Tag: inspiration
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Haiku
Based on her comment regarding my recent visit to the Blue Ridge Parkway, in North Carolina, the talented & lovely Arizonian poetess – Michele Lee – provided inspiration for me to write this poem: Morning in Mountains Drawn to dawn of dayNature reveals her beautyRejoice in warm love © 2021 Phil Perkins This photograph is…
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Poem for a Friend
I wrote this poem for a friend in India, Mukti Masih – a Christian, chai-totaler, published Poetess, freelance writer, business Head of Content, and, someone who inspires me. I encourage you to visit her web site. If I were marriedWith kids and a lotI’d wish for someoneWho has what she’s got A thoughtful womanBeautiful and smartWho…
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Poem for a Friend
Often a source of inspiration, I wrote this poem for a friend – Michele Lee. A proficient poetic storyteller, dancer and photographer, I encourage you to visit her site to read and enjoy her creative works! Donning overallsWithout any shoesTo a rhythm set by spoons In a sun-showerDancing wet with rainBringing thunder to monsoons ArizonianBy…
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Flashback Collage
It was 1992 and I had a giant stack of old magazines and a pair of shears. At random intervals over a few months, I removed pages from the soon be to discarded magazines, later cutting away excess to retain only each given image of interest. Following that, I used a can of spray-glue to…
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Poem In Response
After reading “Feathered Fans” by poetess Michele Lee from the Valley of the Sun, I was inspired to write this short poem in response… In the nectar you prepareand the kindness that you share,your heart, dear Michele, is sweet. Birds need the cool, clear water,as temperatures grow hotter,in Sonoran Desert heat. © 2021 Phil Perkins PHOTO…
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Haiku: Cascading Words
The following haiku was inspired by a friend, poetess and author Michele Lee, relating to her writers retreat in the Cascades… A pen in the pinesPoetic vision sublimeHeartstrings into lines © 2021 Phil Perkins PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
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Shoutout For A Friend
Every so often, I like to take time and highlight a friend from WordPress. Today, I’d like to give a shoutout to an exceptionally talented and lovely lady from Arizona, an energetic woman with wonderful wit, dreams, optimism, friendly demeanor and a kind heart. Michele Lee In acknowledgment of gratitude for the enjoyment I’ve received…
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Poem of Gardens
Having read a wonderful poem entitled “Connected Roots“, by poetess Michele Lee – where she highlights the life & beauty of a desert rose named Lady Banks – I was inspired to write this short poem… From separate places to common spacesIn a garden tended by loving handPlants and people of nature and nurtureSharing golden…
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Walt Disney Quote
Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever. Walt Disney
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Time Together
Inspired by the writing of a friend: poem of husband & wife over time – It seemed like magic when we metEmotions we would shareOn the table was everythingAnd with each word was care To matters of health and sicknessIn wealth or povertyEach felt until death do us partWas how it had to be To…
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Walt Disney Quote
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
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Poem of Courage
After reading a friend’s writing, “The Hell’s Barge Self” – an inspiring account of ones fighting spirit to cherish life through surgery and not succumb to agents of evil – I wrote this poem in response… Facing the faces of manyDisparaging people unkindA warrior of courage with faithEvil cast away – out of mind. Drifting…