Unaware

birds perched on wiresĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  birds on wire
keeping warm during
cold winter months
unaware of any danger

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

 

Google Image

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com . This is Small Stone #10.

Serenade

last night high windsĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  wind chimesĀ Ā Ā Ā 
music of wind chimes
tonight stillness soĀ no
music serenade heard
calm before the storm

Ā© January 2013

Renee Espriu

Google Image

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com . This is Small Stone #9.

Clock Tower

old city hall
clock tower stands tall
over the city waiting
as the winds pick up
for another storm soon
approaching even as
time remains frozen

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com . This is Small Stone #8.

Google Image of City of Tacoma

Old City Hall

Tendrils

ivy-trees

ivy winds ’round tree trunks
clinging to tree bark as
though hanging on for life
not even the strongest wind
can sever ties of tendrils

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com. Small Stone #7.

Posting Guard

sea gulls on roof

rows of sea birds lined
up on a house rooftop
posting guard vigilant
waiting to hear the
sounds of the ocean
too distant to be heard

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

Google Image

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com . This is Small Stone #6.

Aglow

dawn street lights

shimmering lights still aglow
from lamp posts and cars
in small hours of dawn not
yet extinguished just before
the coming of the rising sun

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

Google Image

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com. This is Small Stone #5.

Small Villages

tiny hooded mushroomsĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  tiny mushrooms
clustered like small
villages popping up
amidst blades of grass
giving shelter to
microscopic life
sheltered beneath them

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

Goggle Image

 

 

 

 

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com. This is Small Stone #4.

Wonder of Beauty

taut bare skin of branches aĀ  winter trees
wonder of beauty keeping
warm during winter months
without beauty of foliage

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

Google Image

 

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com.

This is Small Stone #3.

Bejeweled

sun beating through aĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  dew drops
blanket of thick fog
of which tiny droplets
glisten brightly a
bejeweled winter day

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Google Image Taken From photocase.com

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com. This is Small Stone #2.

Tiny Insects

Winter Bird

Goggle Image

tiny insects flutter around
an evergreen bush bringing
tiny birds a winter meal

Ā© January 2013
Renee Espriu

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.comĀ . This is Small Stone #1.