#CosPhoChal – Page 14 – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking

A New Year Dawns

Dale offers the prompt “a new year dawns” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Focusing on the word “dawn” and realizing I was often in Florida for New Year’s I picked a few of my favorite winter sunrises over the Atlantic Ocean.

Sunrise with two birds — Sunrise with Two Birds

2023’s Greatest Clicks

Dale offers the prompt “2023’s greatest clicks” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

I don’t know why I like these, perhaps, the colors, perhaps, the shapes.

Christmas Poem

Waters rush within,
living rivers flow—
wise men follow star—
God is here not far,
nearer than we know.

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Matthew 2:1-2
¹Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
²Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

John 7:38
³⁸He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Merry Christmas

Dale offers the prompt “show us your Christmas” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. The above ornament is somewhere on the tree.

Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Christmas Art

Dale offers the prompt “Christmas art” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, the last regular challenge of 2023.

Although I didn’t make the wreath below, I did hang it on the door.

For the other three I used LaTeX this past weekend to insert text over photographs that I took some time ago.

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May the Lord bless you this Christmas season

Festive Illuminations

Dale offers “festive illuminations” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The wreath decorates the entrance to the Upper Room Chapel in Fort Mill, SC. We went to a worship service there last Saturday evening and I remembered to take some photos of festive illuminations.

Lighted Wreath at the Upper Room Chapel, Fort Mill, SC

A Cold Start

Dale offers the prompt “a cold start” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Below are pictures of snow taken some years ago to help all of those in northern climates get ready for winter.

In South Carolina, it is cool, but not this cold. These pictures remind me of one reason why we moved south although there were times that the snow was beautiful and I do miss those.

Through an Opening

Dale offers the prompt “through an opening” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

These are all older photos over many years. In the first photo, I imagined the clouds making an opening for the sun to shine.

In the second, the rocks made an opening for the plants to grow.

In the third I imagined the cracks between the stones forming the Western Wall in Jerusalem made an opening for petitions.

Through an opening in the clouds the sun light in the morning shown

Through an opening in the stones the plants grew

Through an opening between the stones of the wall petitions were placed.

Any Two Colors: Blue and White

Dale offers the prompt “any two colors” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

My two colors are blue and white. Some other colors slipped in, but they are primarily blue and white.

Art For Art’s Sake

Dale offers the prompt “art for art’s sake” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Below are photos of Spanish moss. It hangs from trees in the southeastern part of the United States. I think of it as a swirling bunch mindless modern (or pretentious postmodern) art as an excuse to use it for this prompt.

We were in Tampa, Florida, recently. The place where we stayed had many trees with this growing on them.