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. ❤👩🦰❌🌈🤗😷
- 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.528🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
mother of the dead
and the estranged; mother of
cats - thank goodness
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CarolynCrossley/MissMolly - 🩷🩵The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 748🩵🩷
#TheSundayWhirl #wordle748
Facade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit, restless, hope, massive, frail, strip(ped), string.
A DELICATE STRING
Behind this massive facade, I am frail.
Curiosity always overcomes my doubts,
but I am restless with hope for a torn
future, that tastes bitter in my mouth.
Where will they hit next these misiles and bombs? How many more children have to die? Life is a delicate string held by the powerful goons stripped of humanity
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
- 📋Wordy 30📚 144🗂️
#wordy30 #poetry
Green grass knoll,
crazy elves dance!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Bogdanovkirill - 🦋🦉AI Haiku Prompt No. 57🦉🦋 Haiku/Senryu🦉🦋
#AI #Prompts #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku
soul less power
corrupts the world with senseless
wars, so much death
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CarolynCrossley+CoPilotAI - 🩷🍨💛SenHai Saturday #43 – Devised By Susi Bocks💛🍨🩷
#SenHai #Saturday #43 #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.
This image features a mountain range with the sun illuminating parts of the peaks. The top half of the picture shows a mostly cloud-free sky with a few white streaks here and there.
©✍️SusiBocks
Senryu #43
fire mountain blends
with the sky, war rages on
death and destruction
Haiku #43
sunset over the
mountains in deep orange hues,
the shadow moonrise
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
- 🐈⬛🐈💜CAT’S WORLD 228💜🐈🐈⬛
#catsworld
©📸GreenFaithBelle - 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙356💙
#senseofhumour
©📸GedBackland - 💛✨️5-7-5 Haiku/Senryu✨️💙No 119💛✨️
#575 #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku
a little bit of spring
cleaning until pain stops me,
oh, my aching back!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Dreamstime - 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.527🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
in the cold stillness
the sounds of the cat flap as
they go in and out
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Sooty/CarolynCrossley - Haiga🖼️ No. 178
#haiga #poetry #japanese
her shame's tangible,
not in my name, she whispers,
her people agree
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸RosePotter - 🩵💛🎉Tritina No 1 – Hotel Room🎉💛🩵
#Tritina #poetry #abc #cab #bca
This hotel room actually smells of emptiness,
As if the life had all but been vacuumed out.
The white bed sheets are clean and pristine.
The waiting cups and spoons are pristine,
Someone will fill the cups from emptiness.
Some random guest, checking in and out.
These transient people eyes hollowed out.
As they journey back and forth - a pristine
Order to the loud, chaotic, lives full of emptiness.
Pristine order will be hewn out of emptiness.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸ReemAbubaker
©📸Daphne - 👣🐝💛Abecedarian – Armed Response Officers💛🐝👣
#abecedarian #poetry
Armour that encases the upper
Body made from Kevelar.
Closed around his or her vital organs
Dressed in a black uniform,
Every piece has its purpose.
From protection to suppression.
Gun in its holster, or rifle in hand,
Having to make split second decisions,
In life or death situations.
Just follow your training,
Keep calm but stay vigilant.
Let your brain think outside the box.
Mates are important - they have your back.
No time for nerves but adrenaline is pumping.
Oh! This is definitely no time for
Panic - just follow the steps.
Question your motives and above all,
Remember to breathe, to reason
So that chaos does not ensue - use a
Tazer instead of a gun if it is safe to do so.
Understand your surroundings, keep your
Visor clean, stay totally focused.
We will all survive this encounter - your mantra.
XX or XY chromosome- they all wear the same uniform.
Young and more experienced armed response officers,
Zealous in carrying out their duty - we thank you all.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
** Dedicated to the men and women of the GMP Armed Response Unit - we thank you for your service.**
©📸UKArmedPolice/AndriesCarstens - 🌿🌻Triolet for Thursday 15 – Letting Go🌻🌿
#triolet #poetry #french
It is in the letting go that we heal.
In the healing, we are able to move on.
Despite those wounds we deeply feel,
It is in the letting go that we heal.
Our burden of hurt makes time steal
The hours of joy we could have won.
It is in the letting go that we heal.
In the healing, we are able to move on.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Amyrlin - 👨👩👧💜🌿6 Word Story No. 3🌿💜👨👩👧
#six-wordstory #ErnestHemingway
In the style of the poignant six-word story attributed to the late, great Ernest Hemingway:
For sale
baby shoes
never worn.💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜
The now
is all
we have.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸VK.com/factura - 🌍👀✈️You Are Never Too Old For Snoopy 🌍👀✈️
#youarenevertoooldforsnoopy #senseofhumour
©📸CharlesSchulz/Amelia - 🐦🔥🤎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
http://backfromdarknesstolight.com
WHAT YOU THINK IS WHAT YOU CREATE🩵💜💚🩵QUOTATION🩵💚💜🩵
©📸Annie - 🩷🪷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 using my creativity daily.
- I choose to walk a positive path.
- I have a grateful heart.
