Should the day bring dismay
In some ominous way
As the clouds fluff their white at the blue
I will say as we stray
Through the beauty of May
That my heart to this light will stay true.
Photos: “Poppies from a Distance”, above, and “Orange and Yellow under an Overcast Sky”, below, linked to K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Winter’s jealous of the scene
I imagine walking by.
Everywhere that someone turns
Beauty’s soothing winter’s burns,
Helping all those old tears dry.
Text: Linked to dVerse Open Link Night hosted by Bjorn.
Photos: “Colorful”, above, and “Beauty Everywhere You Turn”, below.
Knowing it all is taking a photo thinking I’ve captured the beach.
Linked to Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday.
Amazing what this warm day brings.
The beautiful has its allure,
Reveals what can’t be told, and sings:
Obsession–longing for what’s pure.
Text: Linked to dVerse Poetics. Lillian is hosting with the theme of picking product names and using them differently in the poem. I picked the “perfumes” category.
Photos: “Yellow Shading Into Red”, above, and “The Allure of Plants Is Everywhere”, below.
Compassion proves we can get outside ourselves, boxed in as we are conceptually as individuals, deluded in our isolation, but those who have it don’t need proof much as they don’t need proof of anything that shows our humanity. They know all of this and more is real.
RAIN CLOUDS OR SUN SHINE
THE BIRDS STAY CLOSE TOGETHER
TWO KNOW TRUTH AS ONE
Text: Linked to dVerse Haibun Monday. Xenia Tran is hosting with the theme of compassion.
Photos: “New Leaves Sharing a Tree”, above, and “Sharing the Park”, below.
I walk through the woods to hear the sounds of the street become so soft they seem like a lullaby.
Linked to Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday.
Is it too late for what I know
To bring back breathing mystery?
The sky’s so deep. Spring breezes blow,
But poverty is what I see.
There must be more. This looks like less.
So I study. May I be
Recovered by what yearns to bless
And smiles with sure serenity.
Text: Linked to dVerse Poetics. Mish is hosting with the theme of still learning. I feel like I am learning to unlearn much of what I thought was true.
Photos: “White and Blue and Evergreen”, above, and “Mild Breeze Moves the Willow on a Bright Blue Day”, below.
This muddle takes its time to clear
All through my mind soaked haze.
If this breeze would calm my fear,
I’d choose to praise these days.
Should something else turn out to be
Fitting for eternity
May that with praise be right with me.
Text: Linked to dVerse Quadrille. De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) is hosting today with the word “muddle”.
Photos: “Awakening with Green”, above, and “Underneath a Willow Tree”, below.
One pilgrimage we can’t avoid is to that sacred place within.
Linked to Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 