Sparked by Words

Morning Blooms

June 10, 2019

Morning blooms a fervid pledge

The horizon and the stars, yet

From every next morning crawls

A battered promise cobbled

From the previous morning’s rubble

 

All future in a bud or the wind

Rinds of melon, a wilted rose

Only one petal removed

The elegant equation of

Despair and a child’s hope

 

Blossoms cast on the ground

An apple clenched in one’s fist

The breeze murmured in hair

A nimbus cloud damp against lips

Water casting pearls upon cheeks

 

Chants twine around two wrists

Lightning cradles two heartbeats

The bright promise of morning

Forgets yesterday’s heartache

And wakes the sleeper

 

Pause by the moaning trees

Crouch on salt flats

Pad into the wilderness

Rush toward tomorrow

For dreams of horizon and stars

 

 

Just  a thought 76

 

 

Painting Olivenheim, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889, courtesy Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

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inspiration, Just a Thought, Poetry

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  1. m lewis redford said:
    June 10, 2019 at 12:39 am

    ‘… breeze murmured in hair’

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  2. Reflections of an Untidy Mind said:
    June 10, 2019 at 3:12 am

    That is very powerful, Sharon. I love this line – All future in a bud or the wind
    Rinds of melon, a wilted rose – and more. I’ve been listening to a song. It goes well with your poem.

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  3. leggypeggy said:
    June 10, 2019 at 4:22 am

    So many wonderful gems here. Thank you.

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  4. Jacqui Murray said:
    June 10, 2019 at 10:01 am

    Lovely poem. “Rinds of melon, a wilted rose”–I paused at that one.

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  5. Jenna Barwin said:
    June 10, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    Beautiful!

    Tweeted.

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  6. Audrey Dawn - Oldest Daughter Redheaded Sister said:
    June 11, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    Future in a bud. Love the protection that image provides. Wonderful, Shari

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  7. da-AL said:
    June 14, 2019 at 4:19 pm

    what a gorgeous word painting!

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  8. Betty Hayes Albright said:
    June 20, 2019 at 5:52 pm

    Lovely images here, Sharon, with interesting contrasts. I sense some tension alternating with our responsibility to find joyful awareness in nature – in all of creation. Beautiful work!

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  9. Green Global Trek said:
    June 27, 2019 at 12:48 am

    This definitely speaks to me.
    Beautiful.

    Peta

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  10. malcolmfranokuski said:
    July 14, 2019 at 8:02 am

    Reblogged this on malcolm franokuski and commented:
    Interesting artwork.

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  11. malcolmfranokuski said:
    July 14, 2019 at 9:01 am

    I see. I read it at the end of your blog post. Thanks for sharing, by the way.

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  12. theorangutanlibrarian said:
    July 20, 2019 at 9:53 am

    Beautiful imagery!

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  13. Sarah said:
    August 3, 2019 at 6:10 am

    As always your words evoke a series of images blooming inside my head – it’s as if I can see, hear, taste and feel all the things you’ve included in this beautiful thought!

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