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Osborne

April 11, 2022 by Dale Leave a Comment

Osborne Bull Sign

You stand the sentinel of midnight drank A drawn black shadow against azure 14 metres of nothing upon the tawny grass Your brandied herd, not more than five score, You roam in space, held dark in place, Charging the horizon, with cars we race, Distill the seasons into strength and proof Mix the sun with…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo2022, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: bandy, bull, GloPoWriMo, History, Osborne, Poem, sherry, Spain

Quills

April 1, 2017 by Dale 2 Comments

Peacock Head

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…

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Filed Under: Animals, NaPoWriMo_2017 Tagged With: History, Kay Ryan, Moor, NaPoWriMo2017, peacock, Poetry, quill, Real Alcázar, Spain, time, writing

Mother of Walls

October 31, 2016 by Dale 7 Comments

Transmogrify

A history book of graffiti You are a Mother of brick Divided you stand between Separating time from love Place from exodus Torn and crumbling Beauty and hate Your skin reveals Skeleton and heart.” For me, the wall says it all and well represents the theme of this week’s Photo Challenge, “Transmogrify.” But there are…

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Filed Under: Architecture, Poetry, Shoots, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: antisemtism, Convent, Dominican, History, Isabella, Jew, Moor, Muslim, Photo, Poetry, Seville, Spain, Transmogrify, wall

Bones of Earth

May 9, 2016 by Dale 3 Comments

She holds shattered life History’s stone skeletons Reaching bones in Earth. All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Earth.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.

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Filed Under: Haiku, Nature, Poetry, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: bones, earth, Haiku, History, life, shattered, skeleton, stone, Weekly Photo Challenge

Wood-Cuts

April 28, 2016 by Dale Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Haiku, Objects, Poetry, Shoots, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: abstract, Forest, Gatineau, Haiku, Hike, History, macro, Poem, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wood, wood-cut

Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers

July 19, 2014 by Dale 3 Comments

My contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers. © Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014   See more photography here ….

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Filed Under: Architecture, General, Shoots, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: Architecture, Chicago, Clay Pot, Cup of Nestor, Dolphin, Flower Pot, Folegandros, Greece, History, Photo, Photography, Santorini, Shedd Aquarium, Shoots, sunset, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wine Glass

Weekly Photo Challenge: Relics

July 13, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

My contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Relics.   © Dale Schierbeck 2014 See more photography here ….

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Filed Under: Architecture, Art, General, Shoots, Travel Tagged With: Boston, Canada, Cemetery, Crete, Defaced, Fresco, Greece, Halifax, History, Inauguration, Kennedy, Kennedy Library, Lissos, Merrickville, Nova Scotia, Old Burying Ground, Ottawa, Peace Tower, Photo, Photography, Relic, Rideau Canal, Shoots, Speech, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge

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

  • A Love Song

    A Love Song
  • Chosen

    Chosen
  • Wormwood

    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

    Super-Pop
  • 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

    Wuthering Heights
  • Afterwinter

    Afterwinter
  • The Story of a Dog

    The Story of a Dog

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