New Poem Oh Sun, We Have Missed You Today we worship the suneyes closed, we absorbIt pets us with photonsenters us and makes us lightSee orange turn to pinkbehind our lidsfilled with warm calmour cheeks lift as our faces floatWe curl up and breathe itlet it fill our cavitieslike bird bonesThe vibrating surfacereflects its caresseslikeContinue reading “Sun Worship on a Snowy Day”
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Fuzzy Mittens on a Snowy Day
Today’s photo prompt “mittens” inspired me to get wrapped up in my snow clothes and go play in the snow. Kitty came out to guide me home. New Poem Slippers for Hands I don’t own any mittensI searched the drawersand the cubbies in the closetI have glovesgore-tex gloves for skiingknitted gloves lined with fleecewine coloredContinue reading “Fuzzy Mittens on a Snowy Day”
Sunlight on the Snow
Today I learned that I can make bokeh shapes with sparkles on the snow. If the sun had stayed out, I would have played with all my filters, but it only peeked out from the clouds for a moment. New Poem Snow Day Sunlight dancing on the snow enrapturessparkling rainbows on every surface captivateblissful seagullsContinue reading “Sunlight on the Snow”
Return with the Snowglobe
This morning I received a real snowglobe world. New Poem The prompt at Poetic Bloomings today is Prompt #366 – Many Happy Returns which challenges us to write a return poem. Fleeting She will never returnthat woman of yesterdaybefore this morning’s snowbefore the candycanemelted in this coffeeshe is but a blip of historya snug memoryofContinue reading “Return with the Snowglobe”
#SoCS: Everything is yummy when you give it away.
Today’s prompt, altruism, inspired me to finally make an open hand bokeh filter. I like how it turned out. Then I had fun filling it. Stream of Consciousness It’s stream of consciousness Saturday. The prompt for today is “yum.” My family gathered for gift giving last night and my mother made the most delicious strawberryContinue reading “#SoCS: Everything is yummy when you give it away.”
Eating All the Sunlight-Soaked Oranges
I enjoy getting a little orange in my stocking every year. Today, I played with visualizing the joy of that experience. New Poem A Precarious Achievement It was a beautiful ceiling,a feeling of wishingthe time I wasn’t homeflickers across and distortsour lives.Games and cookies further generalizedwhile the implications stimulatedgiving us candles, the yard was spectacularlyContinue reading “Eating All the Sunlight-Soaked Oranges”
Christmas Duck Giving
What does giving look like? Yesterday, while rummaging around looking for yeti things, I happened upon this dishtowel I forgot I had. The universe gifted me this Christmas duck, so I decided to give it some gifts. New Poem On Vacation We visitedsomething else disappearedpieces of shared experiencetaking up residencein the paintingson your foreheadand theContinue reading “Christmas Duck Giving”
A Visit From Yeti
New Poem At the Motel Pool She sits on a stool in a blue poolwith the water over her headI expect her to bloomlike the strange flowersin my clear glass tea potbut she straddles that stooland competes with the waterfor bluestMy shins in the shallows shimmerflesh under fresh pressurea slippery contradictory mysterynow I’m swimming; it’sContinue reading “A Visit From Yeti”
The Joys of Gingerbread
Today’s photography prompt was inspiring. I refilled my glass gingerbread man with syrup and I made some healthy gingerbread with freshly grated ginger and toasted hazelnut flour (instead of almond). I’m so glad I tried it, because Gingerbread People are delicious. New Poem Disquieting Signs Lift it upHold it up toa light sourcea reflection ofContinue reading “The Joys of Gingerbread”
Do You Hear What I Hear?
A few days ago I realized that Bells managed to get on my prompt calendar twice. I thought about replacing it, but then I concluded that I hadn’t done much with the bells filter I created the first time around. I had some fun detailing my bells with pieces of label stickers. New Poem TheContinue reading “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
Experience Writing 