Light Bulbs & Windows
Joy is almost never brilliantlike champagne and starsIt’s steel and concreteand hard things exploredthen danced upon naked * Creative energy compliments of Magnetic Poetry online. Continue reading Light Bulbs & Windows
Tag: Nature
Morning Meditation: A small something
A small something whooshed bymy left ear this morningas my dog & I were walking,the neighborhood quiet as anysunny late summer day can bein a city – but, yes, actuallyit was quiet as though all the neighborsexited in a group … Continue reading Morning Meditation: A small something
A Significant Date
Today is the seventeenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the one year anniversary of Hurricane Ida, two storms that left a lot of death and devastation in New Orleans and the extended area. Recently, I had a Creative Nonfiction piece … Continue reading A Significant Date
What’s Past is Never Past
What’s Past is Never PastBetween moon and cloudI wander a quietdeep and ancientas mountain mossYou followsweet and lightAn intuitionA murmur With thanks to Magnetic Poetry for the prompt words. Continue reading What’s Past is Never Past
Riptide
Dream fluff shadows a thousandskin lathered summers,whispering sea spray, waxing ebb shine,an urge of fingers in hairand salt on tongues.Oh summer, bare your dreamson the wind,Crush on me again With partial help from The Oracle. Continue reading Riptide
NaPoWriMo 2022 day 21
Wild ThingsI planted milkweed seeds over a year agonot knowing it would take almost as much timefor the tiny plants to flourish. I learned patience,such as it is in my impatient nature. Late in the fallthe tiny plants began to … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 21
NaPoWriMo 2022 day 20
The Body is LonelyCity lights shine outside the windows making an aural gleamabove my tree lined neighborhood. On nocturnal walks I search for Venus and Mars, marvel at The Seven Sisters when they allow a peek,map the moon’s walk across … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 20
NaPoWriMo 2022 day 15
Watching a Coral Reef on YouTube The cats and I are fascinated by stripes, speckles, electric blue & yellow, drifting orange, waving pearlescent white, golden dots, glowing eyes under rocks. We are voyeurs to underwater acrobatics, ballets of flipping fins, … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 15
NaPoWriMo 2022 day 11
ParheliaHalos and sundogsBurst the light we seeDarkest reds, deepest violetsSomething breaking everythingIn between refraction, reflectionA wave, a boundary, a thin veilOf cirrus clouds sometimes present,Usually blueOutside the sunA shaft of light developesSlowly fallingThrough the air Again today I combined prompts … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 11
NaPoWriMo 2022 Day 1
Spring ManifestoThrow back the covers, from your dark suspended purgatoryLift your heads, your entreating arms toward restorative medicineGentle breezes massage but strident winds strengthenEach day of your life willmadden or gladden.Embrace and endure, flora, fauna, human. Written for the Eckphrastic … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 Day 1
Charlotte Hamrick 