Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Up steep stairs
Of old, new places
He is reaching up
Hand over hand.
Bravely mastering
The gaps that make it,
Way too frightening
To stand.
Up he goes,
A little hero,
Climbing life’s thrilling
Demand.
In his moment of
Adventure,
Oblivious
To just how well we
Understand.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Steep
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Ah, the curve of the coast
Leaning into
Itself,
Like a child’s
Sleepy head
Her weight slowly
Transferred.
Ah, the breath of the sea
Curling wave after
Wave.
A warm exhale
On your neck,
Child’s rest clearly
Preferred.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Coast
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Set the sun
Gently behind the loops
Of the day.
Behind the curves and the slopes
That turned your world
Inside out
And your plans
Upside down
And away.
Spread your wings
And head home
To where nestlings
Await
And the feathers of evening
Welcome you
At the gate.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Sunset
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Down memory lane
Where small feet
Came to learn,
And the stories
Of pain and resistance
Remain,
Where the concepts
Of secret and magic
A house may
Contain,
Filled my mind with
Both worry
And wonder
Again
And again.
Note: The photo (taken in 2008) is of the fence and alleyway hugging the perimeter of an estate in my childhood town where science, historical espionage, ‘betrayal by pigeon’, capture, torture, hidden tunnels, and suicide were all shared in pretty graphic detail with primary school children during school-tours of the location (complete with yellowed photos, blood stains, personal effects, pistol, tunnel in the bathroom and all). The museum hosted children from all around, but us local kids held the place (which was and still is located right near the town’s center), in a combination of fascination, awe, horror, and perhaps a sprinkle of pride for a perceived association with the courage and tragedy of a local heroine. Though I don’t think they tell this to kids quite the same way these days, the stories and memories remain.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Back Catalog
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
As they fly
Passing by
Tumbling through
Loops of sky
To hoot and cry,
They spend the day
Waving high
To Earth defy
As some shake heads
Oh my, oh my
And wonder why…
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Note: These photos are from Canada’s “Wonderland” amusement park in Vaughn, where my family spent a day this past July, high flying and earth-defying while I mostly did the photo-taking and oh-my-why’ing. … 😉 (In the photo above, they are in the three short horizontal lines in free fall on the vertical line, a moment before being turned upside down and sideways and goodness knows what else). It was a delightful day all around (pun?) till I got on one kiddie ride in the afternoon … Now, if you’re into these contraptions, that place is an all out-human-milkshake inventive park, just be warned and don’t be fooled by the miniature height requirements: they start them early and loop-di-doop-whoop-loop even those rides meant for preschoolers. …
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Tourism
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles, curves and arches
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
“Mama, we are quite out of
Yellow
And down to the last
Red.
I’ve used up all the
Orange
And can’t use green
Instead.
We must head to the
Market
Where there’s so much to
Get.
I cannot cook this salad
If
Colors aren’t all here
Yet!”
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Groceries
Photo: Ofir Asif
The strength of stone
Allows the rounding of its
Edges by time
And rain.
It lets the earth
Scour its base
As flood-paths swirl
And drain,
Even as it lets itself
Maintain
A firm place
To lean
One’s burden on,
Again.
Note: My nephew took this photo in Ethiopia, and I am humbled and moved by the beauty of it, and the eons it carries and the beginnings – and middles, and ends – of so many things it had seen.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Stone
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
The hands of this artist
Young in years
Rich in view,
Made a cute fuzzy ewe
From what could well escape
Notice by
Me and you.
Note: Dedicated to my super talented and beloved niece, Aviv, 7 years old when she made this earlier this year. You never cease to amaze me! XOXO
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Fuzzy
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
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
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