Holy for Sunday Whirl #76

Thanks, Brenda, for the wordle prompt!

the ambivalence of holy

hovers in a dazed state

while incense breathes fear

and flaps empty prayers

at souls who scurry to

seek a soupcon of tenderness

and a thimble full of water

the ambivalence of holy

becomes empty of essence

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Mosaic for Magpie Tales #136

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this delightful image prompt.

Flying Down, 2006, by David Salle

mosaic

benoit in free fall

chaos reigns

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Maze for Sunday Whirl

Thanks, Brenda, for the Sunday Whirl!

Ah Maze

storm bolts shook the damp

trapped corners into folds

brought remaining climbers

bundled up and watered

the ash hurtled down

when on that all saint's eve

storm bolts shook the husks

dried and set ablaze 

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Senryu for Magpie Tales #135

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this delightful image prompt!

Venus and The Sailor, 1925, by Salvador Dali 

doo wop bop

mostly in this life

don't dally                 

 

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Artist for Sunday Whirl #74

Thanks, Brenda and Walt, for a fine Sunday wordle prompt!

artists

curtain call

rocking the runway

sensuous saunters

tangled tresses swing

in tune with lilting lyrics

struts in catlike silence

exterior clad in rich color

while peering paparazzi

sigh silhouetted alliteration

darkly daring 

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Food for Magpie Tales #134

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for providing the prompt image!

Breakfast, 1921, Fernand Leger

sculpted eggs

scarves of charred bacon

solid brunch

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Storm for Sunday Whirl #73

Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle Prompt!

once upon a rugged morning

out of a remote meadow

where splendor shook its grace

and thunder rolled a blessing

a deep shadow with an attitude

rolled down the ridge

across the marble markers

across the backs of silent cows

across the fierce warriors

suffering took a second seat

to that shadow with an attitude

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Wine for Magpie Tales #133

Thanks, Tess Kincaid, for the image prompt!

Summer Night, 1913, by Albert Bloch

redwhiteblue

lofty mountain soles

valley grapes

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Cloud 9 for The Sunday Whirl

Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt!

once upon a time

that number showed up missing

smooth and white

refreshed but with a trace of wild

a cloud by any name

its final gear bared

by last year's hasty shift

no evidence, no notice

once upon a time

cloud nine went missing

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