August
12th, 2013
~
Minimal
Monday
~
Nature exhales poetry
breathe deeply
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August
13th, 2013
~
Darkness
we
lay
on
our backs
looking
up waiting patiently
Perseids
***
Brilliant
streaking
across
deep
blue velvet
trailing
white hot tails
Meteors
August
14th, 2013
~
Bright-eyed
and alert the Lookout guards the covey
any
suspicious movement and he sounds off, urgent chucks of alarm
alerting those below feeding
DANGER!
DANGER!
Off
they go, small legs moving at the speed of light
bodies
erect, top knots held high~ effortlessly floating across the stage
like feathered ballerinas
making
their exit into the underbrush
SAFETY!!
August
15th, 2013
~
Dusky
deep blue berries
Virginia
creeper's gift for Bluebirds
in
late summer they arrive
rusty
breasted~blue winged acrobats
hanging
from the vines they harvest eagerly
chattering
with enthusiasm~delighted at this treat
though
eluding my lens~they do bring happiness***
August
16th, 2013
~
What
makes a writer?
Is
it technique, the ability to measure and place
each
and every word just so?
Or
is it words pouring from the heart
onto
the page, sometimes a mad tumble
grammar
slightly askew, yet written with joy?
I
ask myself these things as I try to meet
the
daily challenge of placing one more stone
writing
my way home toward the end of the year
Yet
in this kind generous company I feel safe
placing
my daily piece knowing that many will see me
behind
each line spilled onto the page, they'll see
the
lover of nature and creatures, lover of words
not
perfect, yet filled with enough courage
to
open my heart and share what I see
I
am thankful to be in such kind and caring company
which
feeds the heart~ encouraging and nurturing
no
tearing lines to bits and stripping each piece down
to
bare bones ~until all semblance of the joy which gave it life
is
gone~ buried beneath technique and perfection
yet
I grow and learn~ reading other stones placed
marvelous
words written ~which in turn nourish me
So
we grow together, each in our own way
truly
blessed in this company
August
17th, 2013
~
SWS
Trio
~
Morning
Glory
greets
us
most
generously
~
Breakfast
al fresco
birdsong
sweetened tea
~
Morning
yoga
breathing
deeply
inhaling
peace
August
18th, 2013
~
Salty
golden
brown
buttery
crunchy bliss
taking
me worlds away
Galette
~
Galette
from Normandy
I
savor each buttery bite
kissed
with a touch of sea salt
Closing
my eyes I travel
walking
those shores
hearing
the sea breaking
tasting
the salty spray on my lips
breathing
deeply of the iodine laden air
looking
across the water at Mont St-Michel
I
am there just for a moment but what bliss
I think the matter of "growth" here is key. That is quite evident to those of us who have known you for years. So very proud of you, and what you've discovered and accomplished since you began in January. And yes, the community of small stone writers is truly a blessing, to all of us!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pam. Of course without your invite, none of this would have ever come into being. So thank you for stepping out there and hitting the send button when you passed the invitation on to me. It's been an interesting journey and I am enjoying it immensely. The friendships forged from that first day in January are amazing, who would ever guessed it.
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