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 222💜🐈🐈⬛
#catsworld
©📸SylviaAnita - 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙350💙
#senseofhumour
©📸GedBackland - 🩷🩵The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 742🩵🩷
#TheSundayWhirl #wordle742
Words for Wordle 742
Below, renew, weaves, through, cloaks,
holy, untethered, tendrils, gods spark, ash, wonder.
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
Magic weaves through black cloaks.
As we renew the holy quest risen from
The ash of the fire, spirits untethered
We summon our gods from the ether.
Our intention is the sacred spark within.
Our wonder at our craft riven from
Those ancestors held onto by tendrils
Of our belief - As Above, So Below!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸BWarren - Weekend Renga🍹🍹30/01/26 – 02/02/26🍹🍹
#weekend #renga #poetry #japanese
No. 1
and all the what ifs
so much potential lost
the winter day ends
No. 2
a crevice in the
wilderness - unknown depths
we will plunge to
No. 3
Winter has no sin
it's a blameless season
just passing through
No. 4
frozen toes
despite the wool socks
hot chocolate drink
No. 5
the seeds below earth
stir to awaken, Imbolc's
sacred flame warms up
No. 6
we dig our roots in
making spring time plans
with strong intention
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CarolynCrossley+CoPilotAI - 🧙♀️🐈⬛Crone’s Corner (22)Imbolc Sabbat – Blesséd Be!🐈⬛🧙♂️
#crone #corner #eclectic #witchcraft
Imbolc Sabbat
- Date & Season
- Celebrated on 1–2 February in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Marks the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.
- Symbolises the first stirrings of spring beneath the frozen earth.
- Core Themes
- Renewal, purification, and rebirth.
- Hope returning after the dark of winter.
- Creative inspiration and the rekindling of inner fire.
- Home blessing and protection, especially through light and flame.
- Deities & Associations
- Strongly linked with Brigid (Brighid), Celtic goddess of:
- Poetry and inspiration
- Healing and midwifery
- Smithcraft and the sacred flame
- Her presence makes Imbolc a favourite Sabbat for poets and makers.
- Symbols
- Candles and hearth fires
- Snowdrops, crocuses, and other early flowers
- Lambs, milk, and dairy foods
- Brigid’s Cross and Brigid’s Bed
- White, gold, and soft green colours
- Traditional Practices
- Lighting candles to welcome returning light.
- Cleansing the home — physically and spiritually.
- Crafting Brigid’s crosses or straw dolls.
- Setting intentions for the coming spring.
- Offering milk, bread, or poetry to Brigid.
- Divination for the year’s growth and creative direction.
- Modern Celebrations
- Poetry readings or writing rituals.
- Quiet meditation on seeds — literal or metaphorical — you wish to plant.
- Creating small altars with white flowers and candles.
- Community gatherings focused on healing and renewal.
©✍️Redvixenmoon
©📸CarolynCrossley+CoPilotAI - 📚Book Review📚 – Person Unlimited: An Ode to my Black, Queer Body by DEAN ATTA
#book #review
In this his nonfiction debut, the writer and poet Dean Atta, pulls no punches. This is a visceral, and honest account of what it is like to be black and queer.
His blistering openness of some of his life choices made me sit up and take notice. Dean takes us through how physical traumas can leave lasting effects on the psyche for years after the events.
I love the way he doesn't actually name the people in this autobiography but gives them all nicknames, like the Younger Poet, The Mudlark and the Doctor. The author takes us through his boyhood, youth, his thirties up to 38. His grandparents are particularly fondly remembered.
Dean has a spiritual awareness beyond his years as he reconciled all the characters that make up the whole. Poet, performer, writer, drag queen, friend, lover, son, grandson, nephew, and uncle - he manages to accomodate them all in this book. He shapes body, mind and spirit into a new uplifting self aware whole.
☆☆☆☆☆Highly recommended reading.
