No one could have been happier than me last Sunday afternoon when we went to a park for our family’s usual Sunday walk. I spied a rather big pond while we were looking for a parking slot. As soon as I could, I begged my leave to go to the pond (with my toddler inContinue reading “A SWAN LAKE IN AUTUMN”
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ORDINARY MIRACLES
The old path offers nothing new. I have been in this place several times before. Still, I have to be careful – between the network of exposed tree roots, the steep terrain, and the narrowness of the path – I could not afford to not pay attention. I am here to walk and to spendContinue reading “ORDINARY MIRACLES”
MAGNOLIA
My beauty lasts but a short time and all I have, to you I give – My velvet blooms, capture in rhyme My beauty lasts but a short time Before rains make my death knells chime I hope I lived my cause to live My beauty lasts but a short timeContinue reading “MAGNOLIA”
INDIFFERENCE (for DVerse Poets)
I went to search for beauty in the fields nearby walked past the daisies and the butterflies over yellow clover into the pond where algea bloomed and a single swan swam. Seeing familiar sights I returned with empty hands. ~~~ For DVERSE’s Meeting the Bar prompt, Brian wants the community to write a poemContinue reading “INDIFFERENCE (for DVerse Poets)”
ODE TO WILDFLOWERS (for Poetry Jam)
Wildflowers bloom where they are in places where no one dare to be in rocks and crags, in sun or shade in well trod paths, in places nobody sees. They need no care, no pampering except that which nature supplies They’ll plant their roots and they will grow whether they’re met by cheers or sighs.Continue reading “ODE TO WILDFLOWERS (for Poetry Jam)”
BEAUTY (for DVERSE)
We box beauty constricting her in lines and shapes admitting only the few that fit its limits Oh, how many wish to be in still, how many wish to be out of the suffocating cells that hurt both those within and those without. Alas! What fortune is it to be defined by a shape thatContinue reading “BEAUTY (for DVERSE)”
DAYLILY
Oh Daylily, servant to beauty and time grace undiminished though it lasts for only a short while Should it bargain for an extra day or two to fill the garden with its festive hues suffer longer under the withering sun or live its purpose, then be done to each gift is duty attached Is lifeContinue reading “DAYLILY”
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
Of all the flowers in this world none could be more beautiful than the ones I tend and bring to bloom though they are flawed sometimes weigh down my soul still, they are my own For them I dream for them I toil that they may be what they are meant to be.
TO THE MOTHER OVERWHELMED BY MOTHERHOOD
You are a flower you do not see how beautiful you are. Your earthly eyes only see your life is sacrifice. But do you know – the angels gather your fragrance to perfume the throne of the Most High? Your tears are sprinkled in the heavens to light the night skies. When love weighs youContinue reading “TO THE MOTHER OVERWHELMED BY MOTHERHOOD”
PEONY (for WPC: EXTRA, EXTRA)
I am Peony, Queen of spring gardens Beauty is my blueprint I bow to the rain Grandeur is my burden. “I am Peony, Queen of spring gardens Beauty is my blueprint I bow to the rain Grandeur is my burden.” That’s the little piece I thought of after seeing the beautiful flowers bowed to theContinue reading “PEONY (for WPC: EXTRA, EXTRA)”
MY WALL 