a river winds
through paradise,
its waters lined
with wild rice
–photo by me
Tag: poetry
Roddenberry Quote
I can’t think of a better time for a Roddenberry quote. As the genius behind Star Trek, he always had a positive spin on mankind’s future, something we could use right now.
It would have been his birthday today. I’m almost glad he’s not here to see how far we’ve strayed from his vision:
“If we cannot learn to actually enjoy our differences on this planet, then we do not deserve to go into space and meet the diversity that is almost certain out there.”
He believed we would.
–Painting & photo by me
rain cinquain
rain
steady, all-nighter
drizzling, drenching, reflecting
makes me feel sad
tears
–photo by me
nightshot 8/15/20
earth and sky
briefly display their
matching gold bands
before running off
together into
the night
–photo by me
limerick 27
There lives a young spider named Deb
Who boasts she’s an on-line celeb,
But beneath all the hype
She’s the self-centered type,
And it shows when she goes on the web.
–photos by me
haiku 90
the ducklings have grown
their limpid pond has turned green–
the dog star rises
–photo by me
water lilies & souls
water lilies
are like souls;
they transcend
the murky scum
of stagnant ponds
and remain
pure
–photo by me
lost inner child
my lost inner child
hangs out on a hill among
a few wildflowers
we run into each other
more and more as i grow old
–photo by me
drunken bride
we were heading
for our wedding
and were sweating
clammily,
for to falter
at the altar
would insult her
family;
she suggested
that we rested
and ingested
our champagne,
and her noted
poise eroded–
she was loaded
once again!
in the aisle,
all a-smile,
she beguiled
all her clan,
but they dissed her
when she missed her
mark and kissed the
preacherman.
–photo by amazon
(orig. posted 9/17)
haiku 89
fresh black-eyed susans–
each wanting to tell her own
side of the story
–photo by me
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