Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
cucumber ready
versatile dill
pickling season
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***Stone Bench***
Photo Taken by Myself & Digitized
pervasive silence
expectation
fluttering leaves
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***Nature’s Lace***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
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***Many Colored Patterns***
There is always hope peace will come
if not encompassed in the living
most certainly not in the dying
but in increments of moving forward
Making changes interacting with others
knowing that even in differences
we are all connected in commonalities
That loving & laughing in twilight hours
should be brought into the light of day
broaching imagined fears & realizing
that others may have the same fears
That birdsong & music must be heard
over the sound of bullets piercing us
to hear the poets words stitched into lines
That the birth of all natures creatures
the wail of a newborn’s crying demands
is the crescendo beckoning to humanity
to see life as the ultimate gift
That life is not as simple as a color
& more complex than lifestyles lived
that defects & handicaps are beautiful
That the poets stitched lines a stanza
of many patterns woven into many colors
of all life with powerful voices to hear
there is always hope peace will come
© Renee Espriu 2016
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
There has been yet another mall shooting here in Washington State killing lives that most hold dear. Please see others’ writing for 100TPC that is holding a virtual event today at https://intothebardo.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/100tpc-2016/
***BRIEF INTERLUDE***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
brief interlude
before wind interrupts
carpeting leaves
on ground
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***QUIET SERENITY***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
a moment captured
contemplation
quiet serenity
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***BLACK HONEY FARE***
A girl inhaling clean salty air
on the coastline of the Pacific
once harboring pristine beaches
held in awe in the early fifties
Cradled first in a mother’s arms
embraced in a warm blanket of sun
sand sticking to arms and legs
to tiny feet and pudgy hands raised
Eyes swallowing the ocean forever
encompassing a spotless horizon
just a sweet taste of waves and wind
‘til progress brazenly stepped in
Iron giant beast bereft of eyes
harnessed to flat steel platforms
began springing forth on Hwy 1
like parched wilted weeds in the sun
They anointed the soil like locusts
legs attached with heads in motion
digging deep in the earth drinking
oil thick like honey sickly menacing
Pollution crept in first unnoticed
air thick at times with heady fumes
sticky black tar littered beaches
Tin Can Beach amassed its leaches
Years were swept as incoming tides
realization of what man had made
eyes burned of air toxic to breathe
a process to clean, erect a sheath
Signs were posted of ‘Danger Beware’
bulldozers took away tin cans and trash
Bolsa Chica Beach left in its wake
all was done for humanities’ sake
A woman inhaling remnants of air
on the coastline of the Pacific
iron giants without eyes still stare
never sated on their black honey fare
© Renee Espriu 2016
Photo From http://www.image-archeology.com/california_oil_wells.htm
I was fortunate enough to have this posted for 100TPC on Jamie Dede’s site The Bezine. The topic as you will read is Environmental Justice. Please visit her site and read other posts by writers who also contributed to this issue.
https://musingbymoonlight.com/2016/09/19/the-bezine-vol-2-issue-12-environmental-justice-intro-and-table-of-contents-with-links/
***FADING COLOR***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
abandoned chest
fading color
untold stories
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***YESTERYEAR FAST***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
racing into future
Bugatti fast
timeless beauty
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***CARAMEL STICKY POPS***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
tartness wrapped apple
sweet sticky caramel
cloak of peanuts
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