The Mesmerist
Crabapple Blossom by LadyDragonflyHerWorld on Flickr photo sharing The Mesmerist His magic is his mindLike a beautiful gardenA fragrant intoxicantA sensual arrangementOf colorful fantasy Of textured thoughtsA place to immerse yourselfTo forget there is anything beyond him When I am with himI believe I can beMoreBetterBefore him life was emptyBarren as the crabapple out backA parade of blossomless springsFruitless summers And I knowI knowGardens like him have thornsYet I go to him glovelessOpening my hand Palm up Offering myselfEager as an addict for a needle ~Allison BlackThe Mesmerist’s TaleCopyright Nara Malone 2010 This week’s Carry On Tuesday prompt is is a quote from the Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran Life without…
- Carry On Tuesday, lake, Love, nature, Poetry, rainmaking, Three Word Wednesday, threesome, water cycle
Rain Making
I’m combining two prompts this week (didn’t finish this in time to post it yesterday and I needed something more to make this work, like the 3 words from Three Word Wednesday!) so I made it a little longer than usual. We’re closing in on drought conditions here, and I thought I might try to tease a little rain from the clouds. Three Word Wednesday words are: bait, jump, victim This Week’s Carry On Tuesday Prompt is from the first line of the 2008 novelThe Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt Lightning first, then the thunder. And in between the two…….. The Lake Liquid Light glides over her skin.She shivers,…
I Had a Perfect Dream
While the fire crackled and the wind tossed ice pellets against the window, I wrapped up in a bright blue shawl decorated with dolphins and dreamed a perfect dream. Snow flakes turned into a magic carpet. I rode a glittering Milky Way to a land of palm trees and beaches draped in gold and black sand. Sigh. I’m going to have to make this dream come true. This post was written in response to the Carry On Tuesday Weekly prompt, “I had a perfect Dream. See details on Carry On Tuesday’s prompt here. Or see what this week’s particiants wrote here.