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Eight liners for the month of July. 7-1- 2021 prompt: July July The sun, they say, travels southward in July, bringing warm days in its wake. Sultry days and warm nights, strange weather. Dedicated to Freedom July is known for the fearless yet, ambitious Julius Caesar. " Free yourself from hatred, friendship, anger and pity...we cannot judge truth" with emotion. The general's pearls of wisdom, food for thought. 7-2-2021 Prompt: Meander The trail The trail never ended. we meandered through a maze of imposing trees till darkness descended. The stream flowed fluent lapping on the hard rocks mosquitoes began feasting relieved to see the highway. Note: This happened when we underestimated that trail in Atlanta in 2007 7-3-2021 Prompt: Tell us about something you mother made you do that you're grateful for now. Grateful Grateful for many things she made us do ever with a smile. Made sure we came home on time. Play, study, sleep, no fuss over lunch or dinner. Created taste for cooking, friendship, oh, so many things. 7-5-2021 Prompt: Forest The Forest It works wonders. No word, no spell. At its beckoning, a faint nod drawn like a bee to blossom I walk through colorful corridors, bower, bracken and bush, creepers on and around strong tall forever trees peace lingers through my day. 7-6-2021 Prompts: Phrases by Shakespeare "wild-goose chase -forever and a day - brave new world - tower of strength" Destiny I can't go on a wild goose chase, now that I lost it forever and a day no need to retrieve the former phase a pleasure that drives the pain away. I found out you have stolen my heart making it dance to every tune you call. Together, to a brave new world, no more apart you are my tower of strength, I no longer fall. 7-7-2021 Prompt: A journey poem El Dorado Let’s go on a journey, you and I Fields and rolling hills fill my eye You love machines and city lights Hardly a cause to start a fight. We met on our different roads Parallels merged, lightened the load Shared light and shade of many a mode Surely someday we’ll find our land of gold. 7-8-2021 Prompt: Illuminate Illumined Off the coast of Durban sailing to another destination on the shores of the Mediterranean. The bulkheads at night Illuminated by flash lights for fear of pirates. “ Look to the right”. Incredulous! greeted our eyes. Families of huge whales swam along With a quiet amazing grace. Note: A thrilling incident during our sailing days. 7-9-2021 Prompt: Confetti To be kind Each day’s like a new quilt made of patches of kindness. “Thank you,” she said. “Your words helped me solve a serious problem.” If it’s this easy, everyone can shower it like confetti a symbol of joy, of celebration. 7-10-2021 Prompt: Barn dance A night to remember It was a starry night We reached right before celebration, air’s full of jubilation. The barn dance was magic Folk dancers swung to music Slip, side, change of place we too were pulled into the race. 7-11-2021 Prompt: Blueberry day Blueberries from India Seasonal fruit multiple benefits astringent not a common favourite. Lingering taste like fresh air after rain. A clean aftermath like replacing wrong with right. 7-12-2021 Prompt: Before or/and After Charmed I feel as though I met you before. Oh yes, I saw you months earlier. That lotus-eyed smile, that child-like charm stayed on my mind long after we met. 7-13-2021 Prompt:Midnight oil Liberated Burning midnight oil on a Keats or Marlowe evoked casements high caged damsels of angelic beauty, as a craving Leander or a pining Porphyro gallop across furious tides and frozen fields with their hearts on fire and lives at stake to turn the key and open the door to love liberated. 7-24-2021 Prompts: Edge, Zephyr, Cool Edge of Heaven It felt as though I was at the edge of heaven in the shady green orchard full of fruits of a mellowing autumn. The cool zephyr from the south carried a sweet unheard melody refreshing and cleansing my mind of unshed melancholy and anxiety. 7-25-2021 Prompts: Earth, Goodnight Safety Earth is safety Earth is security Earth is home Earth is love. As I slide into the arms of a gentle goodnight, earth, my safe haven assures me of another day. 7-26-2021 Prompt: Shallow Waters Deceptive The deep was deceptive. A pleasant outing turned tragic for the family of three that went wading into the shallow waters only to find a watery grave. The rescuer drowned too, underestimating the depth. Gracious to a fault 27-7-2021 Prompt: Benign Benign he was, teaching us Emerson and Thoreau. His gentle voice lulled a great many to doze, to dream of Walden pond and meditate on its banks. Gracious he was, he knew we transcended to an ideal world. 7-28-2021 Prompt: Lavender Lavender Lavender, incomparably romantic draws us to embrace its flower and color. The sweet flowery oil’s aroma cured his insufferable insomnia. The evening sky glows in the luminescent lavender light The hills and the valley bathe in its spreading splendor. 7-29-2021 Prompts: Tantamount and Ragamuffin Spectre Farmers fought a futile battle for the land seized. Women lost their war against crime and violence. The young and old have no means to live by. A starved country tantamount to a ragamuffin. 30-7-2021 Prompt: Survival Pouring rain for days on end deluged houses made of mud leaving many a man and animal homeless. The sun blazed and the wetness dried. A trail of deserted roads, depressed minds. Have the masses gone underground? No, they pulled out of despondency survival instincts sharp and singular. 7-31-2021 Prompt:Charisma Charismatic Every time you look at me love shines out of your eyes. There’s no greater sight to see than your golden lips flashing smile. Summer heat and rainy days Falling leaves and winter cold Nature’s charm and her beauteous ways, Do not mean a thing without you to hold. |
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