Haibun, Poem

Weathering The Dark

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€ #317
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Musing, Poem

RDP Sunday: turn

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word โ€˜turnโ€™.
ย Thanks, Doc! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Music Blog

October & April

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.ย 
Hereโ€™s my October artists and their song.

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Poem

Autumn Breeze

Written for Gerry & Sueโ€™s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, using the word โ€˜shimmeringโ€™.
Hereโ€™s were the prompt word took me.

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Haibun

Like A Leaf On A Breeze: A Haibun

Written for dโ€™Verse Haibun Monday 10.21.24 ~
Fall Foliage or Spring Blossoms. Here is my haibun.

Whether winter, spring, summer or fall, the view from my bedroom window has afforded me comfort and solace in times of physical and emotional struggle. The simple, unadorned panes of glass are a constant in my life, keeping me company, offering the best show in town. After all, what could be better than observing the changes brought about by Mother Nature? As the daily view gradually transforms, so do I. The delicate buds that caressed the tree branches in spring burst open full of life to face the summer sun; now they cling precariously to those same branches, a dainty necklace of copper, bronze and gold strands. More sky is visible through scantily clad tree limbs. Oh, what a tantalizing tease! The silvery glow from the hunterโ€™s moon is an organic lightshow. What will tomorrow bring?

spring blossoms plant warm wet kisses
fall leaves crunch underfoot
winter flakes form crystal blankets

NARยฉ2024

This is โ€œForever Autumnโ€ by the Moody Blues

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.

Poem

Isn’t Life Strange: An Ovi Poem

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge 45: Season is our inspiration

Remembering my childhood toys
Yoyos and skates and other joys
And making signs that read โ€œNo Boysโ€
I had so much fun being six

Remembering my teenage games
My jeans always had brand names
How I teased and sprayed my wild mane
Trying to look so very cool

Remembering my salad days
Into your golden eyes Iโ€™d gaze
The Beatles were all the craze
But the Stones could really rock

Remember our newborn baby
Weโ€™d get some sleep at night maybe
Pregnant again this is crazy
Thatโ€™s three kids in just three years

Remember our boys starting school
One plus one and the golden rule
Kids on the playground being cruel
A fat lip and a blackened eye

Remember the day our son wed
The champagne went straight to my head
We danced till we fell into bed
That was such a wonderful night

Remembering our grandchildren
I guess we got older but when
You haven’t changed a bit since then
You’ll always be my one true love

Remembering when you left me
You were here then gone suddenly
I keep asking how can this be
You werenโ€™t supposed to die

Remember the springtime of life
The summer I became your wife
The autumns and winters of strife
I’m so damn lonely without you

NARยฉ2024

This is โ€œIsnโ€™t Life Strangeโ€ by the Moody Blues

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and is not for use by anyone without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.