Valentine's Day Rondel

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Here is a rondelle for Gayle's prompt over at dversepoets.com and for Valentine's Day.



Dawn broke in shattered shards of stippled green;as the gentle voice of spring was heard;you arrived on a shrimp boat's bobbing stern,I swam to meet you in night tourmaline 
I found you as you were finding meAt each glance or sound, my heart stirred Dawn broke in shattered shards of stippled green;as the gentle voice of spring was heard
Soul mates, you were the best part of melike sipping the sweetest of Sauternes,leaving me nothing for which to yearnEmbraced by time, our love endured, unalteredDawn broke in shattered shards of stippled green

Red

 I couldn't help myself when I saw all the photography

by Totomai Martinez .  His work inspires so much poetry.  

For  dversepoets.com

Red is the color of my favorite rose

velvet scent under my nose

Red is the color of my lover's nightgown,

the color of her passionate prose

Her chest rises and falls against me;

blood in my veins pulses hurriedly 

I bring her blossoms with dew drops;

she lulls me with her poetry

I kiss her lips the shade of plum,

 thank her for waltzes yet to come,

dances under a full moon
to music from a flower drum

Red is the color of my true loves hair;

it glides around my throat bare

to the only woman in the world for me
I toast with Cabernet,
shower with garnets rare

Scavenger Hunt Sunday ..2-19-12...

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Today we were supposed to take photos using these word prompts:  Love, Duplicated, Trendy, Paper and Plastic:

I combined Love and Paper...

I was lucky when I found this old Valentine in a scrapbook of my great Aunt Bessie.  It is made with painted paper that has a starchy quality and is well preserved, is addressed to her in Butte, Montana in Jan. of 1908, postage, 2cents. On the back is a colored pencil drawing of an elegant lady which it titled A Girl From Butte.

It goes on with quotes: "Tell me pretty maiden, is there any more at home like you?" "Are yez commin out tonight?"  "Miss Montana", "Hang on to yourself", signed "Duff".  All her photos suggest she was a lively lady.

Duplicated...

Went to my granddaughter's volleyball tournament today when I took this photo with an unsteady hand...

I combined Trendy and Plastic...

Lego is back as a popular passtime for kids of all ages, to the point of making robots and programming them.  The light was poor for this one.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Haiku Wednesday ...Love...

The topic this week for Sensational Haiku Wednesday is fittingly the word 'Love'.  I had just watched the 1955 movie Summertime with Katherine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi..

Touching clear blue skies

Olive trees pattern the hill

An old stone chapel


Two hearts with claret

melodies chained together

A nucleus forms

Whispers of coupling 

Lighting a torch of madness

Exciting the earth  
  
Essence of true love

Adventure of a lifetime

or a fool's Eden

by klr