Photo: Elie Kichka
Undulating dunes
Slowly slide
To the sound
Of soft sand
Under hand.
For the Lens Artists Photo Challenge: Soft
Soft Sand
Life and love
Chill Your Fill
Photo: Inbar Asif
If you’re out and about
But your thirst is quite real
There’s a clear stream awaiting
To help you chill your fill.
For the Sunday Still Challenge: Summer drink
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Freedom’s Curfew
Photo: mbell1975 on flickr
As a bell tolls
Come dark,
May its sound be a reminder
Of the toll
Exacted from those whose steps
Are hidden,
Whose freedoms are
Forsaken,
And whose voices
Are silenced,
For no fault
But being
Born
Into hardship
And fleeing
Danger zones.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 28, 2018:
Curfew
This post continues the blogging challenge in which Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day, serves as inspiration a-la the “Daily Prompt.”
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Do Not Be Reticent
Photo: AP / Gregory Bull
Do not be reticent
About the truth.
When stolen children
Cry
Deprived of trust
Of hope
Of warmth,
Those of us who have
A voice
Must use it,
For the helpless
Cannot.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 27, 2018:
Reticent
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Mendel’s Messengers
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
She waited.
Three teens passed, faces glued to lit screens. One murmured “sorry” when he almost bumped into her. He didn’t look up.
A mother hurried in the direction of the car park, harried by a whining toddler.
Long minutes passed. She’d walked from the bus and her legs weren’t what they used to be. She leaned onto a lamppost and closed her eyes.
“Ma’am?”
A bearded face leaned toward her. Another man behind.
“Will you help me cross the street?”
“At your service!” Both men offered their hands.
She smiled. “Mendel sent you. It’s what he used to say.”
For the Friday Fictioneers Challenge
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Big Brother
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
I will go, Big Brother
To the end of the earth
After you.
In spite of fear
I will try to repeat
All you do.
But I’ll still
Just in case
Reach for
And draw courage
From you.
For the Wits End Challenge: Childhood
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Inchmeal by Inchmeal
Photo by Egor Kamelev on Pexels.com
Inchmeal by inchmeal
We can reclaim
Lost sanity.
Small step by small step
We can restore
What this recent time had
Hammered in brutality.
The foundations are still there
Trusting rescue
Shaken but resistant.
Inchmeal by inchmeal
We can bring back home
Revive
Transform
The currently abandoned
Humanity.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 26, 2018:
Inchmeal
This post continues the blogging challenge in which Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day, serves as inspiration a-la the “Daily Prompt.”
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Take a Rest
Photo source: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Take a rest.
Rest your weight.
Old or new
There for you.
Scratched by love
Left by hate
It will let
The world wait
As you breathe
Quiet in
Quiet out
Soul inflate
Calm create.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge
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Behemoth
Photo: Chagit Moriah-Gibor
The sheer size of injustice
May derail many a
Courage,
But the sure footed will know
There’s much room to
Encourage,
For heft can usurp power
But does not need mean
Might,
When the small but the many
Can prove stronger in a
Fight.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 25, 2018:
Behemoth
This post continues the blogging challenge in which Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day, serves as inspiration a-la the “Daily Prompt.”
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A Wind’s Blessing
Photo: Amitai Asif
May the wind
Fill your sail,
May your path
Never fail,
May you be spared
Facing gale
Or travail
And may good fortune
Prevail.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Wind
Na'ama Yehuda 
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