Welcome!

You are welcome here

Like a fallen leaf you arrived at my house

You are welcome here.

(picture and lines by Maria, 

the sign in the picture reads "Willkommen",

which is German for "welcome".)

Unfurnished

An unfurnished house

Outside it's warm and sunny

The door is open

(Haiku and picture by Maria,

the photo was taken in a building on the Museum Island Hombroich, Germany)

Cat

I am who I am.

Someone belongs to me, yes,

But I'm a wizard.

I do understand magic

And use my skills discreetly.

(Tanka poem and picture by Maria)

mugs, jugs, pots and jars

endless possibilities

to fill them with light

(Haiku and pictures by Maria, the photos of the pots were taken at the very lovely GlashausGalerie, Recklinghausen, Germany, www.glashausgalerie.de, 

paintings are made by me)

flowers in April

after the rain has gone down

some water is saved

in veins and hollow spaces

to cool the wounds and bruises

(Tanka poem and pictures by Maria)

written in the stars

earth-colored letters and lines

telling ancient tales

(Haiku and pictures by Maria; the pictures show fresco paintings from the 15th century 

at the St. Jakobs-church, Winterswijk, Netherlands )

Time to rest and sleep

Time to be vulnerable

You are protected

(I found this lovely swan at the "Great Garden" in Dresden, Germany -

photo and Haiku by Maria)

Voices and laughter

Outside the sun is shining

I raise the blinds now

(pictures were taken at Goethe's summerhouse in Weimar, Germany.

Haiku and pictures by Maria.)