Sky Watch Friday: Bridge Over

Bridge over

Blue skies

Intermingling clouds

Whisper

To travelling eyes

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O.S.I.: Conquer

This week's O.S.I. prompt is conquer. Here is my impression of the word.

Consumed but not devoured
Tempted but not broken
Bruised but not destroyed
Abandoned but not lost
Limp but never lifeless
Fallen but never lame
Accused but never condemned
Penniless but never poor
Weak but never faint
Between but never backward
Distant but never far
Foreign yet set apart
Unknown yet gifted
Wanderers yet destined
Forsaken yet forgivers
Despised yet esteemed
Oppressed yet conquerors

Cocoon

The capacity to dwell
In a darkened cocoon
Blanketed in an unwanted womb
The world laughs excitedly
Outside these walls
Impatient caterpillar
Wills his wings to grow
But nature hums
Be patient my love
He shakes violently
Tears drop like dew
On his outer shell
His joys are few
Blue notes he sings
Till spring breaks the womb

Sky Watch Friday: Hudson Hues

Here are some more photos overlooking the Hudson on my visit last month. The weather tonight is quite gloomy and rainy so I am happy to have the old photo mementos.

Hudson hues

Blanketed blues

Dreamers lose themselves

In the shimmering dew

Dipping in the eve

The waves seduce you

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Rejection

Last week, I received a rejection letter for a poem I submitted for a poetry contest. It was entitled City Life. Rejection is a tough thing to swallow, but I will try to take something positive from this.

Great city rafters
Perpendicular lines as guides
Melodious car horns
Distinguishable then receding
The gaze of cold city folks
Embracing dead winter's embers
The jive of salacious pubs
Drunken humor spinning rivers
Sky scrapers joust like colossal gods
Beneath ink black heavens
Sullen alleys mouth agape
Glittering moon steps float on pavement
Rustic gutters fusing with heat
Sewers belching burlesque prose
Lithe cats scurry like shadows
Yellow eyes suspended in crescent love
Street lamps roam stone pavement
In desolate silence like urchins
Time exhales eternal winds
Resurrecting trash, scrap, and litter
Inconspicuous trench coats assails the night
Trailing gun smoke spits in fright
Listless scarlet sets her sirens
Seductively calling her lover's eyelid
Intimations tremble on subway's lane
Screeching, jolting through the tunnel’s maze

Sky Watch Friday: Apple Picking

These sky watch photos were taken during last week's apple picking trip. I did more picture taking and sky watching than picking apples. Luckily my friends picked up the slack. : )

Ripe and round... Red apples... Dangle deliciously...In blue kissed skies

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O.S.I: Descent

This week's O.S.I's theme is Descent. This word conjured up a daring adventure and inspired me to write this piece.

Long, winding
Adventures
Calls curious hearts
Dashing
Daringly
Down the
Descent
Staircase winding
Shadows gliding
In hats and halos
Hearts writhing
In rib cages
As distant
Dreams
Drift
Downstream
Fearless souls
Brave the descent