Dawning of a New Art Challenge
My newest self-imposed art challenge: I choose this moment to recognize the urge to push beyond some unseen boundary that has been keeping my blogging at bay. In 2013 I attempted a challenge to create and POST a new image everyday for a year. It was more than I could...
Bunch of Hooey
A bunch of hooey!(but not on my shooey)Just throwing it aroundas he relished the soundof his own voiceAll for the fun of itlike the Stooges woo-wooed itor Laurel and Hardy danced itwhen the camera was aroundA lark in the parkor a laugh in the dark...It all keeps us...
Squirrel Encounter
Big, fluffy squirrellooked in at meholding me still with her eyesPaws gripping and ungrippingtail struggling not to flitterSunlight specklingan abstract background=======Moments stretched to more and longerMy fingers wanting to taptoes aching to danceWishing I...
Wild Places
In the wild placeswhere civilizationand wilderness coincideco-reside and co-existBears take a strollin the parking lotsdeer eat the pansiesand coyotes track kitty cats=========There in that placewild artists chalked beautyAnd a happy porcupineobserved with flying...
Fierce Joy
The intensity of inspirationrides on the bobbing heelsof fierce joyTumbles off lips with abandonbursts into existencebefore any loquacious editorial---------Though any attempt failed at capping the stream of itStill, hearts all aroundcould not help rejoicingIn...
Prayer
Each day a prayerA walking prayer for allrising up through the bonescirculating in the bloodinfilling my beingCreator, open our eyesthat we may see the truthOpen our earsthat we may hear the truthMake our hearts strongthat we may walk in a good wayon the rough and...
Emotional Tsunami
A wave of emotionan ocean tsunamistorms uprisingor deeper movementSurprising the sunwith jewel-like reflectionsAppearing playfulor angry or brutalhiding fear in the reactions of othersWhen done, washed throughall is changed and clear…
Bless the Frog
Dreams awakenedby a frog on the foreheadhave a whole different flavorThan musings fraughtwith idle moment’s fanciesor even whirring wheelsof worry’s wiles=========Bless the frogDon’t throw him across the room
Shadows
The shadows play bigwith the light from the sideShade stretching and slitheringacross the landscape• • •She pumped her feetand leaned deep in the pushgoing higher and higher-but never any lower-As her shadow slidlike a water slickacross the dappled ground
Another Beginning
Rookie ‘til the endFor it’s an eternalever now beginningAnd the “end” is actually(let’s not mistake it for otherwise),another beginning• • •A wise one said sagelyto stay in beginner’s mindHow could one not?Since each and every single momentis, in itself, a new...