Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: National Poetry Writing Month
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”
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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