- I am resilient.
- I am compassionate.
IN THIS HOME WE BELIEVE IN MAGIC
©📸DailyGrowthCentral - 💛🐝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 the sunrise.
2. I am blessed by each sunset.
3. I am grateful for the light.
4. I am thankful for love in my life.
5. I am grateful for my cats.
ALL IS WELL IN MY WORLD
©📸21Home/X - 📚🤸♂️Slow Renga (133) Wednesday 🤸♂️📚
#slow #renga #poetry #Japanese
Where are we going?/Where have we been?
No. 1
where are we going?
to hell in a handcart if
Trump gets his way
No. 2
where have we been?
in a past where we didn't
learn our lessons
No. 3
where are we going?
looking for the peace
in life's chaos
No. 4
where have we been?
are we seen and heard?
or are we lost?
No. 5
where are we going?
out on the edge, staring
into the abyss
No. 6
where have we been?
in waking dreams distanced from
the living world
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸ROCKSALTPRINTS - 🐲💚Tanka 306💚🐲
#Tanka #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
gathering my
reserves to fight off pain,
shower and get dressed
determined to stay on track
pacing with distraction
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Fyrova.com - 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.526🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
looking for slow
renga Wednesday - Alexa
told me it's Tuesday!
*I plead a senior moment!*
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸KarenDeLucia - 👣🐝💛Abecedarian – Cats💛🐝👣
#abecedarian #poetry
Agile
Beautiful
Chatty
Defiant
Entertaining
Feline
Graceful
Hissing
Intelligent
Joyful
Kinetic
Loving
Meowing
Nonsensical
Ollfactory
Purring
Questing
Resting
Sleeping
Teasing
Understanding
Voluable
Warm
Xenophobic
Yowling
Zoomies!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Sooty/CarolynCrossley 
©📸MissMolly/CarolynCrossley - 🍇💚💙Random… Haiku/Senryu Theme – 🍇💚💙No.525🍇💚💙
#randomtheme #haiku #senryu #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
nothing feels right
today - headache - feeling
complete exhaustion
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Pinterest - 🐲💚Tanka 305💚🐲 – For Tanka Tuesday💚🐲
#Tanka #Tuesday #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
eleven days in
to the war, mixed messages
Trump makes it up
as he goes along - bully
boy bluster will sink his ship
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸USSDwightDEisenhowerCVN-69 - 👣🐝💛Abecedarian – 21st Century Zeitgeist💛🐝👣
#abecedarian #poetry
A walk down memories' many lanes,
Basking in the sunshine of endless summers.
Catching those snatches of conversation,
Dear friends no longer with us now.
Even so - kept alive in memory,
Friends who became lovers are all
Gone - solitude is a peaceful
Haven where I live with my cats.
Intuiting their every need and meow.
Joy spreads softly providing a new
Kith and kin to care for and love,
Long after the children are grown up,
Married and gone to live away.
No regrets because they are futile.
Only a longing for reconciliation beyond
my
Power to bring about, I live in the now, still
Questing for knowledge and understanding.
Ready to follow the flow and change in
Subtle ways, that do not disturb
This hard won calmness of mind.
Undulating brain waves like the sands of time
Veer into words and verses, that
Wonderful poetry in it's daily flow.
X -rated sometimes to expose the faults,
Years in the making of war and peace the
Zeitgeist of the 21st Century!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸NobleQuotes.com - ❤️💃La Flamenca No. 9 – Semana Santa💃❤️
#laflamenca #poetry #1245=6syllables #3=5syllables #2&5assonance
Spanish sunshine beckons,
On the reels on facebook.
Clean light and sun warm,
As Easter approaches -
A different outlook.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Crtl+J/SemanaSanta - Weekend Renga🍹🍹06/03/26 – 09/03/26🍹🍹
#weekend #renga #poetry #japanese
No. 1
uniqueness is good,
follow the path least taken
a quirky journey
No. 2
living with cats
keeps loneliness at bay
they heal us
No. 3
going against the
flow is exhausting, relax,
keep calm - carry on
No. 4
yesterday and
today, the past, the now, and
what is possible
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸AlanHedquist - 🩷🩵The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 747🩵🩷
#TheSundayWhirl #wordle747
Wordle 747 Words:
Colony, rattling, still, lose, crunch, fits, hunch, scan, packages, grasping chains.
COUNTERPUNCH
Somewhere there is a colony still rattling around,
Life goes on as it always has done.
The crunch will come when it runs aground,
Nothing fits, politics finally spun.
Who will lose out when the rules change?
As we scan packages on a final hunch,
That life after war will rearrange.
The result of a grasping counterpunch.
They will bury their dead, amid peace talks that will go on,
And yet we will feel the chains of war,
Linking together disasters one by one,
To lay at ex-President Trump's door.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸BWarren - 🐈⬛🐈💜CAT’S WORLD 227💜🐈🐈⬛
#catsworld
©📸/✍️CarolynCrossley/Sooty - 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙355💙
#senseofhumour
©📸Maxine.com
VIXEN of VERSE 
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