the fog stands wet upon the crumbling cliff reaching for its home the dandelions bend into their wasted selves flagging a season done the fescue weaves the earth into the land setting the dining table the scanning sentinel watches over the world marking life’s moments. I watch the wildness of an island alone dripping hungry…
Seasons Still
Warm – reflections – crystals in the sun Death – life – seasons still. ∞ Submitted as part of “National Poetry Writing Month – 2017” (#NaPoWriMo2017). Today’s prompt: write a poem with a secret – in other words, a poem with a word or idea or line that it isn’t expressing directly. The…
Quills
Dip a sharpened quill into the bluest ink of time and link it when then drink it now. Draw forth the weather’s breath through walls Nasrid built and exhale princes, all, are bid adieu measured now for red yellow red. Abdicate the past, passed caliphate and amir, proclaim an indigo crown to roost and rule…
Dense
It was our honeymoon — but in this case, it wasn’t the honey of the moon we sought. It was the elixir of the sun which drew us to Spain and to the Rioja. Landing in the land of wine, we took our accommodation in a history-drenched Parador in Santo Domingo de la Calzada —…
Green is My Vice
Kiss me once and kiss me twice I am a frog Green is my vice. Sitting low upon my throne I am the Pond King Behold — all that I own. Water is my golden pleasure Look into my eye See all my treasure. Crowned I am by a water flower I stroll my palace…
Green is the Colour of Orange
Sphere of vital green Single segments held as one Orange with sun’s kiss.” All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “It IS Easy Being Green.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Hurricane’s Descent
Through hurricane’s eye Storms the waterfall below Chutes return to sea. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Atop.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Love Written in the Sand
Four billion years of stone broken into a whispering beach The sea a water clock A second the time to fall in love Forever is a moment played Feelings formed upon the shore Infinity counted in the grains Love exists without dimension We are written in the sand washed clean by eternity. All text and…
The Road’s Compass
Shadows upon the road Taken memories Cast against sky azure Peering upon the sundial Moving micro minutes Direction is a circle Our lives are choices made Consequences enclosed Upon destiny’s arc. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “The Road Taken.” ……
Solitude
Feral beauty rests Warm upon a Moorish wall Feline Solitude. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Solitude.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
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