Delicately

September 14, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Trauma and Development, Writing Tags: Adversity, Delicate, healing, hope, Patience, Poetry, Relationships, Sensitivity, tenderness, Weekend Writing Prompt, Writing Challenge 12 Comments

Photo: Amitai Asif

She flitted gently by his head.

The slight bow noted, the sorrow that was there

But perhaps not heard.

She knew he had to hold himself up

All this time

That it was the only way

He’d learned.

And yet she could discern the hidden

Effort that it took

To rise against the gravity,

In times where drought of hope

Returned

Again and again and again.

She understood the energy required for

Making the Herculean appear effortless,

To constantly correct

The wobble under

Winds and strain.

She hovered for a moment

Letting a space of permission

Manifest

Before she landed, feather-weighted and,

Delicate

On his chest.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Delicate in 106 words

Feasible Focus

September 10, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: attention, Be yourself, Extroverts, Focus, fpj-photo-challenge, Introverts, Life paths, Observations, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry 25 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Some jump out,

Intent on being

Captured

By the lens,

The center

Of focused

Attention,

While others

Fade delicately

Into the blurry

Background

To observe,

Potentially

Just as content.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Focus

Nick’s Shtick

September 9, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Writing Tags: Ditty, dVerse, Getting even, Just for fun, Nick, Poetry, Quadrille, Rhyme, Silly, Writing prompt 46 Comments

Photo: Alexander Dummer via Unsplash

I nicked Nick

With a stick

After he picked

And tried to hit

With a brick.

He should not try

Such a sick

Kind of shtick

If he doesn’t like

Being tricked

And summarily pricked

By a royally ticked

But quick thinking

Chick.

For the dVerse Quadrille challenge: Nick

Summer Layers

September 8, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beautiful, Central Park, Haiku, Layers, Micro Poetry, Nature, New York City, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Summer, Sunday Stills 12 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Life is stacked like so

Many layers of summer

In the Central Park.

(Note: While I do resent the growing need to face reality of summer heading to an end, I accept the challenge for increased layer-awareness … 😉 ).

For the Sunday Stills challenge: Seasonal Layers

The Whey Weigher’s Way

September 6, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing, Yummy Tags: Cheese making, Dairy, health, History, Just for fun, Nutrition, Rhyme, SoCS, Way, Weigh, Whey, Writing prompt 28 Comments

A girl churning butter, three-quarter length, facing front, looking away to left, wearing a low-necked dress, apron, and small frilled cap over short curls; after Mercier. Mezzotint

Photo: The British Museum #2010,7081.1712

Tis the Whey Weigher’s way

To weigh

The whey

As she goes

About her day

Sifting curds

Through woven trays.

You can stay

If you may

To watch the way

She weighs her whey

In pots and jugs

Of rounded

Clay.

And though so many

Will downplay

The lowly whey

As throw away,

She knows it is

Quite fair to say

That whey is worthy

Of more sway

And should more than

Earn it’s pay.

(I had WAY too much fun with this today! 🙂 )

For the SoCS writing prompt: way/weigh/whey

Not Fall

September 3, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Things Kids Say, Writing Tags: Balance, children, Ditty, Fall, fpj-photo-challenge, Just for fun, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Rhyme, Summer, Taking chances 17 Comments

Photo: Philip Coons

Just you wait

And you’ll see

The real brave

I will be!

I will walk

With feet bare

From right here

To right there,

Without wobble

At all

I will cross

And not fall!

Note: It is WAY too early yet for me to do anything relating to the other meaning of the prompt word. So, nope … it was gonna be a “not” for me … 😉

For The Tuesday Photo Challenge: Fall

New York Marvel

September 2, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: CB&W, equality, Free, History, library, New York City, NYPL, Photo Challenge, Photo prompt, Poetry, Progress, Society 15 Comments

Photo: Inge Vandormael

Marble walls in carved glory

Hold

A marvel,

Home

For words

No longer

Kept

Small

But shared

With all.

Note: This fantastic photo was taken by my talented friend Inge Vandormael, at the New York Public Library building on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. Click here for some of history.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: M or N