Photo: Amitai Asif
Pumpkin patch
Pumpkin hill
In pigtails
Overkill
And some weed
In the back
Growing beanstalk
For Jack?
For Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge
Pumpkin Stalk?
Muse and Flow
Park Pretty
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
“Pink tree!” she delighted
Toddled quickly, pulled my hand
“Park pretty!” she exclaimed
“Come fast! Come fast!”
“Take picture?” she requested
And of course, I obliged.
For the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge
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Quintessential NYC
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
There’s much more to New York City
Than the bustle of Times Square
But “The Crossroads of the World” is quite likely
Recognizable anywhere.
Even the New York Police Department
Is fittingly lit in neon lights
Its bold, large letters dwarfed by billboards
That chase the day into the night.
For the A Photo A Week Challenge
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Pack a Treat!
Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
Come on Daddy, let’s pack
Some more rocks on your back
This way you will discover
All the treats I uncover
Also bugs and some leaves
Gifts for Mommy to retrieve.
For Tuesday’s Photo Challenge: Treat
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Her Golden Child
photo by Sharon McCutcheon via Skillshare
He’d always been her golden child, born after years of sorrow.
He’d always been her precious jewel, the promise of tomorrow.
He’s gone to take the saffron robes, been hers only to borrow.
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Obviated Healing
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If I could just forestall the suffering
Of little ones
Locked by a heartless bind
And prevented even from the comfort
Of their parents’ loving arms.
If I could somehow stave off
Their sorrow
And their helpless rage
For what should never have been made
Reality
At their tender age.
If only we all raised our voices
And demanded cruelty stop,
Maybe those who caused the pain
And obviate the healing
Will make way
For better others
Who would lead not by agony
But hope.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 14, 2018:
Obviate
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I’ll Show You
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Come this way and I’ll show you
The best spots for
Sweet cherries.
Come this way
I’ll protect you
From the thorns
On the berries.
Hold my hand
Be my friend.
From today to the end
You can on me
Depend.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge
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Night Light
Photo: Inbar Asif
Dancing light on the water
A bright night in the bay
Turning shimmering rainbows
To melted ink on display.
For the Wits End Photo Challenge: Nightlife
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Doctored
PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young
“I am not dressing up as a doctor!”
Twins or no twins, he’d had it with his sister deciding their costumes. He’d been Prince Charming, Prince Un-Charming (consort to Princess Uglyanna). He’d been Mr. Smee. He’d been a screw (guess who was the screwdriver), a nail (yep, Maya was the hammer), a flower (to her bee). And those were the less embarrassing ones.
“You could be an evil doctor imprisoned by an eviler scientist,” she enticed.
“In your dreams,” he replied.
She grinned. “Or in yours. As in, literally. Tonight.”
For The Friday Fictioneers Challenge
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A Fountain’s Woes
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Through summer’s heat or winter’s snows
He stony-faced
Nonetheless blows
A flow of life
That never slows.
The step of people passing by
Is all he knows.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
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