Skirl a Tune

June 23, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Bagpipes, Highlands, Landscapes, MerriamWebster, Music, Nature, Poem, Scotland, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 3 Comments

gray green and yellow rock and grass field

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Skirl a tune

Blow the pipes

Upon Highlands’

Tall banks.

Through deep lochs

And rocky lakes

May beauty keep

Your soul awake.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 23, 2018:

Skirl

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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Shuttered Way

June 22, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: CWW, Gardy-loo, History, Just for fun, Old, Paved, Photo Challenge, Photography, Road, Stone paths, Story 4 Comments

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

Old way down stony hill

Many shutters hold still.

Do aged walls

Yet recall

What in past time rang through:

“Gardez l’eau, Gardez l’eau…”?

For Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Squirreled

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Animals, Beautiful, Black and White, Briefly, CB&W, Just for fun, Nature, Photo Challenge, Photography, Resilience, winter 4 Comments

Photo: Inbar Asif

In the deep chill of winter

It got caught en route

To a squirreled away

Acorn nuts loot.

Dedicated with love to my Southern Hemisphere friends, on this solstice day.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge

Solstice Supplication

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Be The Change, blessing, Current affairs, hope, Interconnectedness, light, Poetry, summer solstice Leave a comment

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

Light stretches

On this day

To hold a hope

For those beset

By darkness.

May golden rays

Wrap hugs

Around the tears

At a world’s

Tipping point.

Vanquish Voracity

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Asylum, Child Development, Current affairs, humanity, Leadership, MerriamWebster, Nurturing, Trauma, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: Ofir Asif

May the eager seek the good

More than they crave

The rush of

Harming.

May the powerful remember

How no honor lies

In deliberately

Alarming.

Let satiety be reached

Not by cruelty

But with love.

So that children can sleep safely

In the arms of those

They love.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 21, 2018:

Voracity

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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Balmy Times

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Asylum, Camps, Current affairs, Desert, Enough, First Do No Harm, History, Trauma, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: Amitai Asif

May the scorch of

Arid hearts

And blazing sun,

Make way for kinder, saner

Passage

To lead humanity through

Balmy times.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 20, 2018:

Balmy

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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New To You

June 19, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: babies, delight, First Tooth, fpj-photo-challenge, New, parenting, Photo Challenge, Photography, Small Things, Teething 8 Comments

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

There it is

The first one,

Breaking through

Your sore gum.

Yet you smile

Wide and true:

Budding tooth

New to you.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge

Horizontal Manners

June 19, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beautiful world, CFFC, Hike, Horizontal, Just for fun, Nature, Photo Challenge, Photography, Trees, Wanaka 4 Comments

Photo: Inbar Asif

Polite tree

Clearing branches

Away from the path,

To let climbers pass by

For a one-sided

Hug.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Do Not Quail

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Activism, Current affairs, Developmental Trauma, families, Keeping children safe, Policy, Protect, Trauma, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 2 Comments

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

When powerful

Pound podiums

With rabid lies

To sow mistrust,

Don’t falter

From the facts

Of what is wrong

And what is right.

Don’t quail before

Deep cruelty

That shreds your heart

To cries.

Step forth

For those who have no voice,

Be brave

And mobilize.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 19, 2018:

Quail

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Meritorious Aim

June 17, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Current affairs, Honor, Integrity, Life Lessons, Merit, MerriamWebster, Respect, Truth, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

all your armour need SmadarHalperinEpshtein

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

Be the best

Make your quest

To put your spirit

To the test

So merit’s claim

Not empty fame

Becomes your aim.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 17, 2018:

Meritorious

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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