Brooklyn, I'm Trying https://www.brooklynimtrying.com an urban lifestyle + travel blog by liz norment. Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:31:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/www.brooklynimtrying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-bk.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Brooklyn, I'm Trying https://www.brooklynimtrying.com 32 32 109043934 City of Windows | The 150th Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/city-of-windows-the-150th-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-of-windows-the-150th-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/city-of-windows-the-150th-haiku/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:26:19 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=8731 With light and through panes She couldn’t help but wonder Of the lives within. A transportive #haikuesday bringing you to the streets of Lagos, Portugal where I found myself, taking this photo, 6 years ago today. And yeah, I know]]>

With light and through panes

She couldn’t help but wonder

Of the lives within.

A transportive #haikuesday bringing you to the streets of Lagos, Portugal where I found myself, taking this photo, 6 years ago today. And yeah, I know it’s “Wednesday” but I think that’s all kind of out the window now, right?

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/city-of-windows-the-150th-haiku/feed/ 0 8731 Kinda Shady | The 121st Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/kinda-shady-the-121st-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kinda-shady-the-121st-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/kinda-shady-the-121st-haiku/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:44:17 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=7601 Sun-soaked and salty “I could stay here forever,” she told him. “with you.”]]>

Sun-soaked and salty

“I could stay here forever,”

she told him. “with you.”

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/kinda-shady-the-121st-haiku/feed/ 0 7601 Mercury, Descending | The 99th Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/mercury-descending-the-99th-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mercury-descending-the-99th-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/mercury-descending-the-99th-haiku/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:32:07 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=6374 Draped in black leather  she loved the added mischief that came with this weather.]]>

Draped in black leather 

she loved the added mischief

that came with this weather.

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/mercury-descending-the-99th-haiku/feed/ 0 6374 Eight Years Here | The 96th Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/eight-years-here-the-96th-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eight-years-here-the-96th-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/eight-years-here-the-96th-haiku/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:43:09 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=6116 In hopes and through fears she’s wondered, wandered for years this city of dreams.]]>

In hopes and through fears

she’s wondered, wandered for years

this city of dreams.

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/eight-years-here-the-96th-haiku/feed/ 0 6116 Falling | The 95th Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/falling-the-95th-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=falling-the-95th-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/falling-the-95th-haiku/#respond Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:22:46 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=6067 Just as Summer leaves There’s beauty in the breakdown When we finally Fall.]]>

Just as Summer leaves

There’s beauty in the breakdown

When we finally Fall.

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/falling-the-95th-haiku/feed/ 0 6067 In Black | The 94th Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/the-94th-haiku-in-black/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-94th-haiku-in-black https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/the-94th-haiku-in-black/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:57 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=6039 It was sacred, she knew, sips of coffee, thoughts of you in the blackest hues.]]>

It was sacred, she knew,

sips of coffee, thoughts of you

in the blackest hues.

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/the-94th-haiku-in-black/feed/ 0 6039 Parisian Viewfinder/Seeker | The 93rd Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/parisian-viewfinder-seeker-the-93rd-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parisian-viewfinder-seeker-the-93rd-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/parisian-viewfinder-seeker-the-93rd-haiku/#respond Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:59:13 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=5944 Through nightfall, eclipsed A story of me and you Folded and kept, still.]]>

Through nightfall, eclipsed

A story of me and you

Folded and kept, still.

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/parisian-viewfinder-seeker-the-93rd-haiku/feed/ 0 5944 Silhouette | The 92nd Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/silhouette-the-92nd-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silhouette-the-92nd-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/silhouette-the-92nd-haiku/#respond Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:00:49 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=5953 Defined by shadows sun shines through the highs and lows as she comes and goes.]]>

Defined by shadows

sun shines through the highs and lows

as she comes and goes.

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/silhouette-the-92nd-haiku/feed/ 0 5953 Up In The Air | The 91st Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/up-in-the-air-the-91st-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=up-in-the-air-the-91st-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/up-in-the-air-the-91st-haiku/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:38:56 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=6042 Business or pleasure? My bright, shining eyes reply “It’s up in the air.”]]>

Business or pleasure?

My bright, shining eyes reply

“It’s up in the air.”

]]> https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/up-in-the-air-the-91st-haiku/feed/ 0 6042 So Long, Sweet Summer | The 90th Haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/so-long-sweet-summer-the-90th-haiku/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-long-sweet-summer-the-90th-haiku https://www.brooklynimtrying.com/so-long-sweet-summer-the-90th-haiku/#respond Tue, 04 Sep 2018 17:17:17 +0000 http://www.brooklynimtrying.com/?p=6070 Bittersweet sadness reluctantly stuck to skin on the last beach day.]]>

Bittersweet sadness

reluctantly stuck to skin

on the last beach day.

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