Magnolia!

April 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Flower of the day challenge: FOTD

Hello Colour!

April 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ah Spring! So much to be joyful about. For Lens-artists Photo Challenge: Colorful April.

Amaryllis

January 28, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Amaryllis for Cee’s Flower of the Day

Wordless Wednesday

November 25, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Pick-me-ups!

September 25, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Freshly picked wishesa bundle of encouragement –immunity boost! (For Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.)

Brown-eyed

August 21, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Brown eyes unblinkingbat golden lashes skyward –celestial flirt (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Wilting

August 14, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The prime of summer never lasts, especially with the heat of August. We are in the midst of moving and I feel like the lily, losing its pizzaz. I am also resonating with the lost glory of the bloom below:

Floral Balm

August 7, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Eye-catching colourcontrast of red on yellow –I forget the rain. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day)

Appreciation

July 31, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Flowers greet the rainface up appreciation –nourishment’s glow. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Singularly Sublime

June 19, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: a single flower

An Escape Plan

An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]

Making of a Woman

I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)