* This book deals with queer, adult themes*
©✍️CarolynCrossley
https://amzn.eu/d/0YB7fEr
©📸Amazon/DeanAtta - 🌿❤️Poesía Española – No. 4 – Último Adiós ❤️🌿
#Poesía #Española
Los árboles están como los escoletos
Contra el cielo que contiene el sol
Del invierno tan bajo acabó asomándose
Arriba del perfil, como oro en el cielo
Estoy enfrente del etaúd en silencio
Me puse en posición de firme y levanté la mano en un saludo militar; pienso que
Mi amiga, le hubiera gustado que.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CarolynCrossley+CoPilotAI - 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.507🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
full snow moon
heralds February's start,
Imbolc stirs the light
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CarolynCrossley/Brigid’sImbolcCross - 🩷🍨💛SenHai Saturday #37 – By Susi Bocks💛🍨🩷
#SenHai #Saturday #37 #poetry
Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing!
Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that traditional American haikus and senryus are three lines presented in a 5-7-5 syllabic pattern. The haiku describes nature or a season, and the senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.
As the photographer describes, “This is a photo of texture, stone, natural beauty, and abstract nature.” The scene is of only rocks, in all different shapes, but they almost look as if they are interlocked, fitting together naturally. Some are water-filled, and the colours range from tan, grey, blue, and black. There are some rocks that look like they have small light pebbles on them or perhaps remnants of gold flecks.
Then, provide a link in the comments below or ping back to this post on your blog.
©✍️SusiBocks
Senryu #37
pebbles flecked with gold
lie on the sea bed, some give
me the evil eye
Haiku #37
ancient stones washed by
endless tides changing faces
to fool passing fish
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
- 🌍👀✈️You Are Never Too Old For Snoopy 🌍👀✈️
#youarenevertoooldforsnoopy #senseofhumour
©📸CharlesSchulz/ElvenDigital - 🐦🔥🤎GOOD VIBES 🤎🐦🔥- Raising Our Vibration🤎🐦🔥
#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🩵💚💜🩵
©📸CindyReisinger - 🩷🪷CHALLENGING THE NARRATIVE🩷🪷 – Positivity 🩷🪷
#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- I am a creator of magic.
- I am proud of myself.
- I have self-love.
- I am an advocate of self care.
- I am kind to myself, my cats, and others.
IN THIS HOME WE BELIEVE IN MAGIC
©📸que/euq - 💛🐝COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS💛🐝 – Gratitude Journal💛🐝
#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.com1. I appreciate advice.
2. I am blessed by love.
3. I am grateful for the light.
4. I am thankful for daily creativity.
5. I am grateful for my craft.
ALL IS WELL IN MY WORLD
©📸Sareni/AImodified - 💜💐Cherita Terbalik – 446💐💜
#cherita #terbalik #poetry #Japanese #aili
words drift in the stream
of consciousness within
and without - waiting
to be plucked and then
transcribed into poetry
enriching our humanity
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸bourgeon - Cherita💜💐445
#cherita #poetry #aili
keep telling stories,
pass them on from
generation to generation;
write them down or
put them on line,
stories become folklore
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Etsy - Acrostic Poems 💜🪴🌿🪻- FRIENDSHIP🪴🌿🪻💜
#acrostic #poetry
Friends are people you choose.
Real friendship can be rare
In a lifetime, they come and go,
Everyone has a reason for being
No one should be turned away.
Dancing in for a special reason or a
Season - all are important to you;
However they come, welcome them
In with open arms, they're your tribe.
People you can call a family of friends.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CozyRomance&Women’sFriendshipBook - 🪷Ovi No 43 – Words🪷
#ovi #poetry #india #aaab
Words are everywhere and no place
At all, they live in the mind - a trace
Of infinite power, unfathomable grace.
I sit writing them in a state of awe!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸PositiveThinkingWordCloud/Zazzle - ✴️Emmett✴️ – Grateful Heart
#Emmett #poetry #abbab
Live with a grateful heart
with all the love you show,
a gentle wind to blow
grateful thoughts, a fine art;
heart felt in life's flow.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸SwirledInLove/EtsyUK - Cinquain 59🍊🍏 – The Pot of Gold
#cinquain #poetry #ababb
Over the rainbow, the pot of gold,
So the leprechaun promised us.
