Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
From above the way
The clouds hold sway
As the Arctic clings on
To the day.
Arctic Blue
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Carefree
Photo: Inbar Asif
She could be
Truly carefree
When she strolls
The fine edge
Of the sea.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Challenge: Carefree in 14 words
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Headway
Photo: Amitai Asif
One man.
One sail.
One boat.
One day.
The rock of waves
Holding a sway,
He grasps the bar
Through misty spray,
As mountains loom
In white and gray.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: One
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Wild Places
Photo: Ofir Asif
Find wild places inside your
Self,
Where vistas stretch
Your heart.
Climb peaks you did not know
Exist.
Let freedom
Joy impart.
For the Lens-Artist Challenge: Wild
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Homecoming
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
As you descend toward the shore
You see
The water
Lapping
At the edges
Of what will
In a moment be
The touchdown to your welcome home.
Note: This photo was taken last month, on a cellphone, from behind the thick windows of a Boeing 787 on approach to JFK (shadow of the aircraft on the water).
For Travel With Intent’s One Word Sunday: Aerial
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Viva La Vista
Photo: Ofir Asif
Wider than the wildest view
It spans
The soul
To draw in breath
And nourish you.
For Frank’s Tuesday Photo Challenge: Vista
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Fussy Fossa
Photo: SeaReeds on Pixabay
“Is it a mongoose?” Molly squinted.
“Kind of cat.” Alfred raised his camera.
“No cat nor mongoose. It’s a Fossa. Belongs to the Viverrids.” Know-it-All Natalie noted, head-to-toe in expensive expedition gear.
“Vye-ve-whats?” Molly blurted.
Alfred shot Molly a warning glance, but it was too late.
“Viverrids. Civets. Genets. Or, if you need the very basics: Mammals. Endemic to Madagascar. Carnivorous. Eat lemurs, mostly, though they won’t turn their nose at lizards or birds or tenrecs.”
Alfred sighed. There’d be no stopping the Nataliepedia now. The woman was the bane of their group. He eyed the animal. Vye-ve whatever. Looked like dorky cougar to him.
“Nice fur,” he tried.
“You better not even think of it,” Natalie admonished, delighted. “They’re protected by fady. That’s local for taboo, in case you didn’t know that, either.”
Bet you aren’t, Alfred grumbled internally. Are fossa too fussy to have YOU for lunch?
For What Pegman Saw: Madagascar
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Blessed Bus
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Don’t be fooled,
It is in service
And it is blessed
By the Gods.
It will move
In a moment,
And carry all
In its hold.
In modern days
Muddy tires
Let legs be rested
Aboard.
No one here
Takes for granted
Improvement
Since days of old.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Technology
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Towering Time
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Windows blink
Sun and shade.
Emptied glass
Peers ahead.
While the dome,
Ivy wrought,
Towers time
Boggles thought.
For Travel with Intent’s One Word Sunday: Tower
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Courageous Connections
Photo: Ofir Asif
Like a rickety bridge
Over fast,
Troubled water,
Calm your heart
As you cross
To what awaits
Being told.
Trust connections
You fear but
Cannot test or
Strengthen,
With no promise
They won’t pull away,
Break,
Or fold.
Like a rickety bridge
Over fast,
Troubled water,
Take a chance,
Make a step,
And weave new paths
To your old.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Connections
