Prompt: At dusk.
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the concept of "dusk" -- those moments as the sun is going down it's getting steadily darker.
If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post. :)
Prompt inspired by: A weekend with my mother in the mountain farmlands.
Random Wisdom: Crowfoot - Life
“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.” ~ Crowfoot
A Visit with Grandpa
Sacred swirls
twirl around my toes
as Neptune
pulls back his beard to cast
his frothy tresses at my feet--
netting my heart again
and again.
The surf's eternal rumbles
caress my soul
if only for these few precious hours.
Inspired by: Monday Musings: June 23, 2014 - Image Prompt... and Grandpa Ocean. :)
twirl around my toes
as Neptune
pulls back his beard to cast
his frothy tresses at my feet--
netting my heart again
and again.
The surf's eternal rumbles
caress my soul
if only for these few precious hours.
Inspired by: Monday Musings: June 23, 2014 - Image Prompt... and Grandpa Ocean. :)
Monday Musings: June 23, 2014 - Image Prompt
Prompt:
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt inspired by: Sea Bright, NJ and a very nice Sunday celebrating Greg's birthday early.
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt inspired by: Sea Bright, NJ and a very nice Sunday celebrating Greg's birthday early.
Random Wisdom: G. W. Huber - Magic
As adults, we give up the pretenses of childhood. Stupidly, we sacrifice those things in the name of growing up. The magic which once told us that things really could be all right is replaced by the world of newspapers and nightly news; the world that tells us that nothing, ever, is really right.
We trade our simple faith for cynicism and our dreams for a working reality. Once we've let it go, we cannot get it back. We lose the magic simply by failing to believe in it.
We trade our simple faith for cynicism and our dreams for a working reality. Once we've let it go, we cannot get it back. We lose the magic simply by failing to believe in it.
~G. W. Huber, "Magic"
Willing the Spin
Standing on a morning shore,
I scry the water's gray glass surface
for direction
as the haze has confused my compass
yet again.
Impatient for the ground
to center me,
I skip the first flat stone
and watch the ripples
create concentric chaos.
My take on Monday Musings: June 16, 2014 - Image Prompt
I scry the water's gray glass surface
for direction
as the haze has confused my compass
yet again.
Impatient for the ground
to center me,
I skip the first flat stone
and watch the ripples
create concentric chaos.
My take on Monday Musings: June 16, 2014 - Image Prompt
Monday Musings: June 16, 2014 - Image Prompt
Prompt:
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt inspired by: Kerlundphoto a blogsite for Photos, Art and Life
I've been following Kerlund's blog for quite a while now and am always inspired by her and her partner's ability to capture and create beauty. Please take the time to visit her site. It's absolutely lovely. :)
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt inspired by: Kerlundphoto a blogsite for Photos, Art and Life
I've been following Kerlund's blog for quite a while now and am always inspired by her and her partner's ability to capture and create beauty. Please take the time to visit her site. It's absolutely lovely. :)
Random Wisdom: Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Destruction
“Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.” ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Une vision d'Edward James (A Vision of Edward James)
Posing a reflection,
the poet focuses forward
surrealistically stealing
his face from view--
commissioning his portrait
to surreptitiously stand behind
his patronage of the painter.
Inspired by: Mag 224 -- Not to be Reproduced (La reproduction interdite, 1937) by René Magritte.
the poet focuses forward
surrealistically stealing
his face from view--
commissioning his portrait
to surreptitiously stand behind
his patronage of the painter.
Inspired by: Mag 224 -- Not to be Reproduced (La reproduction interdite, 1937) by René Magritte.
The Corporate Swallowtail (Butterfly Cinquain)
Wanting
to spread my wings
and fly free from this place--
to release my mind from this toil.
My soul
longs to shine, to be seen and heard.
Bound by expectation,
my heart sighs deep
and weeps.
Note: A butterfly cinquain is a poem comprised of 9 lines with a syllable structure of: 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2.
to spread my wings
and fly free from this place--
to release my mind from this toil.
My soul
longs to shine, to be seen and heard.
Bound by expectation,
my heart sighs deep
and weeps.
Note: A butterfly cinquain is a poem comprised of 9 lines with a syllable structure of: 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2.
Freed by Fender
Succumbing to
the high-pitched wail of electricity,
I'm lost
in the deftness of legendary fingers.
Behind closed eyes
colors shift with the contrast of sounds
cradling my heart
to liberate my soul.
My take on Monday Musings: June 9, 2014 - Image Prompt. No matter how draining the day, there's not much a screaming guitar can't break through... ;)
the high-pitched wail of electricity,
I'm lost
in the deftness of legendary fingers.
Behind closed eyes
colors shift with the contrast of sounds
cradling my heart
to liberate my soul.
My take on Monday Musings: June 9, 2014 - Image Prompt. No matter how draining the day, there's not much a screaming guitar can't break through... ;)
Monday Musings: June 9, 2014 - Image Prompt
Prompt:
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt Inspired by: My favorite form of escapism... music. ;)
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt Inspired by: My favorite form of escapism... music. ;)
Random Wisdom: Stephen Richards - Focus and Determination
“To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen.” ~ Stephen Richards
A Wistfulness
Oh, to sit on the shore
of an island in the sky
fishing for nothing but sunshine.
To feel the cloud's kiss
as the breeze rolls him by
and the slight tug of light on the line.
Written for Monday Musings: June 2, 2014 - Image Prompt
of an island in the sky
fishing for nothing but sunshine.
To feel the cloud's kiss
as the breeze rolls him by
and the slight tug of light on the line.
Written for Monday Musings: June 2, 2014 - Image Prompt
Monday Musings: June 2, 2014 - Image Prompt
Prompt:
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt Inspired by: National Geographic Photograph; April 28, 2014 -- Island in the Sky
Photograph by Shane Kalyn
"There is an ethereal, otherworldly feeling to this photograph, as this little island in the middle of Tumuch Lake in northern British Columbia appears as if it's floating in the clouds," says Shane Kalyn, who submitted this photo to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. "To bring us back to Earth, a fish has left a ripple in the water on the left-hand side of the shot. The scene was amazing to witness, let alone be lucky enough to photograph—totally the right place at the right time."
What to do: Write, film, compose, draw, paint, or otherwise express yourself based on the image above. If you are open to sharing, just put a link to your inspired creation in the comments section of this post.
Prompt Inspired by: National Geographic Photograph; April 28, 2014 -- Island in the Sky
Photograph by Shane Kalyn
"There is an ethereal, otherworldly feeling to this photograph, as this little island in the middle of Tumuch Lake in northern British Columbia appears as if it's floating in the clouds," says Shane Kalyn, who submitted this photo to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. "To bring us back to Earth, a fish has left a ripple in the water on the left-hand side of the shot. The scene was amazing to witness, let alone be lucky enough to photograph—totally the right place at the right time."
Random Wisdom: Dr. Seuss - Wistfulness
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory...” ~ Dr. Seuss
Leaning Against the Veil
Like Alice spying
a garden through the keyhole,
I wait--
carefully contemplating
the cost of the key.
Written for Wednesday's Weekly Write #6
a garden through the keyhole,
I wait--
carefully contemplating
the cost of the key.
Written for Wednesday's Weekly Write #6
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