Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
There’s a very pink
Elephant on the sidewalk
With nail polish
Half done.
Children stare
Babies point
But many others walk on.
As in many a living room
Where elephants silently stand,
Perhaps New York City adults
Aren’t easily stunned.
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
When the last class
Let’s out
A world away
In monk school,
Or New York City’s
Next block,
Teachers
And play-ready
Children
Heft their bags
Smile to match.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Red
“So, remember,” her hand on the door’s handle. “Bedtime at 9, only one treat, brush your teeth.”
“And no opening the door for anyone,” he intoned.
At least it got him a smile. There weren’t many of them of late.
She tucked an errant lock of hair behind an ear and suddenly he couldn’t stand it.
“When will you be back?” He knew. He had to ask.
She glanced at the window. The court-order weighed heavy on her mind.
“When Luna goes to bed behind the mountain, I’ll be home.”
For the last time.
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Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
And the stories that we tell
To small ones under
Good tales’ spell
Become the fabric
That unveils
The yarns they’ll spin
Or might dispel.
For the SYW-Revisited Challenge
Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
Evening comes.
Sun slides down
Child at play
Lapping light
Close at hand:
Summertime.
For the Weekly Photo Challenge: Summertime
“You can come with me,” she insisted.
“Mazie,” I sighed. “You’re old enough to know not to take Gramma’s stories literally.”
The seven-year-old shrugged, and the new pixie cut she’d insisted on and which took away the curls I so adored, glinted in the light.
She glanced at the dilapidated building, then at me. Her face was inscrutable. Was she hesitant or exasperated? Perhaps both?
The moment stretched.
“Gramma’s right,” she sputtered. “You’re too stubborn for your own good.”
And she stepped through the mirror, onto grass, and disappeared into the shack.
For Friday Fictioneers: August 31 2018
Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
When the books need a home
And a baby needs tending
There’s a case to be made
To setting the workshop’s
Assistant
Right in it.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Workshop
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
My pink shoes are a mess
But I’m in no distress.
I have been in the dust
For elephants it’s a must.
I’m a fierce one, you see
Will you come play with me?
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Play
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Summer afternoon
Where city hum
Turns breath of waves
And
Children’s voices
On the surf.
She twirls this way and back again
Jingling beads fit for a reign
Tuto flying
Boas, too.
Joyfully bedizened
To wazoo.
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