Aligned and neatly polarized we felt our hatred grow. Logic’s nonsense helped us out. It told us what it’s all about and let our madness show.
Linked to Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday.
One-Liner Wednesday — Nutty Nonsense
Category: Poetry
Mindful In My Hand
This tiny notebook that is in my hand
Contains this poem written here for you.
It won’t take long. I’ll tire of it, too,
But when it’s done, we’ll put it all away
And watch the sun explore another day.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Sarah is hosting with the theme of mindfully writing about something in one’s hand.
One-Liner Wednesday — Doors and Walls
The prison key of precious jade
Locked doors of duty finely made.
Love arrived, revised the spell.
The doors survived. The walls though fell.
Linked to Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday and Debbie Roth’s Forgiving Fridays.
Circus
My circus has the highest tent,
The wildest acts of all.
The tent’s the sky.
The birds up high,
They show the way to loop and fly.
They never fear to fall.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Sarah is hosting and the theme is circus.
Photos: “I’d Get Dizzy Doing That”, above, and “The Birds Wouldn’t Sit Still So I Took a Picture of This Bee”, below.
The Onset of Autumn
A, B, C, D, E and F
After all the pleasures here,
Before new wonders I might fear
Can I feel the present bliss
Donning on the now like this?
Even when fresh hope feels gone
Find there’s hope that lingers on.
Linked to dVerse Meeting the Bar. Lillian is hosting with alphabet sestets.
Photos: “Water Plants”, above, and “Vine”, below.
Free (Revision)
This is linked to dVerse Poetics. is hosting. The theme is to take a post from a year ago and post a revision of it. On September 11th, 2017, I posted a poem called “Free”. Here is a new version.
New Version
I wonder what this fall will bring
When wind caresses me.
Waves come when the oceans sing
Yearning to be free.
Winter comes to freeze my dreams.
There’s nothing I need do.
The hardest lesson left to learn
Is letting love’s warmth through.
Original Version
My heart felt peaceful but constrained.
The wind blew over me.
The waves hit hard. The land complained.
I wanted to be free.
Eventually through darkened night
The waves revised their song.
I assumed it’s now all right
Though some say it’s still wrong.
Quick
Right here, right now, this steady place
Is where I get to see your face.
There’s nowhere I would rather be.
Where else would I feel more like me?
What fancy blooms our Spring put on!
Quick! Late Summer’s grace will soon be gone.
Linked to dVerse Quadrille. De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) hosts at dVerse and the word for the quadrille is “quick”.
Photos: “September Scene”, above, “Through Waves of Water”, below.
Wings Across the Sky
Inner guidance, help me see
Right across the sky.
May what’s best above come true
Even what I didn’t do
Even when I didn’t try.
Linked to K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge with the theme “Wings Across the Sky”. Also linked to Debbie Roth’s Forgiving Fridays where she describes trusting in her inner guidance.
Photos: “Wings Above the Water”, above, and “Wings Go for the Sky”, below.
Epic Workplace
Eric was a loner. That’s why he liked people. They were rare like deer or bear in the distance. He took a break from thinning paper company land with brush saw holstered on his back and his head lost in his helmet.
He saw the hikers coming. One of them asked him if they were still on the Appalachian Trail. “Yes! Keep going. It’s right over there.” The trail wasn’t easy to see.
Eric wondered why people walked that trail, but he was glad to see them. He was glad he could give someone good directions on their way.
Story: Linked to Charli Mills’ Carrot Ranch. The prompt this week is “epic workplace”. Stories must be exactly 99 words.
Photos: “Almost Floating”, above, and “Light in the Center of the Forest”, below.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 