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Oh! Water Lilies

Unabashedly Displaying their striking hues Breath catches on sight They remain incognizant Of the emotions they stir Terri’s The Flower Hour #23 Photos captured at Naples Botanical Garden

Shaped

Still and stoic Shaped by circumstance Weathered Beaten Fated to endure Bent, not broken TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 57 hosted by Melissa.

Grackles

Fooling nobody Shimmering in the sunlight Inky black feathers Reveal their iridescence A glorious unveiling I. J.’s Birds of the World Invitation CLX Featured image is a Common Grackle.

Cooped up in the cold Dreams of ultraviolet Ravenous for sun The natural world Nourishes the starving soul A walk in the woods Disconnected times I hunger for communion The trees welcome me From want no fruit yields Insatiable appetite A spring garden feeds dVerse Quadrille – Hunger, hosted by Lisa. TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 53 –Continue reading “Hungry for Nature”

Tranquility Garden

Reclining cliffsideAmbient sounds of waterDrops splash sun warmed skin Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge – Week 7

A Chöka: When I Retired

I was the driver You in the passenger seat Not moving forward Traveling backwards and fast Not on a straight path But neverending circles Dreams bring truth to lightImparting inner wisdom Telling it’s time to move on dVerse Poetics – Dream Interpretations, hosted by Sanaa. TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 49 – Mental Health, hosted by Yvette.

Skull Necklace

That smile of yours was infectious Your eagerness to please A waste Your life on earth was so precious Shattered by your disease In haste You rushed full speed into reckless With toxic remedies The weight Of winter leaves our lungs breathless We sink upon our knees The date Worn heavy like your skull necklaceContinue reading “Skull Necklace”

Land & Monkeys

French vegan delights Leave the sweet tooth craving more No monkeys observed Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #450 – Sweet (12 words) We visited two different Land & Monkeys at least three times in as many days for lunch and pastries. One would never know the pastries are vegan! Even the mayonnaise on the sandwiches was quiteContinue reading “Land & Monkeys”

This Year

Some more memorable than others Days of the year run together Will this year be noteworthy? Camellias bloom in cold Bees visit when warm Tentative sniff A new year – Mirth and Sting W3 Prompt #193: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Carol Anne, prompts us to write a Nonet about the new year. TheContinue reading “This Year”

Perhaps

An old railcar Sulks upon broken tracks Never to ride again The cars it once carried Consigned to scrap piles Although, perhaps… a few survivors remain? Lovingly restored A spark of hope ignites Possibilities imagined Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge by Dan on the theme of full or empty.