Tested

January 9, 2021Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Choices, Crucible, Current events, Goverment, History, Insurrection, Leadership, Lies, Moral Fiber, Weekend Writing Prompt 22 Comments

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Perhaps they did not know when it would come, or what it would require to what end. But they had to know they’d face the crucible that will reveal a moral fiber, if they had one.

They’d have to choose then: good or bad, peace or harm, truth or falsehood.

It would appear an easy choice, to go for better judgment. And yet they had so tangled themselves in the net of lies, that extrication meant losses they weren’t quite prepared to reap. Not when they hoped for revenue from crouching behind flags of insurrection.

They capitulated.

Dark history, revisited.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Crucible in 100 words

Cavalier

July 11, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Bad apple, Cavalier, Current events, Gaslighting, Leadership, Narcissism, personality, Poetry, Politics, Reality, Weekend Writing Prompt 27 Comments

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He thinks himself a cavalier:

Aristocratic,

Well revered.

In fact he is

Just cavalier:

Disdainful

Petty

Quick to smear.

He thinks himself

A cavalier:

A man whose word all

Must adhere.

In truth he is

Just cavalier:

Dismissive

Hurtful

Full of sneer.

He thinks himself

A cavalier:

Someone for everyone

To cheer.

Yet he is

A racketeer,

And they want him

Out of here.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Cavalier in 64 words

He’ll Do

June 12, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Acceptance, CCC, Creative writing, Farming, Flash Fiction, Horses, Introduction, Leadership, Micro-fiction, Personification, Photo prompt, Writing Challenge 22 Comments

The new hay-bringer was a handsome one. Calm posture. Wild mane. Warm eyes.

The others hung back as Bella stepped forward to inspect. Molly, heavy with foal, nickered a soft warning, and Bella swished her tail in understanding. Yes, she, too, was expecting, but she was not afraid.

She advanced to within a hoof-kick-space. He stayed put, unperturbed.

He carried no fear smell. No twitchy legs. No mouth yells.

Bella lowered her head some, and he held out his hand for a sniff. Sweat. Musk. Iron. Grass. Faint carrot smell.

She shook her mane, and he laughed and reached into an opening in his leg coverings to reveal an orange section of the vegetable. Offered it on an open palm.

Bella nosed it, lipped, chewed. Good.

She approved.

She tapped her hoof and felt the air shift behind her from tension to curiosity.

He’ll do.

Perhaps he even has apples.

For Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge

Aftereffect

February 28, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Current affairs, Elections, Expectations, Leadership, Poetry, Politics, Reality, Rhyme, SoCS, Writing prompt 10 Comments

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It does not do to elect

Only those who self-select.

Because it is best to object

To any who hold no respect

For others’ ability to reflect

On the facts in each subject.

For if we fail now to protect

The need of everyone to connect

And the necessity to detect

Those who humanity eject,

We might injustice reinfect

And cement moral defect

As the greedy now expect

Blind loyalty by genuflect.

For Linda Hill’s SoCS writing prompt: “ect”

Route To Kaput

June 26, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Be a voice, Current affairs, History, humanity, Leadership, MerriamWebster, Morality, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

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Olden times come to rise

Where the heartless devise

Righteousness to brutalize

Those they dehumanize.

An unwise move, time shows

For a smart person knows

That even one group maligned

Cracks open fault lines

In a stroke that would put

A reign on path to kaput.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 26, 2018:

Kaput

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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

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Pugnacious

June 15, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Aggression, Bullying, Current affairs, Leadership, Life Lessons, MerriamWebster, Unpleasant, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

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One does not become a leader

By swindling others for one’s seat.

Seeking fights reflects weak character,

Especially when it harms the weak.

True role models hold themselves

To higher standards,

Not bully others when they speak.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 15, 2018:

Pugnacious

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Abrogate

June 11, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abolish, Alliances, Cooperation, Current affairs, Fake News, Leadership, MerriamWebster, Reality, Truth, WordOfDayNY Leave a comment

Summit (Photo: Amitai Asif)

You may wish to give new meaning

And claim lies as your own truth,

But even if you abrogate

Alliance

And turn away

From honor, sooth,

It does not undo long history

Nor turn the facts into

Fake news.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 11, 2018:

Abrogate

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Roseate

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: connection, Current affairs, encouragement, History, humanity, Leadership, Learning from mistakes, MerriamWebster, Optimism, WordOfDayNY Leave a comment

Photo: Philip Coons

Optimistic in nature

Does not mean roseate

For reality may

Introduce caveat

Of the need to remember

Many times of ill fate

While never forgetting

The good we can create.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 10, 2018:

Roseate

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Boondoggle

June 7, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Corruption, Current affairs, Leadership, MerriamWebster, Morality, Speak up, Truth, WordOfDayNY Leave a comment

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

Not all that splashes

Is worthy

Not all that glitters

Is gold

Beware those

In deepening swamps

Who won’t ethics uphold.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 7, 2018:

Boondoggle

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