My love is composed Upon a limestone canvas Worn white with history’s chisel Her mystery emerges Through a faithful portal past Shadowed oak lacquered black The solidity of her stance A palette knifed upon her dress Smoothed soft upon her breast Brush strokes feathered fine With an afternoon’s warm shine Breaching bright background walls Reaching…
Fortune’s Shadow
“Hold the rosemary, Listen my child, I offer you fortune, I offer you clarity. “Give me your hand Give me your life Give to me money and I’ll stop time in the sand. “Your lines are your roads Your hand is my map You travel from far, it is written in codes. “You are newly…
Beware the Beach Creature
Beware the hungry brown beach creature Born of creeping cracked canvas she features A claw of six sharp sticks And with a mind full of tricks Who knows: she might be your next teacher.” All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Fun.” … and…
Admiration
Hobbled by a rugby scrum Halted by the surgeon’s drum You drag, you limp, you fight You struggle with all your might Determined to walk without a brace You make physio a sprint to race Stretching, bending, building strong Pushing through pain all day long Your need for help hurts your pride Vulnerability affixes me…
Future Fast & Fit
You are my future*, fast and fit: Standing still — running into revelry You’re dancing dirty — a dervish in a circle, ours Firm upon a cliff — climbing a mountain, steep We’re cycling — feasting along the Loire Jumping for joy — flung into arms, yours forever Striding across the sea — sinking into…
Lady of Gold
Water gold and you one love precious and pure unfathomable …. You cleanse my spirit sifting through my shoals baptized by ripples of sea You pan my history releasing my secrets mining my life’s nuggets You forge in me a life smelted with a ray of blue an ingot borne of water. You hammer my…
Haiku Harmony
Mother teamed to Son Melted hearts born in hard snow Trained in harmony Black, tan and white fur Bounding for the trail ahead Played in harmony. Heart wrapped in wool Bright eyes sparkle flecks of ice Warmed in harmony. Lovers on a dog sled We are home wrapped in arms Pulled in harmony.” All text…
My Every State of Mind
You are My State of Mind You kiss me and I am a teenage boy being kissed for the first time You laugh and my world becomes a 70s rerun laughing on the carpet You hug me and I am an astronaut finding the cure for cancer on top of Everest You shine desire and…
“Held in My Heart”
“Connected, we never part Belly to shoulders Son, you are held in my heart.” All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Connected.” More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.
Connected
Hanging in the light Shadows play high in the clouds We are connected. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Connected.” More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.