French Door Reflection...

My contribution to today's Open Link Night at  - where we are to 

share a tale that should not be forgotten - is simply a few moments in time, the tale left more to the imagination. In my mind for some time, it needed to be written and 

put on paper so to speak...I hope it fits with the theme...

In my reflection 

no blemishes can be found

Only peachy soft sunlight

Wavy glass panes guard

my vulnerability

Empty porch swing waits 

Imperfections lost

unless you peer deep inside
Past the netted screen


Double doors ajar

rusty hinges whine in, out
Gloaming falls on me

Raspberry gold beams

widen my ready spread arms

To your twilight song

Almost home at last
boots faithfully rest on stoop
How fortunate I

Knowing you know me 

reflected in your eyes now

Eve's far from over

by klr

Petals on a pillow..

The request for today's        http://www.photosbyleanne.net   is  "something red".....

Photo Art Friday

Middle of things...

Word prompt for      is 'middle'...

~

My computer screen

where cat likes to stretch herself

in the middle of things

~

Being the oldest

is harder than siblings know

Toss the first pancake

~

Mad Myra murmurs

makes middling money mincing

more mellow mushrooms

Art and meaning....

This week's Haiku Heights challenge is the word 'meaning'


To me  Frida Kahlo's kitchen table symbolizes how much we center our lives around art

......and whether we know it or not, without it we might die..perhaps that is a stretch, but I don't think so when we think of the myriad forms of art we partake of everyday. We indulge ourselves with it.  No need for me to mention the ubiquitous sources of our pleasures as well as our consternation.  This started as one haiku and grew

a bit in length by the time I was satisfied...I think Diego would agree ;-).

Art means nourishment

 Steaming spirits deep inside
leap onto canvas


Its breath sustains us
wrought of sweet tribulation
drawn from sanguine bone
  
 Magnificent works

Sculpted, writ, measured, designed 
 fired into substance

Steeped bare essentials
Suffer the earth to drink God's
 fragrant cup of tea



by klr

More daisies...

A last minute posting for  Flower Art Friday ...more daisies, as I posted one on Photo Art Friday yesterday; but this is an experiment which obviously shows I need more practice with textures.  I just threw this together...far from looking like the other professional photos here...but I like a good critique now and then ;-)

Daisy glow...

For  Photo Art Friday  I chose the daisy with the finer petals that I'm fond of.  They glow at night without a moon out...

First ...haiku challenge

Sharing with:   

For two centuries

since democracy's cradle

we've fought bigotry

New stellar icon

graces world in symphony

She's our First Lady

by klr

Haiku Heights

French Twist...Cinema ..poem in honor of Le Quatorze Juillet

This is my first time submitting to http://dversepoets.com.  My muse was nudged when this week's theme
 caught my eye.  Spanish is my forte, but lately I've the urge to learn French, see France, am attracted to French decor. My poetry form of choice is a series of haiku.  And after, if you like, take a look at three new French movies worth seeing HERE in honor of Bastille Day..

I used to pretend I lived in a high clock tower in Provence, surrounded by countryside amidst fields of 
windmills and poppies.  Sewing red, white, and bleu French knots, where nuns flew with aplomb, in another life, by the sea.

"Cinema Francois"

Impressed upon me

since nineteen fifty seven

cinema Francois

My French connection
began with The Red Balloon
then Francois Truffaut


Madeline's bold scar
long dark mustache of Clouseau
and Brigit Bardot
Gene Kelly emerged 
choreographed a dance troupe
Les Girls in Paris

 Les Miserables 
 poignant oppressed legacy
in theatres soon
Crystallized onscreen

Joan', Cosette and Josephine

epic heroines


Cyrano, Legrand

 plush seats, awards, Belle de Jour

  Cannes Film festival

New romance blossomed 
in A Man and a Woman 
goosebumps from Louis

Newman played the blues
 Jordan sang with Chevalier
came demure Denueve

  In Paris' bleu rain

  walked Dietrich and Miss Caron
Jack N. sings La Mer

New luminaries
Marion channels Piaf
Juliette plays nurse
Achieving applause
The Esprit of Depardieu

Kline in a French Kiss


The Triumph of France

not toast, duvets or French fries
Vive Chocolat!
Je t' amie Woody
Now we've Midnight in Paris 
Time to leave my chez


Grab my umbrella

don my indigo beret

looking for Cezanne


by klr

French Twist...

Heat Haiku..as in William Hurt..

                 Sharing with  Haiku Wednesday and recuerda_mi_corazon

For some reason my mind went directly to the movie "Body Heat" with William Hurt and 

Kathleen Turner, a re-make of "Double Indemnity", I believe.  There is a provocative scene with them on 

her terrace, similar to the one below, only dozens of  wind chimes are tinkling eerily as in an Alfred Hitchcock movie..

Approaching the night

 deep layers of orange blossoms 

fuse with linen scent


Lit paper lanterns

sway in the nocturnal breeze

glass capiz shells chime

Sultry daphne pairs 

with summertime soft blue notes

body heat rising

Waltzing me around

beyond the fountained terrace 

under lunar beams

Pool water ruffles 

touching places in my soul 

borne of the season


by klr

"Vital" words & Nature's pink wild rose...

Today I am linking up with 2 different challenges .. first is             

 and   kimklassencafe.com with a photo art postcard designed using one of her textures, deardreamer and a personal message.  The pink rose is from my yard,  is faded for the theme of her prompt, "Natural", for which there are so many options.  For Leo's              I wrote a haiku for the word "Vital" to describe the motivation behind the card...I hope I disconnected the word verification step as suggested ;-)

by klr

Circumstance arose

Vital as blood in my veins

Urge to convey thoughts

Architecture ...Vintage 1891 home..

This weekend's prompt for Bonnie's Photo Art Friday is the word 'architecture' of which you will find many amazing photos to peruse on her web-site.  The sepia tones and a few other minor steps and this is what it looks like...

 Early pioneer, merchant, and sailor E. R. Rogers settled in 

Steilacoom , Washington in 1863.  For his wife, Catherine, he built this mansion in 1891.  

Over the years it had several owners, was a boarding house for many, and most notably became 

renowned for it's elegant restaurant simply 
called E. R. Rogers'. 

 The beautiful facade and interior have been restored to the period by caring historians.  It sits on a hill overlooking Puget Sound and it's islands and ferries.  The community boasts many treasures from the early pioneers who first lived and traded here in 
their Historical Museum.

True love..beneath tree boughs..

This was intended for another haiku challenge, the word prompt being 'True'..again I was slow 

to get finished in time to post...I like the exercise, so to speak, so it keeps me in practice...

Beneath tree boughs low

Love me tender love me true

picnic tableau spread

 Golden rings exchanged

veritable dreams begat 

  our dear family


by klr

Fireworks..Independence .. July 4, 2012...

Liberty bells rang

Crowds reveling in spirit

Fireworks kissed night sky

Courage through bloodshed

in seventeen- ninety- two
screw unfair taxes

by klr

'Natural'....Haiku Wednesday...

Our prompt this week for the Haiku Wednesday challenge is 'Natural'

No sugar or bread
eat only lean meats and fish
All natural foods


Avoid soy, dairy
Yoga each day for balance
Learn to meditate


Eco-awareness
Organic everything
mind and body care


Herbs and supplements
Hemp and bamboo products too
Spas and pilates


Naturopathics
Holistic acupuncture
Past lives therapy


Eat fruit for wellness
Enhance your immune system
Stave off all disease


Purified water
No artificial added
Recycle - live green

Health is our reward
Environmental stewards
when we choose to move


All the above cues
provide  lots of prevention
I have far to go...
                                                did I mention???



by klr

Confidence.. Haiku...

Having missed the cut off time for last week's challenge at Sensational Haiku Wednesday, I still want to share it as I had finished it, but it is not being posted to Jenn's web-site.  Thank you for stopping by anyway, if you do ;-) and critiquing it if you like.            

                                                                            The Golden Valley

My world by design

Had I confidence back then  

would be otherwise

Had I the vision

To build bridges not burn them

taking the high road 

Shouldering a cross 

My manifest destiny

could have been altered 

Trading up from strife

Continuity in life

peace being the prize


by klr

Painterly piece of digital art..with quote...

Photo Art Friday

I have been working on this for some time.  Between problems with the old computer and not 

taking many tutorials on texture, going by what I've learned as I've been blogging along here, this is 

what I came up with. The idea began with a quote challenge, but I was not ready.  I first superimposed the image of the woman in Berthe Morisot's impressionistic painting, Reading (1874)  and a gramophone separately onto the scene (which is a view from my back yard looking south across the creek). \

 Using a "painterly finesse" texture of Bonnie's and then a Shakespearean texture, I tried to blend or fade them into one.  I erased the area where I wanted the focus because the various settings of opacity (overlay, multiply, normal,)  that I tried did not give me the desired result.......either too much light, not enough, or loss of lettering. I am using Pixlr only right now since Picnk closed, where I knew how to get the desired effect.   Then, of course, I added a 

favorite quote.  It's  a learning process...but it's fun to see ideas materialize 

on canvas, albeit digital ;-)  BTW, I won't be able to comment on other 'painters' blogs until tomorrow.