Just a toad am I
A prince shall not be found here
Though kisses welcome
Season Words Week 19: “Frogs Start Singing” by Mark S.
Not a Frog
Vantage Point
Eyes observe
From trees newly green
Vast landscape
Earthbound one
Coveting its vantage point
Wishes she could fly
A shadorma written for Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 33. “Shadorma consists of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza is written as 3-5-3-3-7-5.”
Pretty in Pink
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – Indoor Seating
Pull Up a Seat – week 18 by xingfumama
Dan’s Thursday Doors
Fleeting Love
Wandering aimlessly
Destinations unknown
Traveling solo and solo
Worlds collide
Sparks ignite
Love unleashed
Gratitude
Unleashed love
Ignite sparks
Collide worlds
Solo and solo traveling
Unknown destinations
Aimlessly wandering
W3 Prompt #106: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Punam, prompt us to:
- Compose a palindrome poem on any theme;
- Feeling ambitious? Compose your poem on the theme of ‘gratitude’.
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One Misty Morning
I decided to do some bird watching along the shore of a local lake. It was the perfect time of year to photograph migrating birds. I meandered along the lake trail. It was an eerily quiet morning. The absence of birdsong was evident. I approached the lake and watched the steam rise from its calm surface. I felt an odd sense of relief at finding a gaggle of geese preening themselves along the shoreline. I pulled out my camera and snapped a few shots of the geese and the misty lake. I scanned the tree canopy for motion. Nothing… not even a breeze rustling the fresh spring leaves. The geese, suddenly and in unison, stopped preening and lifted their heads with alertness. I felt my skin begin to prickle. Something told the wild geese it was time to fly and I followed their lead.
dVerse Prosery: Something Told the Wild Geese hosted by Kim.
Kim prompts us to write a piece of flash fiction of 144 words, incorporating the line: “Something told the wild geese [i]t was time to fly.” This is a line from ‘Something told the wild geese’, by Rachel Lyman Field (1894 – 1942).
Wallflower
Image credit; Marianna Smiley @ Unsplash “Thrive” by Danial Pooper a sculpture in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
There she stands
A modern day wallflower
Mysterious in her silence
Enticing partygoers to inquire
Finding she has nothing to offer
She in not part of their network
No high profile job
No advantageous connections
They have discounted her very essence
Her infinite wisdom
Her boundless love
She shall show them
Sadje’s What do you see # 237
Eastern Sweetshrub
Cherished native bloom
Hints of allspice tantalize
Treat for the senses
Week 18: “Peonies Bloom” by Mark S.
Cee’s weekend Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Little Critters
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC) – Close Up or Macro
Red-Masked Parakeets
Exotic feral birds we are
Transported from afar
Our cage doors left ajar
No longer helpless
Watch us cuddle in a tree
Hear us banter merrily
Peaking curiosity
Helpless in our presence
Ovi Poetry Challenge 46: HELPLESS by Ronovan
Belonging to Nature?
Microcosms of the universe;
even in ashes or dust
we shall be
one with nature.
Yet…
We are intruders.
Destroyers of habitat,
polluters of sky and sea.
Determined to disturb nature’s balance
for our own gratification;
to our own demise.
We don’t belong.
W3 Prompt #105: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Destiny, prompts us to: “Compose a free verse poem of no more than 12 lines on the theme of ‘belonging’.”
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