gnarled oak knots
fishermen know season’s tides
skin aged by the sea
This door that I’m sharing with Thursday Doors has so many possible stories.
Tag: california
Landscape #photography #haiku
Eye dawns on beauty
seasons merge in a mist
sea my horizon
This week’s WordPress Photochallenge is Landscape. There is some beautiful photography for you to enjoy by fellow bloggers.
California Dreaming… #photography #poetry #dpchallenge
The
dream
like a
butterfly
fluttered about
not wishing to be caught
flaunting its winged victory
I grasped
at the very edge
holding tight
to yesterday
***
And what dream do you hold in your hands????
The wordpress photography challenge is “Show us something Dreamy“.
Come Dream with us:
Everything has a Price #water #ag #california #poetry
Comrades come and gather round
we have found water
in your thirsty ground
precious as it is to you
we will sell it back
it’s true
grow your crops
or let them die
what is it to us
if hungry children cry
***
Pictures speak 1000 words. These pictures are within miles of each other in California’s Central Valley.
You guessed it the beautiful water filled canal supplies water to the corporate farm.
The independent farms (family owned ) are left to go back to scrub brush.
Fracking is not helping the problem!
The Winery #poetry #haiku #harvest
long days of harvest
purple fruit teases the sun
hands are stained
*
purple stained
children finger paint the scene
shoes off, wine poured
**
shoes on, wine poured
oak casks now silent
not too tired to dance
I was reminded of the harvest at a friend’s winery a few years ago. Chevrefeuille’s Carpe Diem prompt Vineyards
Drink Up California #water #poetry #Californiadrought
Drink up California
I say lift your glass high
and as you do look
the politicians in the eye
mismanaged this drought
this time around
not sure what you’ll find
if you run for high ground
Drink up California
I say lift up your glass
for your government
needs a kick in the (rhymes with glass)
the newest report
you can read it right here
Surgeon General states
“Drink your urine” – hear hear
Drink up California
you might want to lower your glass
find a new kind of water
cows* are chewing dead grass
***
(*There is a new cattle urine collection system that provides “purified water)
News at 11 #poetry #drought #photography
and you
as the sun sets on the occurences of today
are you putting you little ones to bed
contemplating the school year ahead
are you checking your records
to make sure you have enough flu vaccine
reading up on the Ebola scene
are you shaking your head at the
26 page syllabus of first year spanish
as you finish your third ice cream dish
one your knees Thursday night
praying that none of your friends will have the shock
being the latest Christians on Friday’s chopping block
and how will you deal with the news
what items would you run and take
preparing for another San Francisco earthquake
you must know that water sources are failing
politics in California turn off the spout
no water for your family to drink out
food and dairy replaced by weeds
feed your family from a box
this fall don’t expect more expect high costs
disease can travel on any transportation
were so filled with misinformation
I turned off our news for the last and final time
I’ll check France 24 overseas at Nine
