Books and Poetry
Contemplation on a bench of stone
This gentle flowing river
Once roared through rock
Carving swirls in sandstone
Deepening the valley
Oh, moments of rage it has still
Angry waters rush and rise
Thunderous crashes echo
The landscape ever changing
Temperamental river now calm and satisfied
Graciously permits a rest at its bank
Xingfumama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge, Week 1, 2025
Jude’s Bench Challenge
Another road trip
Perhaps designed to escape
Bittersweet solace
Time and space for reflection
To find my heart remains home
W3 Prompt #141: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Suzanne, prompts us to write a Japanese poetic form on the theme of Yutori.
Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Bittersweet
I am aware that my back
Is painted in patterns abstract
Calico colors in fact
Adorned by quite the artist
dVerse Poetics Art in Nature hosted by Melissa
Ronovan’s Ovi Poetry Challenge 82: AWARE
Along the beach beyond the dunes
A perfect little holly blooms
It’s round red berries oh so bright
Complements the pale sunlight
How does it stand there so?
No concern for the tidal flow
The ocean breezes kept at bay
For the little holly does not sway
Certainly it would be in runes
If not for the great sand dunes
Beyond the dunes have tempests reached
Tormenting trees beside the beach
Their windblown heads turned from shore
Shaped that way forever more
Remains of the unlucky few
Lay upon the sand astrew
Headless trunks sit in memorial
Of the fallen arboreal
Over time to be enlightened
By lovely tufts of silvery lichen
Along a trail off the sandy shore
I walk a place I’ve been before
The coastal marsh with its ebb and flow
And the oyster beds that live below
Herons fishing from muddy banks
Observed from wooden boardwalk planks
An ecosystem pure and clean
A joy to find it still pristine
A gorgeous sunny afternoon
For a stroll beyond the great sand dunes
W3 Prompt #140: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Heather, prompts us to “write an ode in praise of a person, place or thing.”
Scampering through the quagmire
On deft little feet
Catch us if you can
I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation XCVII
RDP Friday! Quagmire! hosted by Martha
In an unexpected place I rest
Awaiting a kindred spirit
I know you are on the path
You don’t see me at first
My face registers
Your face brightens
We connect
Two deer
Bound
A classic Nonet for Colleen’s TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge: Native American Zodiac
In fields of flowers
She dances among the blooms
Outshining the sun
For Cee’s final Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Traveling to places unknown
I depart the station
Going solo though not alone
Bumps and curves thrown
Quite an education
Traveling to places unknown
Various skills I hone
Gradational transformation
Going solo though not alone
From time zone to time zone
Each stop a celebration
Traveling to places unknown
Love and kindness shown
Intercultural communication
Going solo though not alone
Autonomy I own
A sense of liberation
Traveling to places unknown
Going solo though not alone
W3 Prompt #139: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Punam, prompts us to write a Villanelle that includes the word ‘celebration’.
Sadje’s What do you see # 268
TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge: Haiga hosted by Melissa.
Winter streams care not
The changing of the seasons
Unaltered their paths
Starily scarely
Yoshitomo Nara
Depicts strong messages
Through children’s eyes
Cultural barriers
His characters transcend
Identifiable
Emotions stirred
W3 Prompt #138: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Lesley, prompts us to write a Double dactyl. Phew, this was a tough one!
JJJ Interactive Books