Blessings – a Thanksgiving Shadorma

 

thanksgiv-day

Today is
for celebrating
our blessings
with friends and
family near or far, with
laughter and good food

but this day
isn’t the only
time to show
gratitude
each sunrise provides a new
opportunity

Lauren Scott Β© 2017
Image: Google

Happy Thanksgiving! ❀

https://alongtheinterstice.wordpress.com/shadorma-november/

 

Territory

traveling
they wander with grace
cautiously
ears alert
grazing occasionally
complaints unfounded

they were first
time buyers in the
neighborhood
changing times
head-on, they meet their demise
one more point for man

Lauren Scott Β© 2017
https://alongtheinterstice.wordpress.com/shadorma-november/

 

City Lights

san_francisco_at_night-wide

Energy
level heightened with
red letters
bringing the
theater into full view
mezzanine magic

parody
entertainment for
three levels
of smiling
ticket holders – laughter is
the best medicine

Lauren Scott Β© 2017
Image: Google

This is another contribution to Eliot’s Shadorma November – https://alongtheinterstice.wordpress.com/shadorma-november/

 

The Giver

He pulls me
into myself so
I may see
qualities
he loved from the beginning
though his perception

runs deeper –
mine, a hint of clouds
then he lifts
my heart and
soul to the brilliant sky where
our dreams become us

Lauren Scott Β© 2017

Shadorma November

Evaluation

Visions from
yesteryear struggle
to remain
paramount
descending farther into
anonymity

Is it right
to lighten the grip?
dilemma
a moment
to weigh varied directions
path free of error

Lauren Scott Β© 2017
(This is another contribution for Eliot’s November Shadorma challenge.)
https://alongtheinterstice.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/to-do-list/

Breath of Life

a bundle
of ribbons and bows
floats in a
safety net
until illumination
ten fingers, ten toes

middle-aged
yet, too young to leave
infant eyes
rosebud lips
will miss her loving presence
wheel of life rotates

Lauren Scott Β© 2017
Revised from 1991

Shadorma November

Tranquility

Bee at Pt Reyes

 

escaping the noise

watching nature’s performance

silence for the soul

Lauren Scott Β© 2015
Photo: Pt. Reyes Station, CA

(I decided to pull some Tranquility
from the archives. Hope you enjoy,
and I wish you all a peaceful Friday
and weekend.)

Blooms

She tended
to their elegance
her babies
in a sense
they breathed in her tender touch
they miss her presence

Lauren Scott Β© 2017
(written for Mom) ❀

For Shadorma November – https://alongtheinterstice.wordpress.com/shadorma-november/