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The End

You promised me you would always be by my side – there for me. I know I failed you. This is true. But tell me dear,what can I do? Fight! Fight,with all your might!Do not ready your soulfor flight! But the wind does slowand I must go.This my dearyou surely know. W3 Prompt #154: Wea’ve Written WeeklyContinue reading “The End”

Spring Travel

Two hours in flight Transports back a month in time A short-sleeved tee shirt Layered beneath warm bubble jacket Flip flops replaced by winter boots Spring rains pelt with icy fingers Few flowers open to the call Barren trees conform To monochrome skies Awaiting winter’s release Round-trip time travel Deposits in neon green Smells of balmy petrichor Migrating birds linger Butterflies flit Among bright blooms TankaContinue reading “Spring Travel”

C is for Crabapple

Blushing crabapple Sweetly opens to Spring’s call Turns sour for Summer Dawn’s April A-Z Challenge

Perfect View

A bench with a perfect view Overlooks the water blue Perchance some dolphins will swim by Or a pod of pelicans on the fly A giant yacht with decks galore A sailboat sailing off to explore Rainbows arcing overhead Perhaps some shooting stars instead But I choose best not to go there On a different benchContinue reading “Perfect View”

Fruitful Fool

Frequent failing fool Fecundates Forthright forward forge Colleen’s TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 6, Tarot: The Fool Val’s Looking at Poetic Chimeras. I have chosen to: “Write a Lune as a Tautogram.” Featured image from the Jungian Tarot Deck

These Walls Don’t Talk

An old house remains on our land. It has two rooms and no plumbing. The remnants of an outhouse sit behind, as does a freshwater creek. We imagine the former residents were farm workers, collapsing onto straw-filled mattresses after a hard day in the fields. Though the only inhabitants truly known are the turkey vulturesContinue reading “These Walls Don’t Talk”

Wild

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” – John Muir Lake Lure in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, weeks before it was decimated by catastrophic flooding from the remnants of wild, raging Hurricane Helene. While difficult to spot mammals sheltering within the thick brush and large trees of theContinue reading “Wild”

Mimic

A hundred different songs I hear Outside my window loud and clear So many birds there must be Singing bright and joyfully I peek through the window blind A solo mockingbird I find “Northern Mockingbirds can learn as many as 200 songs, and often mimic sounds in their environment including other birds, car alarms, andContinue reading “Mimic”

Spring Days

Spring days gratify the soul Like spring flowers Comfortably swaddled in yellow Emit sweet nectar Welcoming all Who wish to visit Moonwashed Weekly Prompt by Eugi

Apathy

I sit on the fence of neutrality Listening to your perspective Perhaps I do not share your views Yet I will listen As you are not going anywhere And neither am I I am grounded by my circumstances Tolerant of your presence Indifferent to your troubles As will I be to the next Who feels the need toContinue reading “Apathy”