Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
Walk with me
Into nature
Where the fresh air
Flows through.
Walk with me
As we shelter
Under skies
Me, and you.
Walk with me
Hand in hand
Muddy boots
Flowers, too.
Let us breathe
And connect
With everything
That is true.
For the Tuesday photo challenge: Connect
Photo: Burst on Unsplash
She figures it would be okay.
She figures it would do.
She’ll find her schedule and get back,
Within a month or two.
She figures she could do the task.
She figures it is fine.
She’d done a thing like that before,
Not quite, but in outline.
Still, she figures it a breeze.
She figures she’d succeed.
Even when history, at best,
Is wondering if indeed.
She figures this, she figures that
In neutral all her wheels,
And it becomes impossible
To not begin to feel,
That maybe it’d be easier
To let them bushes be
They’re beat from hedging here and there
And wishing they could flee!
Note: This was really just for fun and isn’t about (ahem) anyone … So similarity to any individual is (sort of) coincidental … 😉 Dedicated to all the ‘he’ and ‘she’ and ‘you’ and ‘they,’ who won’t say yea and won’t say nay, and leave us all in limbo every day …
For Linda Hill’s SoCS challenge: figure
Photo: Inbar Asif
There’s a hole in that kettle …
I don’t care, don’t throw it.
There’s a hole it that kettle —
This junk won’t make tea.
I don’t care if it’s holey
That pretty, red kettle,
I don’t care if it’s holey
It’s perfect for me! …
(Yeah, if you noted a bit of reverberation, this is very loosely based on “There’s a hole in the bucket” children’s folk song … ;))
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Junk
Photo: Arnaud Jaegers on Unsplash
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”
Photo: Amitai Asif
‘Twas the best of the betters
The coveted spot
In the field,
Where the corn rose in sunshine
And worms did not stay
Concealed.
He fought hard for the privilege,
Beak and claws he had
To wield.
As the count of days rose
His calls echoed less
Even keeled.
Yet he hoped that the home
He’d claimed for her
Still appealed.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Number
Oy vey, Oy vey
Or, as they say.
Bless their hearts,
Now we best pray.
For this pack,
Who clear as day
Have evidently
Lost their way.
For Linda Hill’s SoCS prompt: (un)pack
Photo: Atara Katz
She has come to inspect
The tent
The snacks
The gear
The rest.
A gazelle
Wearing smiles
And she’ll stay
For a
While.
Entertainment
It seems
Can be found
On a whim.
For the Word of the Day Challenge: Gazelle
Photo: Fabrizio Verrecchia on Unsplash
It was to be a fervent
Vow
For all the things their souls
Allow
For hopes and dreams, and yet
Somehow
The time and place did not
Allow
And left them both perplexed,
What now?
For Linda Hill’s SoCS (and JusJoJan) challenge
Photo: Annie Spratt on Unsplash
It is time for the presents
It is time for the wraps
It is time for the ribbons
All the holiday traps.
You will ooh and will ahh
You will grin in delight
And I’ll hold my breath hoping
Your smile holds upon sight.
It will be what you wanted
Whether you know it or not
Because no matter the present
It wasn’t one that you bought.
As the evening progresses
And the empty box stares
I will hope you remember
Just how deeply I care.
So I gift you the plenty
That I hold in my heart
And the dream of tomorrow
Where we shan’t be apart.
For the dVerse challenge: gift rhymes
Morning crept
With cold
Rays,
To frost dress
A new
Day,
With the chill
Soon to
Be,
Preview of
Winter’s
Fee.
For the Sunday Stills photo challenge: Chill
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