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Storm

You materialize out of nowhere!Startling me With your ominous warning callDarkening the mid-afternoon sky Vexing the trees that arch and sway in unison Generating showy bolts of lightning.Transfixed I stare out the windowAs fat drops of rain splat the windowpaneI should retreat – safely shelterBut I find your sheer power bewitching. W3 Prompt #64: Wea’veContinue reading “Storm”

Summer Tanager

An indulgent little bird, excellently posedPerched atop a dead tree branch, gazing at the marshAs a strange figure whispers, quietly belowHer camera poised in hand: “Please don’t fly away.” Prompted by Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 329, 7/18/23 – Specific Form and I. J.’s Bird of the Week Invitation XXI.

Invisible

Prompted by Sadje’s What do you see # 195, July 17, 2023. To you I am invisibleBut I see youFull of selfMotivated and ambitiousUnaware of your surroundings. To you I am invisibleBut I watch youTrying to find your wayStriving to achieve your goalsBeginning to recognize your value. To you I am invisibleBut I know youI’veContinue reading “Invisible”

Together

TogetherIs how strong bonds formWe uniteOne for allLifting each other higherSo none shall falter.TogetherStrength is born through loveHate does waneAcceptingEach other’s differencesRemoving armor. W3 Prompt #63: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s poet of the week, Murisopsis prompts us to write a Shadorma on the topic of strength. “A shadorma is a poem comprised of six-line stanzas withContinue reading “Together”