The outward signs of wealth and social belonging attracts those vacuous types in search of foolish things Talk can be impressive to those unable to read between the lines of your thin veneer For there under that surface is a two-headed monster showing different faces Color me cynical Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Stream of Consciousness - Color Word of the Day - Impressive FOWC - Vacuous RDP - Foolish Things
Haiku Elephants will mourn the loss of family members years after their death Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Inner calm is found with a life of harmony forgiveness and peace Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved ©
Butterfly fluttering Impossible to hear the delicate beauty of the moment But senses are touched by the gentleness of the vision The imagination captured and carried away on those wings Scattered thoughts up in the air bouncing from one flower to another Stopping but for a moment before moving on How freeing to not linger! No time given to dwell on tasks that bind us to reality Released from duties and obligations weighing heavily Oh please, just for one day, let me be a butterfly Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sanaa from A Dash Of Sunny is hosting Open Link Night, Live Edition at D'Verse Poets
Senryu Loneliness cuts deep Into the human psyche Leaving lasting scars Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Happy Wednesday to one and all. I hope you are having a good week. If not, then might a suggest the following. I am seriously thinking about it myself!
Enjoy your day.
For Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday
Haiku The sky is crying The teardrops of a planet Dying from neglect Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
The colors of earth speak to me In tones of vermilion, red ochre and umber My root grounds me I am centered Amber and burnt orange Remind me I am creative and joyful And shades of Goldenrod and citrine Reveal the power within me Verdant forest greens and Semi-precious malachite Tell me I am worthy of love The hues of the sky help me speak my truth and Lapis Lazuli hones my intuition so my third eye sees clearly Amethyst the color of twilight Representing my higher consciousness Balances my body and soul I am at one with the universe Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Ingrid from Experiments in Fiction is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and she has prompted us with the muses. We may either use one of the poetic muses or choose our own muse or whatever inspires us to write poetry
Senryu A gag not only prohibits freedom of speech it chokes life from you Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Annie sat with her mother on the porch of the family home on Apple Pie Ridge. Rocking gently in the same chair where her father sat every night. He had passed on leaving Mama alone. She had driven most of the day through the Shenandoah Valley to get to the house in Winchester, VA. Nestled in the heart of apple pie country, she knew what would be for dessert. “Mama, what are thinking?”, said Annie, breaking the silence. “My darling, I know you are a career-driven Civil Rights lawyer”, she looked at her daughter with a slight frown, “but when are you going to stop crying for the bleeding hearts of the world and settle down?” “Oh mama, please” Annie begged. “The whole world is my oyster. No, I do not weep at the world – I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.” Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lisa from Tao Talk is hosting Prosery Monday at D'Vere Poets. She has prompted us to write a piece of Flash Fiction or non-fiction using this line: "No, I do not weep at the world – I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife." –Zora Neale Hurston, from “How Does it Feel to be Colored Me” in World Tomorrow (1928) Image by David Mark from Pixabay