Sky Watch Friday: Silver Skies

The skies were stormy this week.

Silver skies illuminate

The foreboding storm
Clouds rise like a curtain

And rain tap dances

On the street below

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Simply Snicker Challenge# 5

This week's challenge includes the words blue, bright, and bring.

The accompanying painting is William John Leech's The Goose Girl (1910-1914)

She rises early on still pastures.
Against bright green blades
Her soul flutters with laughter
Soft flowers nestling
On their earthly beds
While dovetailed birds
Waddle against her legs
She brings her goods most dutifully
As the sky bleeds a vibrant blue
Her legs run joyfully

Lazy Sleeper

Are you the lazy sleeper
That lounges on my windowsill
Eyelids closed upon the dawn
Stirring only when the wind
Carouses you
A menace to my flowerbed
You terrorize the birds
You've made enemies
With the squirrels
The world is a bowl of yarn
And your the cat's meow
Lazy sleeper

Meme Prompt: Response to Saadi

One of my friends from my other blogs decided it would be fun to give me a little homework. Goodie!!! Well, here goes.


What are your current obsessions?
Writing, blogging, making smoothies, and the Yankees

Which item from your closet are you wearing most often?
Black slacks (for work)


Last thing you bought?
Game card for an RP Game not to be named : )

What's for dinner?
Wendy’s


Say something to the person who tagged you:
Thanks for the homework Saadi!!!

Favorite vacation spots:
The Beach…anywhere.


Vacation spots I must visit before I die:
Paris, France

Reading right now?
Ethan Frome…Will read the last Harry Potter Book (please no one spoil)


What is the last movie you saw and enjoyed? Rate it out of 5 stars.
Never Back Down (4 out of 5)

Guilty pleasure?
Chocolate, Youtube

Celebrity you want to meet right now:
Johnny Depp ( 100%)

Care to share some wisdom?
Strengthen and encourage yourself by reading scriptures or inspirational words


Name the last blog you visited before this one, on which you left a comment. (link and info please!)

My friend Floreta…http://floretacui.blogspot.com/2009/04/listening.html.

I forego tagging anyone but it was fun!!! Hey I didn’t say I was going to play by the rules Lol : )

Revelations

Revelations
Undulate and flow
In the still dawn
Glistening in the moonlight
And settling upon the rooftops
Of the weary
Their secrets echoing
In dormant ears
Morning rustles her skirt
And they scatter

The Sower (Pt IV)

The couple walked towards him and something suspicious itched in his bones. The stranger sported a rugged beard and was dressed in an egg white tee, blue jeans, and black boots. He took off his cowboy hat and bowed.

“This is my husband,” his wife spoke impatiently.

“Your wife here tells me you’ve experienced a terrible famine.” He made the statement in a very smug and authoritative tone.

“What business do you have here, friend,” the sower asked. He was not fond of the stranger but thought he owed him a bit of hospitality.

“I’m here to purchase land.”

“Land?” The sower choked on this word and glared at his wife. “But this is our home.”

“Oh no. Not this piece of cow manure,” the visitor chuckled. “Your wife says you have very fertile land out west. I’ve seen the place and I’d like to buy it.”

The sower groaned within himself. His wife sold the land he had toiled, sweat and watered in his tears. He watched the long, black locks of her hair morph into hideous snakes. She became a creature he detested.

Saying nothing else, the sower walked from the place he once called home. He did not stop to kiss the forehead of his children nor wipe the tears from their cheek. He did not embrace the poisonous one he called his wife. He watched the vines choke the white house and the home sink into the earth to be seen no more.

Will he return? His daughter asked.
Soon my child. Very soon…

Sky Watch Friday: Blue Dreams

This shot of the sky was taken sideways with my camera phone.

I really enjoyed the effect:

Blue dreams

Flow into my consciousness

And undulate

Like still waters

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