Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Postaday
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
Perspective
🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘 I stand too close, Too attentive. I catch each whisper wafting through the moments of our days together. Too close! Stand away! Rejoice in life’s limitless, lush landscape; Repeating, ever repeating, Ever new! 🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘 Written in response to Trifextra Challenge, “This weekend’s prompt… Continue Reading “Perspective”
Photo Friday: On The Road: “Color me…Blend”
👣👣👣 A Disney World Denizen epitomizes being “On The Road”, as he joins his fellow Chameleons, darting here, there and everywhere, and always blending into the environs, as if by magic. They remind us, amid the excited squeals of the kiddies, that our home… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: On The Road: “Color me…Blend””
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!“ Â I wrote this cinquain*(see below), my first endeavor to… Continue Reading “Evil, Be Gone!”
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae ✒✒✒✒✒ A life in brief; White paper, black ink Highlights, degrees, awards and stats; Job descriptions, lauds and facts. A single page, a bulleted sheaf A static pencil sketch, barely Scratching the surface of the finished canvas masterpiece. Between the lines of… Continue Reading “Curriculum Vitae”
Daily Prompt: Life Line: “The Hands of a Child”
Daily Prompt: Life Line…You’re on a long flight, and a palm reader sitting next to you insists she reads your palm. WHAT does she tell you.Photographers, artists, poets: show us HANDS. The following is my entry: ✒✒✒✒✒✒✒✒✒✒ Nothing is as expressive and tacitly satisfying… Continue Reading “Daily Prompt: Life Line: “The Hands of a Child””
Daily Prompt: Moved to Tears
Daily Prompt: Moved to Tears Describe the last time you were moved to tears by something beautiful. Photographers, artists, poets: show us BEAUTY. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/daily-prompt-beauty/ ✳✳✳✳✳ We’ve seen this boat show a hundred times. We’ve climbed our “Sunrise Hill” at dusk, first with our children… Continue Reading “Daily Prompt: Moved to Tears”
Photo Friday: Scenic Wonder
As we near the end of our annual family WDW vacation, staying at the Polynesian Village, I never tire of capturing ‘my’ sunrises through the camera lens. There have been many changes during the last 35 years, but one thing has remain unchanged; the… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: Scenic Wonder”
Pirates’ Plunder
I knew that D-man would band them together – again – transforming the ragtag bunch of cousins into a well-tuned troop of plundering pirates, exuberantly mounting their quest. “Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate’s life for me! Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me!”… Continue Reading “Pirates’ Plunder”
Rainbows of Our Lives
Trifextra weekend Challenge: We want you to follow suit and give us a thirty-three word piece that has a color in it. Use the color to describe anything you like, or use anything you like to describe your color, but keep it creative and… Continue Reading “Rainbows of Our Lives”
Three Little Words
Rock!  Paper!  Scissors! 🌾🌾🌾 Trifextra Challenge Week 86: This weekend we were asked to put forth three little words that describe the writing process.  Much goes into the creative process.  However, a stone cold, rocky place usually precedes the written word… Continue Reading “Three Little Words”
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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