Paul

#vss365

A poet’s love is akin to
the #sonorous growl
of untamed ocean surf

You don’t
hear but rather feel it
thumping against
your chest

Omnipresent
Patient
Insistent

😂 thanks for posting Natalie - I needed to smile ear to ear today!

Love won't fade in a violet haze as lights go out

Our Burning Love
got mired in life's mud
a tide flows out on health
and struggling to breathe
you face this battle alone

Yet from shore's safety
all I can do is send you my best
and squint to see
whether you survive

#Vss365

Storms rolling in...

#LakeMichigan #MyPhoto #GreatLakes #Photography

#Bravewrite

Life
is like an #anecdote
sans the amusing part
instead there is suffering
physical pain at a distance

You hurt in silence
for that is your way
and mine, well mine
is to grow silent too
let's commiserate without words

Love burns
brightest in the dark

#vss365

Really #deviant apples
Passive aggressive ones
spread rot to others in the barrel

Making dark legend so great
they become immortalized in
a Michael Jackson lyric

One bad apple don't spoil
the whole bunch girl,
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love

#vss365

What happens when
the #skirmish is internal?
When self actions
destroy something grand?

How to apologize
not eulogize
when more words

Are simply cruel

Love the self reflection twist here. Well done!

Stunning shot (and from you that’s saying a LOT). Kudos you…

"Nothing New" a poem by Robert Frost, at age 46 reflects upon memories winter and aging. It seems perfect to share with you all on the hot summer days we are sweltering through now

My favorite lines:

"Nothing new--
Though I am further upon my way"

#NewEngland
#RobertFrost pic.x.com/IUJ7bcFn0t

#Patriot is what winners call themselves
rebel, insurgent, guerilla, anarchist, traitor
words fed us by power. by the ruling class
by the not so free press

Every generation
has a new Bunker Hill, new Hanoi, new Iran
set labels aside, see what is happening
self determine what YOU believe

#VSS365

At day’s end, the lifeguards take the swim flags down. It’s as much a summer ritual as the sunset itself. Today I caught this lens flare and it just works out.

Enjoy…

#VSS365

What, the difference
betwixt one #moment and the next?

When is your time?
When do your OWN dreams take wing?

It's not the world that
will suddenly become new
the difference in life's living

Simply needs to be you

#vss365

Under #starscapes above
sameness slips from his
shoulders, like an ill fitting
cloak to the cold sand
the well trod path ahead
no longer his

One thing enables
a fresh drink from nascent
love’s sweet elixir

Each breaking wave
shouts the answer

Change
Change
Change

Best wishes on the new agent Anna! Love the Gatsby era and am already sold! Will certainly be queuing up to buy - do keep us informed when it's released!

Paris on my mind...
#MyPhoto

#Vss365

What pray tell,
the limit of your domain?

In our #realm of fools & transparent greed to what end does desire seek?

If love a discovery ala Ponce de Leon, of roots that entwine, entangling as one.

Then how hard will you fight to keep her?

In honor of the full moon tonight -

Amores (III)

..."In tense starlessness
anoint with ardor
the yellow lover..."

by poet EE Cummings

#vss365

This
Day of Sorrow
as if seared into #skin
waits patiently as the arc
of earth becomes a year

Death date remembered
more than birthdays were
and this grief, this grief
like the love that lived before

Never fades

Cherokee Proverb
.
"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice

For some
darkness is comfort
the only time
we feel free

On a Nashville trail today - and came across this beautiful southern flower.

Magnolia trees are in full bloom, and I just had to share its quiet beauty

#Vss365

Eyes close to dark
eyes open to dark
lingering in bed without a clock
which #someone do you imagine
which #someone do you see
and in your distant home
is that #someone

Ever me

Love how #ArthurSze sets up the premise:

our emotions resemble leaves and alive
to their shapes we are nourished.

From there, Sze takes us on an extended metaphorical journey for the rest of the page. Brilliant concept, brilliant #poetry writing...

This song, incredible!

Thanks sharing it with us Aspen - not sure how I missed it with lyrics like this. A freedom anthem...

#SenseWrds #78

#SenseWrds

Foundation laid
not in hexagonally perfect rows
but built on the premise of trust
no longing for a youth or health
that cannot be renewed

Take the pain
bear the indignity of age
feel love's warm hand
pressed into yours and know
your newly confessed love

Is Fire

Hurrah! Love these prompts Marla

Thanks for sharing this with us Ewen - Riley the wedding dog is instantly memorable!

It is pure joy to see you write here again Aspen - This world will never be quite as good without your presence in it!