Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Tag: Postaday
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!”
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: First Light
Each morning, the sun rises over the distant trees lining the shores of Bay Lake, to cast its long shadows across the still waters of the Seven Seas Lagoon. Each morning, a unique display is strewn before us like pearls; ever-changing, spectacular and unpredictable.… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: First Light”
Silent Screams
Photo credit: [ changó ] / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Written in response to Trifextra challenge, asking for a thirty-three word interpretation of the posted photograph.
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”
Haiku Friday: The Beach at Claypool
Ever shifting skies Like water-color brush strokes Tinting glist’ning shores.
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!”
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”
Emergence
Cloyingly clinging to a single shred of salvation Resisting the impulse to relinquish my tenuous hold on reality Undaunted, crude, I struggle – as a projectile – against the swirling maelstrom … Continue Reading “Emergence”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
Bandit (our Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) evidently finds his plush buddies to be extremely companionable. At first glance one may not realize that though all of the creatures in this photo are soft and furry, one will be waking up in a moment,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable”
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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