Mesmerized on a Cloudy Day

December 17, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It is not the road –smoothly pavedand well defined –that entices It is the luminous,numinous – darknesssurrendering to light –expansive sky Renders me humblebreathless, mesmerized –imagination and desirecraving flight (For Cee’s Which Way Challenge: cloudy or stormy day)

Magical Beings

December 15, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There is nothing more magical than a baby, who is able to capture the wonder of all. Magical is the prompt for Lens-Artists photo challenge this week.

Happiness

December 13, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Following a dream

December 11, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

When 13-year-old Alina first arrived at our house, she shared with me that she had a dream to join Cirque de Soleil. We’d had a student at one of my former schools who trained for cirque, so I told her I thought it was possible to find a trainer. I had no idea, really. When […]

Sharing

December 10, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

These voices, these lyrics, so powerful. Thanks to Brave & Reckless for posting.

Don’t Get Too Close!

December 8, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cee’s Midweek Madness prompt is closeups or macro. That duck was really hoping I couldn’t see her.

No Answers

December 6, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I go the river searching for answers, but she replieswith an eerie reflection that only leaves me chilled. Sometimes, in life, there are no answers.

Unique Architecture

December 4, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The old Opera House, made of stone, like so many of the buildings in our town, stands out on the skyline. These salt and pepper buildings (as I call them) are unique on the Mississauga skyline. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: unique

Oh, November!

December 3, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Last on the card for November for Bushboy’s challenge.

Ending in R

December 1, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A backyard deer, birrs, and a sunflower for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: things ending in ‘r’.

Expectations

Expectations artificialliving in an urban junglelonging for nature’s calm – time moves too swiftlybarely registerlet alone participate We are guests in our ownexpectation’s dysfunctionlicensed for depression a smorgasbord for abuseintentions mislaid,disappointment unavoidable The ego pretends to be openbut she’s an actress off cueplaying out a sentence – condemned to basicspraying to escapethis dystopian malfunction. (Image […]

Overcast

Water mimics sky,withholds resplendent blue,dons grey overcoat. (Image my own, created from a photograph)

A Mother’s Grief

(Art my own. The drawing and the poem were in response to a documentary featuring a mother’s loss of her child by suicide. Please listen with care.) Sorrow lines her edgesin blue-hued shadowsgrief’s moss overpowering light Lines etched erasableshe is fragmented, hauntedpain a persistent noose She will rally to find orderlend her voice to causespeak […]