Sun sets upon the Shipyard cracks The horizon Painted on in layers Weathered By storms and brine Peeling the crust From atop the snow Life is an iron Skeleton beneath Penetrating history Rusted gold Bleeds from background I touch the bark Of a dry-docked hull And the earth Falls in flakes to the ground 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.” ……
Light of My Ambience
Quiet darkness is replaced By the warmth of candlelight Casting singularity A couple merge in shadows Your love is a glowing flame I’m mesmerized in your dance. I stare into liquid eyes A moth captured in moonlight. I’m wedded to your ring of fire Every night wine and steak dinner. My life is warm candlelight…
The Way …
Your love is the way a purpose made brilliant a pilgrim proven resilient. Your love is the way the missing part a rescue chart. Your love is the way an open hand a one life stand. Your love is the way a scallop art a fertile heart. Your love is the way a rising sun…
Reflected Magic
Melt the rainbow in a pot of gold Mold the molten into magic Tear the sunshine from the rain Polish me a jelly-bean into jewel Consume the world in a blink Send my wife tulips for today Bend the bouquet into illusion And cast your beauty upon its mirrors.” All text and photography © Dale…
Narrow Gossamer
Tied to gossamer A red kite pressed to heaven Narrow is our hold. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Narrow.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Future’s Curve
My world is revealed Through a portal I will flow Today is future’s curve. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Curve.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Wood-Cuts
History circles us Wrapped in a forest of bark Our lives are but wood-cuts.” All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Abstract.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
Art Made Real
Art pulls at our lives … Your smile follows me wherever I’m pulled I’m held by your gaze. Standing on a bridge struggling with all my fears screams from the weight of years. Made of Titanic marble heroic stands against disbelief Goliath stoned by your devotion. You’re passion born of sea foam but a torso…
Forever is a Time …
Forever is the light a sunset a candle the dim light upon our eyes I watch … it fades and time remains. Forever is a moment, a leaf the sky a season caught in two, I pray … to believe a cycle eternal. Forever is a time a watch a hand a life line wanders…