The most autumn color we get in my part of Mexico is the vibrant African Tulip trees that are in full bloom right now.
For Cee’s Autumn Colors prompt and also in answer to Jez’s fantastic photos of turning trees on his Fan of Autumn 178 Post.
Fleeting Moments are built into nature as they are into our lives. Be they beautiful memories, unbelievable experiences or disastrous events, they come and they go–often too quickly. Many would be forgotten were it not for the click of a lens. Here are some of mine.
Pretentious Prattle
Her highfalutin language is torture to absorb.
She calls asbestos “earthflax,” a snow globe a “blizzard orb.”
Her words are too elaborate and to be blunt, untenable.
We find her conversation to be way less than amenable.
In any conversation, she is early to be heard,
but it is the consensus that her comments are absurd.
We wait for her to finish, then calmly leave the table,
reconvening in the garden, without her, if we’re able.
Prompt words are finish, untenable, early, elaborate, earthflax and snow globe. Image by Mona Masoumi on Unsplash.
Clouds
Do you see the man in a fedora with his back to you,
staring at a woman in the distance
with her arms around a giant heart,
or perhaps it is a man
she is reaching up for…
or it is a dog jumping up
as though enjoying him
in Braille.
Can you see the things I see?
The woman exploding into glorious light
and a grumpy schoolteacher.
These are not things of any significance,
just things caught in the clouds.
If you don’t believe me, look for yourself.
There are worlds there for your investigation.
Please click on photos to enlarge and see details of these amazing skies.
I am so grateful for this prompt as I have been absolutely fixated on the sky (especially the clouds) for the past few weeks. So glad to have a place to share what I have seen.
For Weekend Sky: https://hammadrais.blog/2022/10/15/weekend-sky-75-oct-15th/
Truculent Twos and the Fourth of July
A starburst of fireworks up in the sky
caught the truculent child’s wandering eye.
Took his mind off his troubles and saved the vacation
which had formerly suffered from his tribulation.
His folks’ cogent reasonings wondering why
could not hold a candle to things in the sky
that vanquished his agony, lifting him higher
toward massive explosions of glorious fire.
Prompts today are starburst, cogent, truculent, intrusive, trouble and vacation.
