Magical Immersion

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Speech Language Pathology, Writing Tags: books, Bookworms, children, Delightful, Family, Immersion, Literacy, Magic, Photography, Poetry, Reading, Rhyme 17 Comments

Photo: Amotz Barlev

When the sunlight ends early

And twilight follows

Close,

Grab a book and dive into vast

Worlds where anything

Goes.

Immerse yourself into the realms

Where magic is the

Norm

And ride the wings of imagery

All night into the

Morn.

Note: I just had to share (with permission, of course) the absolute delight of this photo of my grand-niece and grand-nephews so utterly absorbed in their books. A bookworm myself, I’ve spent many an evening immersed in reading. Still do. It shaped my life. This gift that keeps on giving offers riches that all the money in the world cannot, and I am so so heartened to see it in children. I hope you read. I hope you read to your children. Your children may well follow your lead, and love of reading is a ‘bug’ well worth ‘catching.’

Conclusively Lucid

October 17, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Communication, Creative writing, Frustration, Lucid, Misunderstanding, Poetry, Practical solutions, Relationships, Rhyme, Take action, Weekend Writing Prompt 15 Comments

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She couldn’t have been clearer.

She couldn’t have been more firm.

Still he chose to disregard and

Pretend it wasn’t him.

She told him to pack his stuff.

She told him he must leave.

Still he chose to linger and

Refused to cleave.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Lucid in 43 words

Tucked In

October 6, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Blanket, Calm, Creative writing, Dream, Lullaby, Night, Poetry, Quadrille, Rhyme, Sleep, Writing prompt 27 Comments

Photo: Peter Oslanec on Unsplash

The voice of song

Lulled her to sleep

As wind whispered

Leaves into heaps.

Her mind soared on

A night’s journey’s sweep

As breathing slowed

And memories steeped.

Her body warm neath

Blankets soft and deep,

She sighed and found

A dream to keep.

For the dVerse poetry quadrille challenge: blanket

Zany Blayney

September 26, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Ditty, Family, Just because, Just for fun, Micro-fiction, Mime, Poetry, Practice makes perfect, Rhyme, Weekend Writing Prompt 37 Comments

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(Photo: Krisffer Aeviel Cabral on Unsplash)

He copied how his father walked.

He mimicked his older sister.

He laughed at jokes nobody heard.

He scared the babysitter.

He wouldn’t do a thing

That wasn’t done by others.

He was an endless mirror

And annoyance to his brothers.

He drove them all to near insane

Till finally came the time

When he left to get

Hired as a mime.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Zany in 62 words

Ice Cream Tim

July 12, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: children, Creative writing, Ditty, Finding a way, Ice-Cream, Just for fun, Making do, parenting, RDP, Rhyme, Silly, Writing prompt 14 Comments

Photo: Brendan Church on Unsplash

Tim had a serious thing

For

Ice cream.

No matter the flavor

It was something

He’d favor.

His mama thought it

Extreme

To hold a lone food

Supreme,

So she came up with

A scheme

That worked wonders on

Tim:

Every new food she’d

Mix right into the

Ice cream.

So she fixed it with okra

And kale

And some beans,

And added an olive

And handfuls of

Greens,

And for his dessert

Even mashed in

Sardines.

And the boy ate the lot

Smiling full to the

Brim.

It was not until college

He caught on to the

Theme.

For RDP Sunday: Ice Cream

City Witty

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: 100WordChallenge, Alligators, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Just for fun, Micro-fiction, New York City, Nightlife, Poetry, Rhyme, Traffic, Urban Legends 49 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

“You see those?”

“I sure do.”

“Well, that’s where they’d come through.”

“Don’t think I believe you.”

“Well then, just wait and see.”

“Until when would that be?”

“Sometimes ‘tween two and three.”

“What? Are you kidding me!?”

“It’s the city, my friend

And this is not West End …

Alligators won’t poke their head

Till the green light’s delayed.

Sure, they value the park,

The reservoir in the dark,

And the nice scratchy spark

From a bit of tree bark …

But you’d agree it is best

To let most traffic rest

‘Fore you poke scaly breasts

Onto Central Park West.”

For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – Thanks for picking my photo of my ‘hood’!

And for those who want more … about this snippet of lore about Alligators living in the tunnels underneath the city … click on the ‘gator below …

In Their Skin

June 23, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, dVerse, Empowerment, Folklore, Irish, Making do, Past and Future, Poetry, Rhyme, Seal, Selkie, Stolen, Women 23 Comments

Photo: Keith Luke on Unsplash

Eons had passed

Since when they had

Their skins

Stolen

By man.

They learned to love

The life they had

Yet dreams

Cried hope

Aground.

Till secrets told

By men at night

Got heard

And sang

Around.

And off they went

The selkie all

Safe in

Their skin,

Unbound.

For the dVerse poetry challenge: Selkie

Gallivanting Gary

June 20, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Ditty, Dogs, Family, Joy, Just because, Just for fun, Living-in-the-moment, Playfulness, Poetry, Rhyme, Weekend Writing Prompt 24 Comments

Photo: Noah Austin on Unsplash

Gallivanting Gary liked to roam about

In town.

He refused to let a passing hardship weigh

Him down.

He took his time to get things done.

He rambled on and on.

But once the dinner bell at home was rang

He’d lift his feet

And run.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Gallivant in 46 words

The Reporter

May 24, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Things Kids Say, Writing Tags: children, Creative writing, Ditty, Funnies, Journalist, Just for fun, Potty Training, Raising Children, RDP, Rhyme, Silly, Writing prompt 15 Comments

Photo: Sven Brandsma on Unsplash

He reports first thing in the morning.

He reports again every night.

There’s little that could dissuade him

From being absolutely forthright.

He records every scene with a flourish.

His voice reflects every sight,

As with journalist’s flair

He spells data in ample delight.

He would not be distracted from telling,

The minutia has got to be tight.

After all, he is in potty training

And to him no discharging is trite.

For RDP Sunday: Journalist

Silly Billy

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Ditty, dVerse, Guard Duty, Just for fun, Oops, Poetry, Poetry prompt, Quadrille, Rhyme, Silly 33 Comments

Photo: Smadar Epshtein

Silly Billy was too chilly

So he too a little nap.

Silly Billy did not really

Think it would cause him mishap.

Frilly Tilly woke him shrilly

And with very little slack,

Sent him home and told poor Billy

That he isn’t welcome back.

For the dVerse poetry quadrille challenge: silly

Note: I find this photo too delightful to use only once… So if you think you’d seen it before, you are not imagining things … 🙂

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