– The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Look Up. Photo ©2016 Leara Morris-Clark .
Thursday Doors 070716
Here are three doors somewhere in Atlanta, GA, that look like they have seen better days.
– Norm 2.0’s Thursday Doors – July 7, 2016. Photo ©2010 Leara Morris-Clark.
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For The Love Of The Sea
Upon this rock, I wait for day.
I wish you’d stay.
You’re home at sea,
Not home with me.
Never comfortable on land,
You kiss my hand
And off you go,
Where I don’t know.
A pirate, you will always be.
Your ship I see,
As the day breaks
My bleak heart aches.
– Written for Jane Dougherty Writes, Poetry Challenge #38: Daybreak. Painting by Heinrich Vogeler Sehnsucht (Träumerei). Word prompt was “daybreak.” Poetry form is a Minute Poem.
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Odd Birds
“Sheesh, you guys ain’t easy to impress!”
“I just flew in from Boise and boy are my wings tired. Woooow! What a view, huh? My name’s Jerry by the way. Where’re you in from? You don’t talk much do ya? Come on folks, this is a monumental occasion! The Statue of Liberty…the symbol of freedom…Ahem.”
With one wing raised and the other over his heart, Jerry began reciting.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
The others remained silent.
“Sheesh, you guys ain’t easy to impress!”
The local crows looked at each other and back at Jerry, their disinterest obvious.
“Tourists!” One said and kicked a pebble at the bewildered pigeon. “Yeah, tourists!” The rest followed suit.
“Let’s get out of here boys,” Skipper said and dove off Lady Liberty’s crown. The others fell in behind him.
“What?! Was it something I said?”
Jerry was never very good with social cues.
– Written for Miniature Writing Challenge #50. Prompt was “monumental moment.” WC 172. Photo from Wikipedia.
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Hindsight Is 20/20
The vestiges of humanity came into view as I emerged from the tunnel.
– Written for Grammar Ghoul Press Shapeshifting 13 #61. Question prompt, “What is at the end of the tunnel?” WC 13. Photo by Frankincensebarbados Plasticfoods. “Hindsight Is 20/20” won 1st Place in this contest.
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Southern Summers of My Youth
I watched her distorted face through the glass
I turned up to drink sweet tea from, while lying in the grass.
She went on and on about what I was supposed to be doing, but I tuned her out
And listened to the ice cubes clanging instead, hoping she wouldn’t resort to a shout.
I reminisced about the southern summers of my youth when I had nothing to do but sit on my ass.
– Written for Limerick Challenge Week 26. Prompt was “summer.” Photo by Connie Ma.
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Wave Haiku
Coconut palms sway –
Warm sea breeze rides ocean waves
Disembarks onshore
– Written for Haiku Horizons Week 124. Prompt was “wave.” Photo by Tomas Sobek.
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