my eye was born in the stirring of the sky a painted ingot fired with the dawn burning at the dam’s early light a dividing wall eroded and a river ran from the zenith a molten composition cast upon the cotton ball sky cooling it cracked in a crinkling with it my arrogance that once…
Red Sky Tonight …
My lips are painted with the red sky tonight … she has kissed me hard pressed against the weather pane — I’m twisting in her words, full-sail, piercing air, a dappled blanket sheathes a sorceress’ spell spoken Burn me, melt me, make me whole, cleanse from me a darkened soul, calm my waters in a…
Sunset
With the waning, the closing of the day I fight to hold onto the dying light Watching sun burn quiet into a star Strength fading from hot white to cold black night Lost in transformation, my faith is found In tranquil treasures of a changing sky Gradients radiance burst hopes aglow Rusted, reborn, recast, regenerates…
Sunrise Upon a Hull
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…
Atop Granada – Alhambra
Some walks to the top are intentioned. Some just happen. Here’s my story (photo) story on how I found myself atop Granada … If you know Granada, a richly layered and culturally diverse city in Spain, you also know that it is perched in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. And while it is a…
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…
Baby Sea
Sunset licks a dying sky Baby blue washed in pink hue Foam born waters laps. * * * Apricot blush sipped Blue waters rise into sky Sea rose rests on sand. * * * Warm sand drinks summer sky Stratus quenched in baby sea Heaven is here with you. All text and images © Dale…
Inspiration
Misshapen pearls Cast as lovers’ notes Upon the water’s tapestry A baroque palette of sound Paints romance On chorded waves. Indeed, J.S. Bach never sounded better in my life. A moment captured for a lifetime. A lifetime lived in a moment. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to…
Betwixt Day and Night
Betwixt day and night Fire erupts from water black There paused half and half. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Half and Half.” More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.
Amazing Grace
A chapel of Église Saint-André, Cap-aux-Meules on the Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) at sunset. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.