In a story often recalled and told,
With a mischievous smile and cuss.
Now, the legend continues ever thus.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸DreaStein(AImodified) - 🦋🦉AI Haiku Prompt No. 53🦉🦋 Haiku/Senryu🦉🦋
#AI #Prompts #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku
wrapped in gossamer
dreams, lost love fades
into heart strings
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CarolynCrossley + CoPilotAI - 💛✨️5-7-5 Haiku/Senryu✨️💙No 115💛✨️
#575 #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku
the wind blows purple
meandering woodsmoke smells
blue - winter tastes cold
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸RudolphMüller - 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.506🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
Winter sun shines
stone wall feels the light
silence warms the day
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸LadybowerReservoir/Derbyshire/Flickr - 🌿🌻Triolet for Thursday 09🌻🌿News and Views🌻🌿
triolet #poetry #french
Artic melt down on the radio news.
Flu and stomach bugs abound.
Listening to the different views,
Artic melt down on the radio news.
We work and pay all our dues,
Contentment in small things found.
Artic melt down on the radio news.
Flu and stomach bugs abound.
Dreams of trips on ocean liners,
Holidays bring cheer to the blues.
World news, about USA and China,
Dreams of trips on ocean liners,
Meals out - we love to be diners,
Chatting and catching up on our news.
Dreams of trips on ocean liners,
Holidays bring cheer to the blues.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸VogueMagazine - 🐈⬛🐈💜CAT’S WORLD 221💜🐈🐈⬛
#catsworld
©📸Pinterest - 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙349💙
#senseofhumour
©📸GedBackland - 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.505🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
after a pause
the world of books
calls me back
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸MonicaNatelli - 🦚🧞♀️A Villanelle – Self Care🧞♀️🦚
#villanelle #poetry #french
Now is my time in the spotlight,
After years of putting others first.
Self care is not selfish - it's a right.
When insomnia starts to bite,
And arthritis pain does its worst,
Now is my time in the spotlight.
For I am made resilient and my light,
Glows from my heart not coerced.
Self care is not selfish - it's a right
My purpose in life is to shine bright,
Into the darkest places - to burst.
Now is my time in the spotlight.
A light bringer still full of fight,
Choosing my battles is no curse.
Self care is not selfish - it's a right
Every day I am kind with my light.
I shine it until it's all dispersed.
Now is my time in the spotlight,
Self care is not selfish - it's a right!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Susan/Pinterest - 🐲💚Tanka 297💚🐲 – For Tanka Tuesday💚🐲
#Tanka #Tuesday #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
stomach bug hits hard
twice in one month is harsh
hydration is key
eat normally or dry toast
doctors' conflicting advice
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸EarthEnergyFormula/(AImodified) - 💐💜🪻English Sonnets🪻💜💐 No 17 – Imbolc Is Coming
#English #Sonnets #poetry
January days are coming to an end.
Colds, flu and stomach bugs will flee.
We can get back to seeing our friends.
Imbolc is coming, let's wait and see.
Brigid will bring the light to earth
She is the goddess of hearth and home.
As midwife she ushers in each birth.
A guardian of poets writing all alone.
Brigid is a patron of the smith's forge.
She even has her very own cross.
You can find her in hill, vale or gorge,
Bringing light to the darkness of loss.
A triple goddess she burns ever bright;
Her fiery flame lights up the dark night!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Brigid’sCross/Etsy - 🩷🩵The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 741🩵🩷
#TheSundayWhirl #wordle741
WORDLE 741 WORDS:
wonderland ,bound, morning, ice ,knees, hope, cross, wheel ,three , cape head cross,
LOVE
Dropping ice into my drink, I smile.
This morning I am not bound by
The clock; my head is filled with hope.
I cross my knees and hug myself.
Three things cross my wandering mind.
Thewonderland which is our planet,
The wheel of the year that turns
From season to season, hot and cold
From swimsuit to woollen cape;
And at its heart, that feeling of love.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸BWarren
VIXEN of VERSE 
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