Tag: Poetry

Fresh as a Summer Rose

As your lips impose a kiss as fresh as a summer rose My heart does leap and rejoice in a lilting proseAnd I will never forsake the memories wrapped in your arms, sweet reveriesdreaming together as oneloving from sun to sun. dVerse Quadrille Monday

Last Figs

In the winter, nights and mornings are chilly here in the desert. Rain showers are frequent, and the cactus are plump. The mesquite tree is losing it’s fern like leaves, creating a velvety blanket below it. Birds pick through the refuse to build nests.… Continue Reading “Last Figs”

Moon Glow

Pale moon jellyfish graceful waltz in turquoise sea ethereal glow Author’s Note: Yesterday, we visited OdySea in the Desert, an aquarium attraction Scottsdale AZ. It was spectacular. These moon jellyfish were some of my favorites.

Morning Feed

Inca doves forage pecking between rocks for seed hawk’s wide-eyed prey flickr Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge

From My Window

In the room where I write each day, I watch the world go by through this plate glass window, I’ve seen some magnificent sights A Cooper’s hawk comes visiting hunting easy prey, for the feeders are always laden with a smorgasbord everyday I hear… Continue Reading “From My Window”

The Weight of a Butterfly

waterweed floating away, despite  the butterfly’s weight on it © Chiyo-Ni (Tr. Ueda) resting frail wings for awhilesailing on the peaceful pond Carpe Diem Tan Renga

The Essence of Decay

The bloom of youth in the rain washed rose is a joy for eyes to see yet what lies underneath this glow is invisible to you and me. Blind are we for a fresh budding rose is already fading, dying time is cruel the… Continue Reading “The Essence of Decay”