Photo by David Dibert on Unsplash A lone moon shining brightly over the world Still stuck behind the shadow of the sun Pulling waves back and forth across the shore And providing a peaceful ambiance in the cool of night
Poetry
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 18: A Long Time Away
Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash Tomorrow seems like a long time away But not quite as long as yesterday Time moves forward in the funniest way And before you know it, you’ve lost another day Memories are made in the blink of an eye And just as fast, our loved ones die As children we longed for … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 18: A Long Time Away
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 16: Correction
Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash Excuse me while I go back and make a correction Perhaps it’d be different with better directions I cannot erase what isn’t perfection I keep striving to find a worthy reflection Excuse me while I go back and make a correction What sticks out to me is imperfection I’m starting to understand … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 16: Correction
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 13: Who Am I?
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Who Am I? Who am I? A wanderer in a vast and complicated world An explorer lost inside my own mind, where I find both the best and worst company Who am I? A creator in an empty library filled with blank pages An author twisting letters into words and words into … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 13: Who Am I?
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 12: End Zone
Photo by Dave Adamson on Unsplash Author's Note: This one had to be a haiku, because I self-admittedly know zilch about football. Haha! End Zone Outside the end zone Fans cheering on the players The runner fumbled
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 11: Leaden Rain Clouds
Photo by Mila Young on Unsplash Leaden rain clouds make their way across the sky As if in a slow motion race with time itself Sagging as if they were cotton balls fully soaked Leaden rain clouds create ominous shapes At war with themselves as lightning jets back and forth Jumping from one pillow of moisture to the … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 11: Leaden Rain Clouds
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 10: Awakening
Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash Awakenings can be many things Sometimes welcomed Sometimes unexpected Awakenings take us into new perspectives Allowing us to see what we’ve never seen Exploring what has previously been unexplored Awakenings lead down untraveled roads Offering a fresh glance at an old riddle And providing a new solution to an unanswered problem Awakenings … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 10: Awakening
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 7: A Night in Chile
Photo by Thomas Griggs on Unsplash A Night in Chile (Haiku) A night in Chile Of magical long-lost tribes Legends are spoken
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 5: The Book
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash The Book Words crafted together in magical lines to create sentences Sentences strategically woven together to create paragraphs Paragraphs layered upon each other to create chapters Chapters placed side by side each other and bound into books The book is man’s invention A way to leave one’s own world behind An escape … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 5: The Book
September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 3: A Quiet Lake
Photo by Giammarco Boscaro on Unsplash A Quiet Lake Sitting beside a quiet lake Enjoying nature’s orchestra The birds fly through the air Singing their songs And the leaves add their notes Of crinkle, crack, and rustle Sitting beside a quiet lake Nature’s orchestra plays on A faun passes with her mother Gently drinking the cool, crisp water … Continue reading September Creative Writing Challenge – Day 3: A Quiet Lake
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