Books and Poetry
under soft Mediterranean breezes
directed by the ebb and flow of coastal tides
caressing the sand of deserted beaches
transforming the terrain
creating art in motion
through ancient aquifers
out modern fountains
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) – Water in Motion, hosted by Sofia Alves at Photographias.
Why would one portray us so?
Surely better than this we know
Landlubbers we have always been
(Unless circumstances require a swim)
But nary a day that you shall see
Cats boating voluntarily
Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #262
Rising temperatures
Spring rains have fallen, stopped and fallen again
Sun shines brightly through parting clouds
Wildflowers peek out of too long grasses
Pollen collecting insects called
Intent on propagation
Before the lawn mower takes them down
Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #357 – Temperature (37 words)
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
A complex puzzle
I find myself analyzing each piece
Shifting this one
Transforming that one
Finding the altered pieces don't mesh
A fragmented stranger
I allow the pieces to return to their original state
Observe them come together
A perplexing yet perfect whole
Accepting what is
W3 Prompt #100: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s poet of the week, Suzanne Brace, prompts us to write an introspective poem on the theme of ‘stranger.’
Early mornings quite chipper
‘Round the tree tops they flitter
Puddle bathing they chitter
Pleasing warmth where they winter
This is a Filipino Tanaga form prompted by Val’s (aka Murisopsis) Looking at Poems Around the World: “4 lines with 7 syllables per line and written as a monorhyme.”
I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LVII
What lies beyond the gate?
Sealed to outsiders
The wall too high to peer over
Frustrating the curious spectator
Gate doors for Dan’s Thursday Doors at nofacilities.com.
Enchanting spring day
I rise in the tranquil dawn
Cool mist surrounds me
Sunrays warming skin
Cotton clouds dot deep blue sky
Deft birds enter clouds
Peaceful spring evening
Surrenders to chirping frogs
Hazy moon tunes in
Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 27, 3/26/24, Part II
Blooms from my backyard peach trees stand-in for cherry blossoms. Each spring I admire them with reverence. Each summer I curse them for their failure to produce edible fruit. The bees and squirrels don’t complain.
Absent cherry blooms
Peach blossoms pleasingly serve
Lovely spring display
The patio peach tree produces small, inedible fruit.
The featured image is a true peach tree. It does produce edible fruit, but I refuse to use chemicals necessary to prevent fungus and pests in the high summer humidity.
dVerse Haibun Monday 3/25/24: first [cherry] blossoms (hatsu hana), hosted by Frank J. Tassone.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Lens-Artists #292 – People Here, There & Everywhere, hosted by Tina at Travels and Trifles
Yellow alder bloom
Only six short hours of life
Brings a day of smiles
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Smiles by Gerry C & Sue W
JJJ Interactive Books