abusing power
  
  No. 4
  a light dusting of
  snow, like cake icing, fell
  - sugar plum fairy
  
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse,  2026

  

• 🫧🎙Event Announement – HNYF: Writing for Wellbeing, Workshop & Dinner” at Oldham Library🎙🫧04/01/2026

  #event #review

  THURSDAY, 22ND JANUARY, 2026 AT 18.00 – TICKETS £7 BOOK ON EVENTBRITE (link below)

  The Writing Workshop will be led by the lovely, ROSE CONDO, a Canadian poet, and workshop facilitator.
  
  I went to this event last year, and Rose was brilliant. The food was delicious too! (You can specify dietary requirements when booking on Eventbrite). I have got my ticket already and I suggest you do the same as I think it will be oversubscribed.
  
  Link:
  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hnyf-writing-for-wellbeing-workshop-dinner-tickets-1979345511708?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android&sg=6348381fcb65ec83254b5a9dad5b34447502fa0bad864e1533a668ca768043e5b3290f55494bbffe983974acf2b45152140e0f9f98e461124f23af85808e260153159f68b8019b5424366d1127

  

• 🩷🩵The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 738🩵🩷04/01/2026

  #TheSundayWhirl #wordle738

  Wordle 738 Words:
  
  fringe, resonance, frill, spin(s), swimming, images, fit, spill, trip, reflect, layer, lingering,
  
  PATTERN PIECES    
  
  On the fringe, out on the edge,
  The resonance spins images
  From the past year, each layer
  Of thought, lingering as I reflect;
  On lessons learnt, each trip and spill
  Emotions swimming deep inside.
  Nothing seems to fit; the world 
  Is in pieces, there is no warp and weft.
  No pattern to fit the frill to the hem, 
  The sleeves to the bodice, waistband
  to the skirt, nothing is whole anymore.
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026

  

• 🩷🍨💛SenHai Saturday #33 – By Susi Bocks💛🍨🩷03/01/2026

  #SenHai #Saturday #33 #poetry

  Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing!

  This image shows three birds with long, pointed beaks, their long legs immersed in a body of water.

  Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that a traditional haiku describes nature or a season, while a senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.

  Then, provide a link in the comments below or ping back to this post on your blog.

  Senryu #33
  
  we three
  we band of brothers, 
  will stay together 
  
  Haiku #33
  
  gathering 
  at the water hole,
  chit - chat
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse,  2026

  

• 🐈‍⬛🐈💜CAT’S WORLD 218💜🐈🐈‍⬛03/01/2026

  #catsworld

  

• 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙346💙03/01/2026

  #senseofhumour

  

• 📋Wordy 30📚 142🗂️03/01/2026

  #wordy30 #poetry

  Music notes drift
  Mind's sound scape
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse,  2026

  

• 💛✨️5-7-5 Haiku/Senryu✨️💙No 112💛✨️02/01/2026

  #575 #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku

  full Wolf Moon rises
  tomorrow - a time to throw
  back your head and howl!
  
  ©🦊VixenOfVerse,  2025
  *People may consider you mad but howling up at the moon is a very freeing experience! You can do it alone or in a group outside or inside.😁.'