Hover with beating wings flower lover Fleeting with iridescent light meeting Reminiscent the wasp, feeding self-sufficient Stops upon a wild rose buzz your hosp Nose deep in dusted pollen your clothes Fallen seraphim cast away foreign Steam the rim of summer’s cream Skim the sunshine of golden trim Mine the sugary of floral wine Fly…
Returned
My writing called bring a return metamorphosis answered beating its wings drying the flow a seasonal cycle fall into spring in a jar once of Play-Doh six months an insectarium transformed a living statue a bathroom constant awaiting a vernal spark life parsley wilted dried…
Swallow-Tails
Like a ribbon of verdant grass curled around my finger I remember my youth of running barefoot through the grass and clover chasing the flight of butterflies over Okanagan air like the wind whispering love to the tail of a dancing kite pale sulfur sails panel the blue as long crooked legs come alight upon…
Aqua Green
Upon the aqua green Walkers buoyed on pillows of air Orange life preserver.” A pasture feeds flock feasts The Multitude wanders algae water Miracles swim beneath.” All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “H20.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Pollen Feast
Savoring life’s sweet pleasures Purple pollen laden feet Honey blooms on gossamer. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Cherry on Top.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Partners
Into you I fall Copper ingots melting into a pool of emerald With you I will fly Feathered fur tufted upon a tapestry of wind Upon you I rest Life mating with life, partners procreated of love. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on…
Diner or Dinner?
Through tall spires of grass Weaves a bull of fur through time Diner or dinner? All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Dinnertime.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Marching Two by Two …
Life upon a diamond dune Marching two by two Traveling the world upon its grains. ~ All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Beneath Your Feet.” More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.
Monarch’s Reward
Few if any other creatures have to work as hard as they do for their reward than the ephemeral monarch whose journey will take it from toe to tip of this continent in search of milkweed. While milkweed is the monarch’s reward for its thousands of kilometer long flights, milkweed is also disappearing as part…
Carry Me Away …
To have feet that could carry me to a place A place not here … a place not there To a place that is to be Where wings will appear And can bring dreams to me. All Photos and Text © Dale Schierbeck See more of from other’s submissions to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Minimalist….