OSI: Colors

This week's OSI Prompt is Colors. You can check out other beautiful poems by clicking on the link.



Awakening autumn breaths
Orange, yellow, and gold
On fallen leaves
And paints the bark
A deep mahogany

White clouds thicken
In a sapphire sky
Dipping in the glow
Of a tangerine sunset

Black outlines of birds
Suspended in midair
With feathers cascading
Like plum velvet

Brisk air with silver whips
Pinch pink and brown cheeks
Human shadows growing gray
In blue embers of winter

Red dusk of summertime
Rising like the phoenix
Trails the hem of sunset
Memories and feverish bursts
Ripen on an artist's canvas

Rain

This is a poem inspired by today's rainstorm.

Eternal liquid glistening
Staccato rising on ceiling
Sure and steady it falls
Drops like the tears of God
Playing notes
Of heavenly inspiration
Water of earth, man
And all creation
Unadulterated declaration
Of nature

Simply Snickers: Through the Reed

This week's Simply Snicker's Challenge includes the words read or reed and rest and wrest.

Look out through the reed
Waltzing with the breeze
We spy with our eyes
The dotted skies
Sweet ambiance
And pure reflection
Time and life
Embrace without detection
Morning's yellow glory
Wrests with night
The dawn yawns
With the twinkle of midnight

Fall

Happy Autumnal Equinox to all!

Fall
Leaves bleed
Red, brown, and gold
And the air
Crisply unfolds
A lace
Of wintry cold

The sun lingers
While naked limbs
Old tree barks
And green buds
Nestle contently
Awaiting springs lips

Pumpkin pie
Wafts high
Like smoke
From chimneys
Black and orange dye
Paint driveways
Beneath ghoulish skies

Skeleton eyes
And jack o lanterns
Gape from darkness
Like luminous masters

Cider brewing
Apples bobbing
Soon young hearts dream
Of wintry islands

As fall settles
On a bed of leaves
Her summertime sister
Drifts to sleep

Simply Snickers: Travellers

The following poem is inspired from last week's prompt over at Simply Snicker's. The accompanying painting is Samuel Prout's Travellers on a Path in an Extensive Landscape.

Canopies opening

Heavenly, celestial

Blue skies swooning

Darkened prairies

Cattle grazing

Brown rivers

Eroding earth

Travellers roll

Without time

Reclining minds

Cast their eyes

Upon eternity

Elated glories

Cascading crowns

On earthly vessels

Too Hot To Handle (Acrostic)

I choose the words Too Hot To Handle and Soulfulness from the Acrostic word challenge this month. I noticed the challenges are getting more difficult and I am sure that I didn't follow the rules. But I'm only doing this for fun : )

Tortuous
Off-colored
Oddities

Hell bent
Oppressive
Trifling

Treacherous
Obsessive

Hovering
Alluringly
Naked
Delicious
Lips
Embracing

Serenades
Overflowing and
Undulating
Lullabies
Fragrantly
Uprise in
Luminous
Notes
Evoking
Sumptuous
Souls

Better Days

Better days
Dropping like
Sunken rays
Drizzling over
A tropical haze

Taste and sip
Reclining
On the aisle
Of enchantment

Bygone
Are the shores
Of worry and sorrow
Tomorrow
Hope evermore
For better days

Poetry A-Z: D is For

Dangerous
Dreams
Dolefully
Dissecting
Dire
Desires
Diamonds
Dancing
Demanding
Dissidence

Sky Watch Friday: Giant Wings

These photos were taken over the Hudson last weekend. One cloud in the sky reminded me of a giant wing and looked particularly ethereal to me.

Giant wings

Soaring in

Blue skies

Cast shadows

On the world below

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Adventures With Cecelia and Kim (Pt II)

A few months back, I posted the crazy adventure of my friend "Kim" and I on our trip to the art exhibit. Our latest adventures took us up the Hudson and in the beautiful town of Irvington. The view of the Hudson is so exquisite you forget you are in New York.

On Sunday, we visited the home of Washington Irving, credited as being the first author to make a career in writing. His most notable works include Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and A History of New York. In addition to being a literary treasure, Irving was well travelled, owned thousands of book in his library collection, and loved to dance (my favorite part). We visited his home in Sunnyside. It is so intriguing to see how people lived in the early history of our country. For anyone interested in visiting this area of New York, you can check out http://www.hudsonvalley.org/.

Of course a bit of folly and fun capped off the trip. Until next time Kim...

XOX Cecelia

Man on the Rocks

This week's Simply Snicker's challenge includes the words bare, bark, and beside. The accompanying painting is Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. His painting is quite vivid and lovely. Much thanks to Linda. For some reason, the painting made me think of something somber.

Man on the rocks

Overlooking

Ominous rocks

Bare soul

Beats against the breeze

Tormented mind

Barks back in the dark

Looming are the sharks

Beside the still rocks

Pitter patter goes his heart

Peace be still

He whispered to the fog

Waves swallowing hard

Broke his soul in shards

Time is the sea

Rising, falling

Against the breeze

Sky Watch Friday: Rush Hour

These photos are a compilation of commuter shots on the train rides home. I really wish I lived somewhere more exotic. You can catch a glimpse of the sky and the trains passing by.

Rush hour

Faces sour

Footsteps scurry

Crowds hurry

Clouds lounging

In sapphire skies

Gazing on the world below

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