Arandale Shimmersley Gilbert the Fifth Was heir to the throne of La Monde But ruling the world was not what he wished So Arandale chose to abscond He fled from the palace at quarter to two His ambition in life was clear The only thing…

You were every child’s dream Mine as well Your golden mane and hazel eyes Still feature in my perfect dreams Yet in a moment as cursed as it could be I traded you in for an extra hour of sleep. I know the hands that…

Keep falling a little behind but I think I will get these last two in on time.   Untitled Early morning sighs Soft and slow Slipping through the curtain Golden and light   Midmorning appears As if from nowhere Softness turns bright Harsh and shining…

Chasing The Sky Chasing clouds with bottled rain With hope still rising, it left a stain From bleeding colors of a bow With a promise of riches down below. The brush of clouds, fingerprints in sky Distinguished the patterns of another goodbye As wind shuffles…

People are different all the time and I hope you are better than most of them Love them Massage them Pamper them Calm them They are not satisfied and they treat you as footmat Understanding people is a difficult game to master and since I…

Like a butterfly which I know is a soul of departed That visits every time one misses her presence A feather so delicate is a soul just the same Out of nowhere it floats, when you call out her name As the feather floats and…

One Sound Unites Us Knots of families stroll on sugar sand Snatches of their conversations float after Spanish, French, Portuguese and Chinese.   But one sound is universal The squeal of children in the surf Laughing children will unites us. Bette Low  2020

Prompt 22 (Half Marathon 2 Hour 10) The water is freezing but there is nowhere else she feels more at home Definitely not back at the villa There, she is a daughter, soon to be wife An aristocrat, a woman, one of age Here, she…

Grackle Gang   Iridescent grackle gang Always in croaky conversation.   Strutting about eating bugs in the front field, Causing an immediate ruckus at the neighbors’ cat,   Nesting together deep in the cedars Quick to rise up and swarm a passing hawk-   Dive…

Prompt 22 : Poem inspired by the photo   Shine, flow, grow, breathe if only greed were not our creed light, water, earth, air we always had all we ever need