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Storms

April 19, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

water drops on a leaf

Above ground the clouds circled Below ground the waters came Caught in the cracks of the walls Down to the foundation through soaked Earth with sorrow and sadness while Fear and anxiety gathered in the storm Giving pause for personal reflection Held hostage in the core of yesterday’s Interior locked in its shadows, Jailed behind…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: abecedarian, alphabet, GloPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo_2019, Poem, possibility, psyche, Reflection, storm, Water

Luminescence Sent

April 12, 2017 by Dale Leave a Comment

Reflection pool at Real Alcazar

Colours pool in solitude – painted – brushes weather washes away – watery – reflections swallowing whole swatches – summer – swirls autumn awe solemn bare – cracking – crumbling diving down a mermaid den – sultan’s – glen rouge rapt on smitten cheeks – reeds – rise a peacock peeks – revenant – revivalent…

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Filed Under: NaPoWriMo_2017, Poetry, Travel, Water Tagged With: colour, luminescence, NaPoWriMo2017, Poetry, Real Alcázar, Reflection, Spain, Water

Reflected Magic

November 20, 2016 by Dale 5 Comments

Jeff Koons' "Tulips"

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…

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Filed Under: Architecture, Objects, People, Poetry, Sky, Travel, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: Bilbao, colour, Guggenheim, Jeff Koons, magic, mirror, Poetry, Reflection, sculpture, Spain, Tulips, Weekly Photo Challenge

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

A Study in Cork and Rope

September 13, 2015 by Dale 5 Comments

Buoy a dream buy me rope Dance the waves with Irish cork Shipwrecked upon the shore. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Monochromatic.” More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.  

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Filed Under: Architecture, Shoots, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: cork, Haiku, macro, Magdalen Islands, Monochromatic, Monochrome, Photo, Reflection, Rope, travel, 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

Floating Dragon

April 16, 2015 by Dale 6 Comments

Floating Dragon

My heart is a dragon afloat An open mouth of violet Tender lips on a pool of glass Heaven in an azure mirror A tongue of gold spins The love of my soul Silken threads protect Project long quills as teeth Submitted to life’s current Pressed against satin scales I am a wild snap dragon…

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Filed Under: Flora, Nature, Poetry, Shoots, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writes Tagged With: afloat, dragon, flower, fragile, Love, Photo, Reflection, snap dragon, violet, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge, wild

In the Twinkle of the Tongue

December 13, 2014 by Dale 3 Comments

Twinkle Splash of Light

In the twinkle of the splash Lighted rings hold us tight A tongue erupts from the gash Imprints our eye with silver light And as the pebble falls below Heaven paints the liquid fabric Wrap my dreams in sunshine glow Wisps of graphic that flit like magic. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See…

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Filed Under: Poetry, Shoots, Sky, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writes Tagged With: Light, liquid, pepple, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, refraction, sky, splash, twinkle, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge

Dialogue ~ No. 2: Reflections

September 1, 2014 by Dale 2 Comments

© Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 See more of the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue. See more of my own photography here ….

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Filed Under: General, Nature, People, Shoots, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: Dialogue, Lake Louise, Mission Creek, Photo, Photography, Reflection, Rocks, Shoots, Water, 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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