Captivated #poetry

There it is … that space right before the moment… the thought “this will never end” and then I see your eyes convey I am right again…   Shared with Poetry Pantry at Poet’s United. There is always room for more poetry in the pantry.  

Go With the Flow #haiku

Simple conversation water ripples catch the sun “no rocking the boat” A Prompt a Day – Day 1 Simple

Speechless #poetry

a season past where tears formed streams cherry blossoms now burst in spring where lightening seared a rift in oak the vine is mending a path of hope the winter offered barren cold there’s feasting in our forest I’m told voices seek two hearts to mend harmonic tones a heavenly blend dawn’s release of sun

Second Fiddle #poetry #art #music

Playing out of tune my first string snapped no one to hear my concerto anyway * Key of C is flat you came and seized my bow then you walked away over plucked *** not to worry tho  my strings I changed today more bows,  in a bit of  luck  fiddler performs soon *** Relationships

Steadfast #dpchallenge #haiku #photography

intertwined over time ivy encircled trunk won’t let go The WordPress daily post challenge is Steadfast 1930 – Rolls Royce Phantom II | The Bliss of Reality Sunlight on the plant | Crazy Art Daily Prompt: Never Surrender | Basically Beyond Basic Telenovela Style | Mila’s Misadventures Setting | Perspectives on life, universe and everything Spiked

Cast Off #poetry #photography

Today I cast off my dreams leaving them on yesterday’s wake did I have the perfect form or was I making a mistake * today I waded deep into sorrow jigsaw puzzle pieces mismatched wishing I could ignite the driftwood you were reality’s dreadful catch * today I danced to a new beat loosened my

Needing You More than Yesterday #poetry #photography

I just got off the plane heartsick still feels the same needing you more than yesterday my sleeve is wet with rain concealing well my pain  I’m needing you more than yesterday grasping for reasons why raising questions to the afternoon sky and I’m needing you more than yesterday already tried running away your smile

A Toast to – wine, women and … #poetry

“Ignorant fool” she laughed raising her glass “will women never learn? he loves the smorgasboard taste this feast on that at evening’s end he always goes home alone to belch up his dessert of red heads, blondes, brunettes take it all of them” she flings the contents of her wine glass to the silenced one

Yawl #atozchallenge #poetry #life’slessons #sailing #napomo

As we glide on the sea of life, we rarely see the squall up ahead. Squalls are a greater test for the sailor of life than the sunny weekend sailor’s dreams…

April Fools #atozchallenge #microfiction #aprilfoolsday

I mused over how we had met on April Fool’s Day years ago. I closed  my journal recording each memory with my hot blooded lover. Last year on April 1st,  I was whisked away on the back of a donkey to an al fresco lunch in a field of flowers. “Are we fools in love?” My lover grinned