Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: NaPoWriMo
Walking The Dog
🌾🌾🌾 With leashy strap and pocketful of treats, We swing across the threshold, sun shines in, We’ve powered down for months in woolen pleats, But spring is here (they say), let us begin. We tough the barrier path, as cartwheels spin And soon we’re… Continue Reading “Walking The Dog”
Color Guard (Photo Friday: Reflections)
Crimson next to sun-gold folds stand tall, They line up straight, o’erseeing seabirds’ calls Lining beachside snack bar table sides, Just waiting for the snowbirds to arrive. Reflections on the beachside bar so clear, Remind me why I come again each year, sweetness sweeps… Continue Reading “Color Guard (Photo Friday: Reflections)”
Remediation
The day has come to open wounds long healed, but still irate, The day has come to clear the deck, of hardware left in place. I thought the scars and tendon woes were hazy, distant trials And yet, the inflammation grows, I face the next… Continue Reading “Remediation”
Patience
The endless break of waves on shore, Replenish teeming life-chains spawned, Distracted not, he stares out, ever sure That curl is filled with promise evermore In under-swirling eddy’s from beyond. This discipline has served him well He waits, he skims the surface brine, Intent… Continue Reading “Patience”
Of Shared Strolls, Sandy Beaches and Miracles
Ponte Vedra Sunrise, March, 2014 Damp grains of sand fill up all the spaces ‘tween my toes, As foaming surf rushes to embrace the shore, Erasing every foot-mold, as if they’d never been. Companioned only by a plain-tone plover, we stroll slowly, stopping only for… Continue Reading “Of Shared Strolls, Sandy Beaches and Miracles”
Hidden Treasure
Today, I share a very special poem; one written for me by my Dad, when I was sick with pneumonia in 1978. As the young, working Mom of two children, aged 7 and 4, being hospitalized for 11 days, meant that my husband bore… Continue Reading “Hidden Treasure”
Priceless
🍪🍪🍪🍦🍦🍦🍪🍪🍪 Precious moments strewn before me Each day they fill my memories Cropping up from nowhere, Like bursting leaves on springtime trees. A tiny hand in mine, A tear to wipe away, A doggie walk around the block, An urgent plea to play. Cookie… Continue Reading “Priceless”
“Va Pensiero”
Tonight, as music fills this hallowed hall And transfixed patrons breathe and sigh as one, I’m moved to tears: this music from the past Performed across the sea from whence it came. The eyes are windows to the soul; (some say) For me, the… Continue Reading ““Va Pensiero””
Welcome Home
Was it a dream? Or perhaps a scene from younger days. Mom and Dad Came to visit last night. Happily we waved them in Scurrying to pull up chairs. For a moment, they were there; We were, as once we were. They were young… Continue Reading “Welcome Home”
Vocal Gold
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 A singable tune, with words profound Inspired by the Hebrew slaves A fitting tribute locked in time A treasure for the ages, saved. It’s become the anthem for the masses; Downtrodden, yearning to breathe free. He chose Nabucco to set forth Va Pensiero,… Continue Reading “Vocal Gold”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
Home Sweet Home
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