Melting Snow

Poetry Friday

Istiqlál (Independence), 12 Asmá’ (Names) 175 B.E. - Friday, August 31, 2018

Prayer Break

         in medias res1
I pause
intone a healing prayer,
experience
the Holy Spirit's tranquility
flow through my mind,
and smile.

Is worry a disease
of my insistent-self,
the evil whisperer,
or obsession?

Whichever it is
the healing prayers
revealed by Baha'u'llah
silence
my busy mind,
and refocus my soul.

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"  prompt for DAY 1718
Here's a strange question that might get some ideas flowing. Where do spiders and stars overlap. After all John Donne found inspiration with a flea. Have fun!

Spiders and Stars

Spiders crawl across the landscape
of an unknown planet
orbiting a distant star.

Spiders weave their webs
between the fallen towers
of a dead civilizations
on a planets orbiting stars
in one of the spiral arms
of either the Milky Way
or Andromeda galaxies.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for DAY 2112
In October, the prequel to Dracula is being released by Bram Stoker's Great-Grandnephew Dacre Stoker. The book is called Dracul. How about writing a paragraph or two of a prequel to Dracula and then when the book is released you can see how you did compared to his. This could be a lot of fun.

Vlad the Impaler

Vlad the Impaler2,
Vlad III,
or Vlad Dracula;
names that raise the image
of hate,
fear,
and death.

A product of his era,
a terrorist;
his images associated
with flowing blood.

Footnotes
1  Meaning "in the middle of things".
2  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler