Autumn Appetites (Repost)

autumn’s tapestry

draped over summer’s last green

spicy smells float by

hay rides and cider

tiny goblins on doorsteps

piles of pumpkins high

leaves drift like sugar

in air crisp as an apple

my thoughts turn to pie

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This is a repost of a piece I wrote a couple of years ago. But it is so perfect for the prompt, I couldn't resist sharing it again.

Linked to Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 5: Autumn

Haiku: Alcatraz

harsh whispers echo

ghosts float by just out of sight

evil lives here still  

Alcatraz Prison, also known as "The Rock," housed the the worst of the bad guys, including Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and the Birdman of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud.  During its 29 years of operation, the penitentiary claimed no prisoner had successfully escaped. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts, two men trying twice; 23 were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape, and three were never found, believed drowned in the currents of San Francisco Bay.

The prison closed in March 1963.

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 Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 22: Still.

Haiku: Neptune Smiles

Newport, RI to Bermuda Race Boats

sailboat race today

fair winds and following seas

serendipity

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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 21:  Serendipity
 

Haiku: The Traveler

day trips bloom to bloom

sipping nectar at each stop

sweet memories made

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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 19:  Honeybees

Haiku: Icy Hot

Artist: Bertram MacKennal

Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons

the warmth that floods me

sent straight from your icy heart

sorrow served up hot


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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 13: Warmth

Haiku: Play Me

Photo:  Public domain
source:  publicdomainpictures.net

 

find your perfect song

play the notes on my heart strings

I’ll sing harmony

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 Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 8:  Play.

Haiku: Hope Springs Eternal

 (Public Domain Image)

face lifts to the sun

while back turns against chill winds

this is springtime, right?

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 Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 6: Hope.

The Curious Case of the Brown Shoes

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone*!

So glad you could make it for dinner.

* Including those of you not celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow. 

But don't worry, I made enough for you too.

16 for dinner, one cook

You've got to admit, it's a pretty good excuse!

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This is my entry at The Tenth Daughter of  Memory.

Friday Flash 55: Life Cycle of a Tiger Longwing

 

Darting, dancing,

Flitting, prancing

From petal to petal, to and fro.

Dipping, skipping,

Tasting, sipping,

My sunlit stripes all aglow.

Whirling, twirling,

Spinning, swirling,

Ggossamer wings putting on quite a show.

Drifting, lifting,

Patterns shifting,

Visiting flowers all in a row.

Flying, shying,

Too soon dying,

A month of life, and away I must go.

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This is my offering for Friday Flash 55, hosted by G-Man (a man of strange appetites!) at Mr. KnowItAll.

160: I'm Still Standing

I’ve lived long

Loved Summer’s bake

Laughed at Winter’s chill.

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Time flakes years

Off my rusty face

Yet cannot touch my will.

And so

My iron heart

Time can never still.

 

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This is my entry in Sunday 160, hosted by Monkey Man.

Theme Thursday: The Call

Fronds rustling softly

As they answer tropic breezes,

Palm trees wave and beckon:

Come on down! Come on down!

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Posted for Theme Thursday, where the prompt is "palm."

Wordless Wednesday: At Race End

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To find out what other cameras had to "say," visit Wordless Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday: Bridges of Time

Bridge to Yesterday

Bridge to Tomorrow

 Photo from Nasa

For more profound wordlessness, visit Wordless Wednesday.

160: Barrels of Potential

Plucked crushed

Waiting to see

Rendezvous

Seduction

Candlelit dinner

Steamy bath

Celebration

Uplifting toast

Crashing bender

Only time will tell

Bottles of heaven or hell

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Written for Sunday 160, hosted by Monkey Man

Wordless Wednesday: Has anyone seen Professor Dumbledore?

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These photos are my entry in Wordless Wednesday.

100-Word Challenge: Daybreak Daliance

Dawn breaks over the distance.

Morning spreads into the sky.

It’s still too dark to see much outside.

I open my beak, call out to the world,

Announcing my presence with pride.

Abundant with attitude,

Splendid with style,

My plumage so lush,

My head gear so bright:

Call me “Cock of the Walk.”

You’d be right..

Thanks to me, the world awakens.

The chicks in the henhouse begin to cluck.

“We’re hungry,” they grumble, “and have eggs to lay.”

I’m Cock of the Walk, so I wink and I crow,

“Hey, Girls, let's start with a roll in the hay!”

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This is my entry for this week's prompt of "Abundant" in Velvet Verbosity's 100-Word Challenge, generously hosted here by LouCeel.  Lou, with so much on your plate, I know this is tough. I'm grateful to you for keeping it going.

Wordless Wednesday: World Cup Champions 2027

This is my post for Wordless Wednesday.

Home Delivery!

There’s nothing like farm-fresh milk. Indulge in home delivery. Your bones will thank you!

Brought to you by your local Dairy Council.

Oh, yes, and by Bossie.

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Written for Sunday 160, hosted by Monkey Man.

For those of you as taken with the metal sculpture of artist Patrick Amiot as I was, check out this video showing some of his work.

Seeing in the Dark

A moment of youthful blindness

Stole my ability to see.

A foolish choice 

Took everything away,

Leaving me nothing to look at

But the walls and bars surrounding me.

I close my eyes and picture it,

All I once had when free,

And brush in hand,

I paint it back,

To adorn my new reality.

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This was written for Friday Flash 55, hosted by G-Man.  Have something to say in exactly 55 words?  G-Man will listen.

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Wordless Wednesday: We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.