Preview Warmth

May 12, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beach, Childhood, Family, Photo Challenge, Photography, playing, Poetry, Simple pleasures, Spring, Sun, Sunday Stills, Warmth 9 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Feel the midday

Glow expand

Sense the gently

Heated sand.

Dampened clothes,

Digging hands,

China they’re intent

To find.

Make the most

Of wonderland.

It previews warmth

So close behind.

For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Warmth

The Fifth

May 5, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Be yourself, Birth Order, Childhood memories, Fifth, Language, Looking back, Poetry, self-expression, Siblings, Sisterhood, Stories, Sunday Stills, Writing prompt 12 Comments

Me, telling stories at 10 months

Fifth of seven, all girls, I was born

Telling tales.

Far enough to duck rules

For first, middle, or last,

I grabbed place

To be me

And held on

Talking fast.

As what shouldn’t be

Grew

And real life wove

Impossible,

Words remained

Nonetheless

In my soul

In my brain,

To be clasped

And sustain

Life and joy

Times again.

For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Fifth

Tropical Boon

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beautiful, Chiang Mai, flowers, Mother Nature, Orchids, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Sunday Stills, Thailand, Tropical 7 Comments

Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi

In orchid garden

They bloom.

A speckled glory,

A boon.

A blushing show

Well adored,

In nature’s awe

And reward.

For the Sunday Stills Challenge: Tropical

And for Cee’s FOTD

Springing Time

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Central Park, flowers, hope, New growth, New York City, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Renewal, Spring, Sunday Stills, Weekly Photo Challenge 22 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

They push up

Through cold ground

Where morning frost

Still abounds

And color

The park

So a new spring

Can spark.

(Not quite this year’s spring photo … yet – this one being from early spring in 2017 – but it nonetheless infuses hope for soon-to-be cousins of these blooms enlivening the park!)

For Terri’s Sunday Stills: Spring

Keen Green

March 17, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: City life, Green, Just for fun, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Praying Mantis, Silly, St. Patrick's Day, Sunday Stills, Unexpected 12 Comments

Photo: Dvora Freedman

Hello there,

How are you, Ma’am?

I’ve missed a spot?

Oh well, oh damn.

There’s no perfection

On the lam

And I’ve really

Got to scram.

Have you seen some

Elves around?

I’ve been told to

Look for rainbows

At the end of

Traffic jams,

(And yes, I know the

Gold’s a scam

But I’ll still give it

An exam).

For Terri’s Sunday Stills: Green

Saving Daylight

March 10, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beach, Calm, cycle of life, Daylight, Holding on, Ko Samui, Meditation, Sunday Stills, Sunset, Thailand, Twilight, Weekly Photo Challenge 8 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Cherish every moment

Left

Of light as

Suns will set.

Hold on to the

Deep rewards

Of daylight breathed

Through soul,

And saved.

For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Daylight Hours

Living Wild

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Capra nubiana, Desert, Habitat, Israel, Negev, Nubian Ibex, Photo prompt, Photography, Poetry, Spiky, Sunday Stills, Wildlife 10 Comments

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

You have come to my

Backyard,

To my desert,

My home.

So why look

So surprised

To see me coming

Along?

Trivia:

Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) are desert-dwelling goat species that are found in mountainous areas of North Africa and the Middle East. The wild population is considered “vulnerable” and is estimated at only 1,200 individuals. Nubian ibexes stand around 65–75 cm (2.1–2.6 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh around 50 kilograms (110 lb). They live in rough dry mountainous terrain and are a light tan color, with a white underbelly. Males also have a dark brown stripe down the back. Nubian ibexes have long thin horns which extend up and then backwards and down. In males these reach around about 1 meter (~ 1 yard) in length while in females they are much smaller and reach around 30 cm (~ 1 foot).

For Terri’s Sunday Still challenge: Wildlife

For Becky’s Spiky Squares challenge (even though this is not strictly a square …)