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 bloomsPeach blossoms pleasingly serveLovely spring display The patio peach tree produces small, inedible fruit. The featured image isContinue reading “Peach Blossom”
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Ramgoat Dashalong
Yellow alder bloomOnly six short hours of lifeBrings a day of smiles Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD) Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Smiles by Gerry C & Sue W
Moonbeam Dream
(an American Sentence) She dreams of flying through silver moonbeams to wake up among the stars. Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #260
A Tragic Tale
Forbidden love will not prevailRivals determined to assailSure to be a tragic taleDeath is on the horizonLooming peril does not deterArdent pursuit of the loverClandestine meetings do occurHeartbeats rise to the occasionClimax at last – caught in the act Succeeded by brutal attackMusic intensifies impactAll fall silent on deathHeartfelt lamenting songPrayerful cries of unjust wrongTearContinue reading “A Tragic Tale”
Loggerhead Shrike
Perched high in spring dawnNot known for pretty birdsongThough beauty you are Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 26, 3/19/24, Part I I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LVI
Light and Shadow
He hides in darknessFolded in on himselfHis sharp tongue at the readyShould any dare intrudeShe dances through sunbeamsGracefully leaping over shadowsHer light is contagiousFor all those who dare to seeShe peeks into the darknessHe unfolds Sadje’s What do you see # 230 dVerse Quadrille #197: “Look Sharp, Now! (Let’s write a poem.)” Hosted by DeContinue reading “Light and Shadow”
Lucky Shenanigans
My grandson and I enjoyed a St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt at a local wildlife preserve. As directed by the activity volunteers, he chose a cute little cardboard leprechaun that he was to photograph next to sought after plants, rocks, trees, etc. Using a naming chart based on the first letter of my grandson’s nameContinue reading “Lucky Shenanigans”
Star Magnolia
Sweet smelling spring starsComplement new fresh green leavesFaces shine brightly Week 11: “First Peach Blossoms” at seasonwords.com Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Biophilia
Deep in the urban jungleA yearning to commune with natureHidden gems are interspersed between buildingsWell worn nature trails and picturesque waterwaysLined with dense greenery and abundant wildlifeCalling the biophiliac homeAn opportunity to tap into the natural world A breath shared among the green treesA toe dipped in rippling blue waterA hard reset before plodding backContinue reading “Biophilia”
A Flood of Tears
“Do unshed tears wait in little lakes?” * To rise higher and higher with each heartbreak?The dams I have built to withstand the floodWill ultimately shatter as my heart and breakThe little lakes overflow into roaring rapidsAn intense stride that no obstacle can breakRushing unobstructedly and out of controlA futile attempt to avoid hell’s looseContinue reading “A Flood of Tears”
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