Today is Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub and the prompt word is “snow.” Snow is beautiful danger like a sleeping cat’s claws. It masks the world soft, hiding sharp objects.It entices us into the blinding white to freeze. A snowflake confuses the eye, appearing to float, barely falling as it holds our attentionwhile thousandsContinue reading “Snow is Beautiful Danger”
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Endings and Beginnings: THIS is a Great Day
I woke up in a winter wonderland. It started snowing yesterday evening, and the snow stuck. There was about a half foot of snow when the sun came out. I was so excited to try my reflection balls in the snow. What a great way to celebrate finishing my draft. I Did It! I wroteContinue reading “Endings and Beginnings: THIS is a Great Day”
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”
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 