Let Us Rise from this Chaos – Pic and a Word Challenge #249

This post is in response to the Rise - Pic and a Word Challenge #249 (see below for more details). Before writing, I tried to learn a bit more about this building and its purpose - this is the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencia, Spain, taken by Patrick Jennings. This is…

Portraits Poetry Series #79: Some go hungry, some go fed

I know I haven’t done this in a while, but I thought you might enjoy it.   In case you haven’t been here before, I love writing prompts – whether a list of words, one word, or even an image. With these posts, I have written poems specifically about paintings and I hope, with my…

I Won’t Leave You Alone, a poem

  I whispered in the silent moments, when no one else was brave to speak I wanted people to know - I knew they were there. Often, in the shadows they would stand quietly, hands in their pockets, head down, holding their worn, uncomfortable smile for fear someone would notice that they were all alone.…

Poem: Desperate to be Acknowledged

Every once in a while, (okay, probably more often than that) I find an image that really speaks to me.  I hope you enjoy...     Desperate to be Acknowledged   It is the well-hidden secret, the palpable breath upon your neck, the steely gaze of the oppressor, its sunken truths are visible - for…

Poem: For Words are Powerful Things

  I learned to hide from an early age, not behind mother’s skirts, or father’s towering stature, there was no safety there. Instead, I clung to the shadows blending into the background praying that I could remain unseen and unheard, though my soul desired to be understood. All I could wonder – “Can anyone see…

Poem: What is Real Anymore?

This poem was written for this photograph I took recently at the Gardens during the winter.  It spoke to me...     I was tossed nonchalantly to the wind. Usurped by uncaring hands and through the toss and the turmoil and the resulting pain, I wondered - how could I let this happen again? It…

Portraits Poetry Series #78: The Pain of Indifference

I know I haven't done this in a while, but I thought you might enjoy it.   In case you haven’t been here before, I love writing prompts – whether a list of words, one word, or even an image. With these posts, I have written poems specifically about paintings and I hope, with my…

Poem: Together and Alone

I haven't written anything lately, nor have I taken pictures... but I have enjoyed being able to spend more time with my family.  It is not that I am taking time away, but that my time is needed so much elsewhere.  My oldest is getting ready for college next year (don't even get me started…

Poem: It’s Okay to Say Goodbye

  How many hours Have passed since we first met? How much joy has been celebrated And how much sorrow? But it has only been A few passing moments in time Adrift across a further span. At first, there was a smile A hello And then much later, A muted goodbye. All passing in seasons…

Poem: So They May See It

I have found a way to cloud my tears and yet exist in the unpleasantness of this decade, while wagging tongues wade the distant rivers waging wars of rhetoric. I shall only hear the sound of nature’s voice, reciting the eternal pages of her boundless poetry. Were it a blue reaching sky, a crimson glow…