Good Morning! This is what I came across this week while out and about in nature. As always all photos are taken with an iPhone. Enjoy your Saturday! Palm Trees with Earrings Pretty Lilcac-Blue Clematis I see a face in this dead Palm tree A group of Ibis on the trail An insurance companyContinue reading “Eyes Wide Open – Week 5”
Author Archives: Christine Bolton
Impromptu Haiku
An effervescent Ingredient of piffle Abominable! Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © The Word Prompt Gods were just not playing fair today. I thought and thought but was not inspired by any of the four presented. This is the best I can come up with today in the form of an Im-prompt-u Haiku!Continue reading “Impromptu Haiku”
Verge
You are balancing On the edge once more Teetering on the brink Where will it take you this time I wonder as my heart again Drops to the floor On the verge of explosion Paralyzed with fear Will I pull you back Or let you go Even if to my detriment Or do I braveContinue reading “Verge”
Heart
If the heart is a muscle How can it break? In a thousand pieces A constant ache Shattered like glass Trodden into the ground Slashing life’s tires Irreparable and profound Ripped apart over and again Miraculously repairing Growing larger than before Open to more exploring Never forever broken A heart always repairs Life’s great mysteryContinue reading “Heart”
One Liner Wednesday – For all the Dougs out there
In response to Linda Hill’s One Liner Wednesday This is a visual rather than a one-liner but hopefully it will bring a smile to your hump day. An old Gary Larson cartoon that always makes me laugh!
Impromptu Haiku
I am loath to leave We are so compatible You might disappear Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Loath Compatible
Senses of Summer
The scent of gardenias Floating on late afternoon air Sweetly fragrant and tender Nothing can compare Spanish Moss hanging in dreadlocks On the old Rastafarian Oak Summer warmed earth No need for a hooded cloak Monarchs fluttering here and there Squirrels flying from tree to tree Water trickling over rocks Babbling stream to the seaContinue reading “Senses of Summer”
Fearless
A fearless warrior Alone in her plight Fighting for their existence No one to help her and the child Determined to go the distance She walked through fire but was not burnt by it She circled her wagons With her never ending fury She slayed the dragons She would fight tigers For she was aContinue reading “Fearless”
Saddened
My heart is heavy again today It feels like pain will never go away I was doing so well Never hearing the warning bell My world suddenly on its end I look to you but you will not bend Your actions provoke Even when nothing is spoke Goading for a reaction I’m innocent, rejecting theContinue reading “Saddened”
Song Lyric Sunday – Tequila Sunrise – The Eagles
I was happy to learn that this week’s prompt was DRINK! The first thing I thought of was Tequila Sunrise by one of my favorite bands, The Eagles. In response to Helen Vahdati’s Song Lyric Sunday – Drink Tequila Sunrise It’s another tequila sunrise Starin’ slowly ‘cross the sky said goodbye He was just a hiredContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Tequila Sunrise – The Eagles”
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