Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Tag: Studio 30+
To Each His Own
Shower Kinetic, tactile Steaming, streaming, cleansing Soapy, slippery, bubbly, sudsy Soothing, swirling, surrounding Static, smooth Bath This week, I am responding to the Studio30 Prompt by deploying the Diamante poetic form. It’s fascinating that this form is worked from the outsides in. Try it,… Continue Reading “To Each His Own”
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”
Victory Lap
I grow weary. I’ve been scanning the shoreline since dawn, haggling over bottom-feeders, swept ashore by last night’s tide. There must be more, but where are they hiding? [She mused that perhaps she’d lost her mojo; that her age would inevitably push her into… Continue Reading “Victory Lap”
Guilty as Sin
These last few years had been surreal, Early on, she’d been in a state of shock. It wasn’t shock born of grief and sadness; nor was it shock from the realization that she had actually killed him; nor was it even the shock caused… Continue Reading “Guilty as Sin”
Aprons Away!
I’ve always harbored a fascination for sprinklers. It’s been in my blood, part of my lineage, ever since I can remember; when the only relief from the sweltering summer heat was running through the hastily set-up backyard spray. I believe that this… Continue Reading “Aprons Away!”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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