Today I thought I would have some fun and combine my photography and poetry for Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge prompt “On the Shelf.” I rearranged my bookshelves to create poems from the book titles. Here is how I read the first bookshelf poem: From the Outside to the Center The outsiderin theContinue reading “Poetic Bookshelves”
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Winter Comforts
I had a pretty visitor. New Poem Scheduled And some days are about comfortlike furry cuddles and pizzaand foreheads full of purrs that leave the big questions unpondered or wrestled and wrangled by other mindswhile I wrestle warm blanketsand purloin petsnot strivingfor more These images fit with Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge promptContinue reading “Winter Comforts”
Celebrating Play and Treats
As you can see, the snow is gone. I know I said I wasn’t going to publish all my word pictures here, but I wanted to show the result without the snow, and then I did some playing indoors. New Poem The dVerse Poets Pub is open after a two week vacation and today LisaContinue reading “Celebrating Play and Treats”
Unlocking New Doors
I’m sitting at my desk, looking at these pictures, singing “This is freakin’ fun, this is freakin’ fun.” Though many of this morning’s experiments didn’t work (the filter didn’t work with my other lenses, so I couldn’t put “WONDER” on the mountain), I’m still so excited about my ability to put words in my world.Continue reading “Unlocking New Doors”
#SoCS: Resolve to Dissolve
Today, in response to Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge prompt “A New Year,” I tried something I’ve been thinking about. Using the same clear plastic that I used for my “snowglobes,” I created a filter with written words and put them in the world. This opens up so many possibilities, an exciting discoveryContinue reading “#SoCS: Resolve to Dissolve”
A New Palette for Looking Forward
New Poem Enraptured What joy to play with lightto join it frolickingblue flashing whiteorange blushing pinkor smiling yellowI slow the shutterand move the lensthinking I can control the dancebut the ecstacyis in the unexpectedwhen what I’ve capturedis a delicious panoplyno longer of its partsbut a melded mutationin motion and now singularto be copied, resized, orContinue reading “A New Palette for Looking Forward”
Sun Worship on a Snowy Day
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”
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”
Experience Writing 