image link Faint as a butterfly’s pulse Light as a snowflake’s touch Sweet as a drop of warm honey Rare as the perfect pie crust Precious as a baby’s first smile Engaging as a cat watching a bird feeder Mindful as counting inhales and exhales Where yin meets yang Resonance the daily prompt —…
Tag: The Daily Prompt
The Daily Prompt — Neighbors
image link In the little red house across the alley behind my house, and next to the vacant lot, lived an older woman who routinely complained that we needed to trim branches of the oak trees that crossed our shared property line. Checking with city ordinances, we learned that she was free to trim…
The Daily Prompt — Simmer
image link Annual Exam Today was annual exam day, the 2nd annual exam with this doctor. Previous health care providers have been lackluster to downright demeaning in their bedside manner. In all of the almost 60 years of having doctors, I remember my pediatrician as being a jolly older gentleman who seemed to enjoy what…
The Daily Prompt — Beach
image link Orange. Eyes closed but mind awake, Sun’s rays filtered Through capillaries Of eyelids, Waves zig-zag rhythmically Along the shore A familiar whoosh sizzle, Nature’s lullaby. Brain, now in the realm Of consciousness, Trying to decide Whether to fall back To remland Or to remain, Exquisitely, In the resting state. The Daily Prompt
Day 24.2 — OctWriPoMo — Eyes are Replaced. Also The Daily Prompt: Trademark
image link BLITZ form of poetry Eyes are Replaced Look for it in the mouth Look in the eyes Eyes grim Eyes hard Hard as stone Hard as apathy Apathy pervades Apathy destroys Destroys lives Destroys planet Planet diseased Planet crying Crying please Crying stop Stop selling Stop killing Killing life Killing hope…
The Daily Post — The Daily Prompt — Ascend
image link One summer day, near the 4th of August, I decided to take a walk in the woods of the back 40. I’d never been that deep into the thicketed terrain, as it was mucky in places, blackberry thorns would mean certain tears at skin or clothing, and there were rumors every so often…
Pearl’s
Our boss, once a year, bequeaths us three days at a conference, hours north from an already northern place. It’s a luxury resort, off-season rates, and the run of the place. Folks from around the state convene, joined by a common profession. We speak the same language, we laugh at the same jokes. Vendors come…
Tao Talk 