


– Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Circles and Curves. Photos ©2016 Leara Morris-Clark.
Portfolio including poetry and flash fiction from micro fiction to short stories and a bit of photography thrown in for good measure.
The harvest moon shines –
Golden spotlight revealing
Fall’s color palette
And spectrum of emotion
At once illuminated

– My first attempt at a Tanka. Written for Silver’s Tanka Tuesday Challenge #1. Word prompts were “harvest” & “moon” or synonyms of those. Painting by George Hemming Mason.
Hello, fall!

– On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea’s Sunday Trees #255 – October 2, 2016. Photo ©2016 Leara Morris-Clark.
He awoke to the morning sun making it difficult to determine if what he saw before him was what he thought it was.
Rubbing his eyes, he focused hard on the vision of a rare white stag only a couple of yards away.
The moment seemed to linger on in the quiet but abruptly ended when the stag bolted, and he was left alone to consider the meaning of this omen.

– Written for Sonya’s (Only 100 Words) Three Line Tales: Week 35. Photo prompt by Rebecca Johnston. WC 71.

Summer Love
summer storms
on lazy days
sunshine like diamonds
on the lake
smell the rain
play with the girl
puppy love
I recall the beauty of you
driving me mad
they were sweet times
a picture of us
still in my head
I like that
– Written for Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge – October 01, 2016. Learn more about magnetic poetry here.
Restraining order revealed his true feelings.

– Written for Sometimes Stellar Storyteller Six Word Story Challenge #51. Prompt was “epiphany.” WC 6. Photo from Photobucket.
In the night, stars dance above like fireflies
Swirling, creating shapes before my eyes
In my dream, I join them in the skies
Soaring amongst heavens, I seek my prize
Dreams, I shall not, from the ground realize

– Written for Jane Dougherty Writes, Poetry challenge #50: Fifty. Poetry format: 5 lines of 10 syllables, rhyming last words. Image prompt from Wikimedia.