#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 10
Pastel petals of spring
Warm glow of cashmere
Sparkle of glossy rain
Shimmer of summer
Whatever the season
There is always life
Wrapped in muslin and
Gentle wishes lying still
Spread over eyelids
Like the touch of lace
Vast hopes, latent until
Caressed by time
Summoned by destiny
New buds unfold in
Glorious bloom and
Dreams decide
To come true!
Poetry inspired by the book cover for Cordelia Harris Turner. The Floral Kingdom. Chicago: M. Warren, 1877.
#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 8
The poise with which
We must live life
Oft eclipsed by its strife
Is to embrace all
The Autumnal shades
As the wisest of us
Have eventually learned
It can’t always be Spring
Poetry inspired by the book cover for Walter Crane. A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden. London: Harper, 1899
The Friday Challenge #FromOneLine 269 prompt is a perfect reminder to live in the moment.
They danced with such abandon
Stars swirling at their feet
Clouds of glitter on their stage
Flamingo pink skies of dusk
Delicately embraced the twilight
Only dreams can play music such
Lyrics mingled with the heart’s rush
What is life, but what it is today
Live in the fleeting moment, for
January would tell a different story
The Friday Challenge #FromOneLine prompt is apt for a coffee lover like me.
She liked her coffee sweet
With a dash of cinnamon spice
Flavored with the sleepy silence
Of a pristine day peeping out
Of the blanket of dawn light
A tender sip awakens the soul
With a potion offering succor
In this moment, warm with hope
It does not matter that
The world was made of ice
This weekend, I wrote for a new poetry prompt and experimented with AI- generated visual art. Here is what I created:
In quiet slumber
Warm against the fireplace
Memories of a lifetime wrapped
In woven wool and frosted cap
Frayed edges of time, heaving
In tandem with the seasons
A love that often whithered,
Bloomed again but never drowned
In destiny’s torrential rains
Blue Pen Strokes 