Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
May the birth of day
Delight you
In the promise
That it brings,
Even with the clear
Potential
For the pulling of
Heart’s strings.
May you know
The hope of
Morning
As it touches
First light’s bliss.
May the good
Outweigh the painful
As tender dawn
To ocean
Kiss.
For the Sunday Stills challenge: Birthdays
Photo by Tobias Bjørkli on Pexels.com
They woke
To see
The painted sky,
Where spirits
Skated
Angel-winged
On light and
Turquoise dye,
And looped the
Heavens
And the earth
Like stars
Learning to fly.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Aurora in 28 words
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
City brick framing
Glass
Smudged by fingers
And reflections of
Life.
For Becky’s October Squares Lines&Squares Challenge
Photo: Karen Forte
Oh, you King
Of the branch,
Emperor of your
Nestlings,
Purple robe
Golden crown,
Your perch all
Pomp and
Whistling.
For the dVerse poetry challenge: Majestic
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: Karen Forte
If I could have a pink
Ribbon
Large enough to show my love
Of you
Who fought
And lived
And fought
And passed
And fight on
Still,
I would need the whole breadth
Of sky
To mark
It’s size
And enlist the heavens
As both paint
And quill.
(Photo by my amazingly talented and generous friend Karen Forte, who fills my heart and soul with the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.)
Photo: Anthony Garand on Unsplash
When the truth flees the sphere
Of those who power corrupts
And the lies become leaders’ way
To disrupt,
It behooves us to hold strong
To not let those confound
As we keep our eyes on
A true moral ground:
To be firm
To be kind
To keep light
In our mind,
And to not get swept up
In the feverish flow
Of those who prefer we
Give up and
Let go
Of core truths
And the law,
And forget how
Foreshadowed
In wisdom galore
Founders sought separation
Of powers before
And checks out to balance
Against tyrannical war,
Predicting the day
When ambition to rule
Would rise in someone
Who’d attempt to befool
And try to prop
Lies for a flop
And our constitution
For corruption
To swap.
For Linda Hill’s SoCS challenge: Ground
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
It does not always work to take
A seat
Head on.
Sometimes the best way
Is
To come at it
As if you’d really meant to move
Along.
For Cee’s Black&White Photo Challenge: Side of things
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: Na’ama Yehuda
He will guard it with his presence
He will goggle eyes at you
If you dare come too near
To
This blanket square
That your fingers and soft yarn
Conspired for a little one’s doll to
Darn.
For Becky’s October Squares: Lines&Squares
never judge a girl by her weight
original fiction, rhyme and photography
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