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…”?
Shuttered Way
Photography
Squirreled
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
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Sea Squill Sentry
Sea Squill ; Photo: Atara Katz
Standing sentry ‘afore
Greenery finds a path
It heralds end of summer
As dry days’
Aftermath.
Rising tall
It dares bloom
When most others will not,
Drawing water with roots
That reach deeper
Than most.
Fun facts: The Sea Squill (Urginea Maritimia) has large bulbs that average 8 inches (20 centimeters) across, and strong roots that reach depths of 14 feet (4 meters) below ground, and can snake their way into narrow cracks in rocks, widening the cracks and ‘hueing’ through the rock to get to moisture. The roots are so difficult to dislodge that ancient farmers would plant rows of Sea Squill at the edges of their fields and those were considered a permanent boundary marker. The flowering spears of the plant reach up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) in height and carry 200-300 flowers. Many parts of the plant are poisonous but the bulb also holds medicinal qualities similar to digoxin.
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New To You
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.
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Horizontal Manners
Photo: Inbar Asif
Polite tree
Clearing branches
Away from the path,
To let climbers pass by
For a one-sided
Hug.
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Odd Ride
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
A pick up?
Jeep duplex?
A jacuzzi inside?
This hybrid is
A heck
Of an over-decked
Ride.
(Yep, this one’s odd even for Manhattan …)
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Purple Power
Globe Thistle (Photo: Amitai Asif)
It is prickly
It is fine
It is purple
And divine!
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Walk This Way
Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
Walk this way
To the water
Where the goats
Cleared a path.
Walk this way
Where the feet
Of the ancients
Have passed.
Walk this way
Little brother
I will give you
My hand.
Walk this way
And together
Our adventures
Expand.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge
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Pretty in Pink
Persian Cyclamen; Photo: Atara Katz
Don’t be fooled by the blush
Or swan’s head
In a bow
Strength does not always show
But do not try to
Chow
There is more to this beauty
Than what meets
The eye
Even if in first glance
She appears to be
Shy.
Fun Fact: The tuber of this flower is semi-poisonous. Fishermen would grate it, mix it with water and lime, and sprinkle the mixture in lakes and ponds to stun the fish so they would rise to the surface to be collected.
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Wrong Tracks
Photo: Ofir Asif
There is harm in the air
Infants caged
Children scammed,
There are guards
Bearing guns
Tearing babies from arms.
Those before us who fought
For the hunted, the hurt
Weep in graves
As the country they served
Mutates to enact
Inhumane acts
On the wrong tracks.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trains and Tracks
Na'ama Yehuda 
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