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Chiaroscuro

April 10, 2017 by Dale Leave a Comment

Portrait of Jessica

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…

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Filed Under: B&W, Jessica, NaPoWriMo_2017, Poetry Tagged With: black and white, Chiaroscuro, Jessica, Light, painting, Poetry, portrait, Shadow

Fortune’s Shadow

February 15, 2017 by Dale 7 Comments

Gypsy telling fortune

“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…

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Filed Under: B&W, Jessica, People, Poetry, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: Fortune, Fortune Telling, gypsy, Jessica, Poem, rosemary, Seville, Shadow, Spain, Weekly Photo Challenge

Beware the Beach Creature

August 15, 2016 by Dale 2 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Beach, Jessica, Poetry, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: beach, brown, claw, creature, Jessica, lymrick, Photography, stick, teacher, Weekly Photo Challenge

Admiration

May 4, 2016 by Dale 2 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: B&W, Jessica, Poetry, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: admiration, B&W, crutch, fog, hero, Jessica, Poetry, strength, Weekly Photo Challenge

Future Fast & Fit

April 10, 2016 by Dale Leave a Comment

Future bent

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…

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Filed Under: B&W, Jessica, People, Poetry, Shoots, Weekly Photo Challenge

Lady of Gold

March 18, 2016 by Dale 1 Comment

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…

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Filed Under: Jessica, Poetry, Sea, Shoots, Travel, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: coconut water, gold, lady of gold, Love, Magdalen Islands, Poem, sea, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge

Haiku Harmony

March 9, 2016 by Dale 4 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Animals, Dogs, Haiku, Jessica, Poetry, Shoots, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: dog sled, Dogs, dogsled, Haiku, harmony, Jessica, sled, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Winter

My Every State of Mind

February 28, 2016 by Dale 1 Comment

My 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…

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Filed Under: Jessica, Poetry, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writes Tagged With: Jessica, Love, Photography, Poetry, Reflection, state of mind, Weekly Photo Challenge, window

“Held in My Heart”

September 10, 2015 by Dale 7 Comments

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.

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Filed Under: B&W, Children, Jessica, Poetry, Shoots, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: connected, Elijah, Haiku, Jessica, Love, Mother, Photo, son, Weekly Photo Challenge

Connected

September 6, 2015 by Dale 1 Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Jessica, People, Shoots, Sky, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: clouds, connected, Haiku, Jessica, Magdalen Islands, Photo, Reflection, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wire

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30 Poems in 30 Days – Global Poetry Writing Month (2022)

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    A Love Song
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    Wormwood
  • Bashert

    Bashert
  • Lumber Dog

    Lumber Dog
  • Aisling for the Land

    Aisling for the Land
  • Hard Boiled Boy

    Hard Boiled Boy
  • The Blasted

    The Blasted
  • Sense of Time

    Sense of Time
  • We Reflect

    We Reflect
  • A Family Grown

    A Family Grown
  • Fly — Away

    Fly — Away
  • Curtains

    Curtains
  • A Question Heard

    A Question Heard
  • The Storm

    The Storm
  • A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom

    A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom
  • Bun in the Oven

    Bun in the Oven
  • The world don’t owe you nothing

    The world don’t owe you nothing
  • the syrphid

    the syrphid
  • Osborne

    Osborne
  • Love is not a Word

    Love is not a Word
  • Meta

    Meta
  • Super-Pop

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  • footprints on the sands of time

    footprints on the sands of time
  • Spring Grows

    Spring Grows
  • Neptune’s Recline

    Neptune’s Recline
  • Red Light, Green Light, Stop

    Red Light, Green Light, Stop
  • Wuthering Heights

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  • Afterwinter

    Afterwinter
  • The Story of a Dog

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