Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Prose
All that is not Poetry
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”
Timing is Everything!
Timing is everything! Just minutes ahead of traffic, she would fly into the city. She merged onto the interstate, conjuring up scenarios and ‘what-if’ responses: If ‘He’ said ‘this’, she’d say ‘that’. If ‘He’ begged…, if ‘He’ didn’t…, etc. By six twenty-two, she… Continue Reading “Timing is Everything!”
Dona Nobis Pacem
🌾🌾🌾 🌾🌾🌾 Whitman, Poet penning poems: War poems Williams, Composer setting words to music: Dona Nobis Pacem. Artistic genius, both united inevitably in performance. I sing through tears, their requiem for fallen Father and Son. 🌾🌾🌾 Trifecta Challenge Week 75: a thirty-three word “free-write”… Continue Reading “Dona Nobis Pacem”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
Peering through the chain link fence, drama unfolds, as in days of old, when ‘pick-up’ games were the neighborhood norm. Whether six or sixteen, boy or girl, all learned the value of play, teamwork and respect for each other – values still being taught… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic”
Photo Friday: What I Found…
What I found…. …I found that our Polynesian Village is most serene and beautiful just after a downpour, when the lush walkways glisten with tempting puddles, the blue sky is nudging the clouds away, and the air is filled with energizing negative… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: What I Found…”
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”
The Third Time’s a Charm!
As seen through the eyes of an eight year-old, always on the move and persistently seeking constant stimulation and entertainment; fishing can be a pretty dull way to spend a hot afternoon…until he lands the big one! 🐡🐡🐡 I’m bored! I hate fishing! He’s… Continue Reading “The Third Time’s a Charm!”
How Does My Garden Grow?
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 The tall twins had inexorably killed her chances to have a garden, and though she loved the trees’ elegant, shade-giving, bird-nesting, lushness; she so missed her garden. Over the last forty years, Her yard had become a vibrant place of verdant serenity. It… Continue Reading “How Does My Garden Grow?”
Papa’s Flashlight
She avoided going to the basement whenever she could. But tonight she did not suspect that her basement paradigm was about to be shattered. Having descended the long creaky flight of steps, she begrudgingly acquiesced to the darkness, slipping into an almost trance-like state,… Continue Reading “Papa’s Flashlight”
Headline: Disaster Narrowly Averted
It was a beautiful morning, after what had been a cold rainy Spring. Finally able to enjoy the outdoors, Bob and his wife lolled on their bedroom balcony, sharing a cup of Sunday coffee, as the hoards of not-so-distant cicadas resumed their crescendoing serenade.… Continue Reading “Headline: Disaster Narrowly Averted”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
This fleeting moment, captured so beautifully by my daughter, tells us of the pure simplicity of the love a boy has for his dog. This fleeting moment cannot be staged and will never be repeated in exactly this way. But my daughter caught it,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting”
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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