Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Poetry
Writing, Photography, Culinary, Crafting
Triple Header
📓*📓*📓 Fifty years ago today My marble notebook, open lay: Scribbled lessons, Homework sessions, Boyfriend doodles, Girlfriend toodles. Atop each gray-lined leaf, A simple sign of pure belief: ‘neath penciled cross, “JMJ” embossed. 📓*📓*📓… Continue Reading “Triple Header”
The Sound of Silence (Vienna; May 7, 1824)
****************** Suddenly, I’ve stopped tumbling through time. Suddenly, I’m witness to his silent moment of triumph. Suddenly, I see, that he hears only through pulsing stringed vibrations and deafened, thundering applause. Suddenly, I weep. ******* This weekend, we want you to give us a… Continue Reading “The Sound of Silence (Vienna; May 7, 1824)”
Villanelle*: Precious Progeny
👫👫👫👫👫 ************************************************* My Grandsons, three plus two, my ‘starting five’ they rampage, romp, and shoot at hoops with zest My ‘Sis’ has five Grand-girls, in pink they thrive. all prettied up, her girls dress to the nines while mine, in ‘Pirate Blue”, launch plunder-quests… Continue Reading “Villanelle*: Precious Progeny”
Villanelle: Maysong
Their song arises to celestial realms bubbling o’er the cliff in coiling curls As hawk’s wings soar and float atop the elms. and top tall branches in the clouds entwined as ring by ring, the puffs of song unfurl Their song arises to celestial… Continue Reading “Villanelle: Maysong”
Ecstasy Unleashed
On his crown, the Blenheim spot. His loft: a perch to watch the world go by. Until… “Want to go for a walk?” Dashing to the doorstep, Tail wagging, He welcomes his tether. 🐶🐶🐶 Trifextra Weekend Challenge: This weekend we’re asking for… Continue Reading “Ecstasy Unleashed”
Savanna: Survival
Oddest creature: She spreads her lanky legs, Falling clumsily to her knees to slurp up water-gulps. She survives. Tallest mammal: Sprinting across the savanna, Reaching tree-clumps; razor-sharp teeth gathering meals at dusk. She survives. Strangest denizen: Darkening spots, unique as fingerprints, revealing her true… Continue Reading “Savanna: Survival”
Cloudy Conundrum
⛅⛅⛅⛅⛅ Cotton cloud-puffs, or Roiling storm clouds on the boil, Sunbeams or showers? ⛅⛅⛅⛅⛅ Trifextra Weekend Challenge: This weekend’s prompt comes from Hello, Cheney, whose lapse in memory was a happy accident for us. This weekend we’re asking you to harken back to… Continue Reading “Cloudy Conundrum”
My “Hidden Mickey”
The quest rejoined, excitement builds As, once again we set our sights To see beyond the scrolls and frills, Beyond the in-your-face, distracting, trite displays; The brand, beyond the dazzling lights. We’re partners, ready at the chase A single purpose: reach the highest count… Continue Reading “My “Hidden Mickey””
Haiku Friday: Black Crane
Regal, ebon crane Glides through swamp-realm reeds; unseen, Protected from harm. p
Evil, Be Gone!
Words to live by, golden lesson true, Came unexpected; dousing lies, casting aside her wicked, evil spell; her ungodly cauldron brew; ‘mid bursting night-sky flares. Truth will abide: “Let your conscience be your guide!“ I wrote this cinquain*(see below), my first endeavor to… Continue Reading “Evil, Be Gone!”
Haiku Friday: The Beach at Claypool
Ever shifting skies Like water-color brush strokes Tinting glist’ning shores.
Haiku Friday: Summer Sparklers
The haiku below, was inspired by a visit from our two oldest grandsons last night. As dusk descended, along with the threat of a severe thunderstorm, we realized that the lightning bugs were out – en masse! Armed with a few hastily aerated plastic… Continue Reading “Haiku Friday: Summer Sparklers”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
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Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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