The Error

February 3, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Aromatic, Creative writing, Creativity, Daily Prompt, Error, Flash Fiction, Just because, Learning from mistakes, Micro-fiction, RDP, Surprise, Writing prompt 6 Comments

Photo: Daniela Holzer on Unsplash

She hadn’t intended for it to go this way.

She’d taken pains to be intensely selective of what she allowed. She’d researched every step, scoured barely legible ink on faded notes and prepared for every eventuality. She had kept her eyes peeled for any red-flags that should not be ignored.

She was careful.

And yet. There it was. Completely different than intended.

Her error.

She already repeated all the steps and realized her mistake. Her wonderful mistake.

It did not turn out as she’d expected.

It turned out fantastic instead.

She bottled it.

The aromatic error that will become the star perfume of the age.

For the RDP Monday challenge: Aromatic

Portal To Tomorrow

January 7, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Trauma and Development, Writing Tags: Current affairs, Enough, fpj-photo-challenge, History, Learning from mistakes, No More War, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Tomorrow, Trauma, Trumpets, War 6 Comments

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

In the portal to

Tomorrow

Let the trumpets

Ring not

Alarm

And rush to

Harm,

But stop to the

Hubris

Of war.

In the portal for

Tomorrow

May those men

Who rashly

Spend

The life of

Others,

Know the call

Of trumpets

Often heralded

Only pain,

More gore.

Enough.

No more.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Portal

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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