Posted for a variety of prompts:
Easy Street Prompts (“she dances”)
Heads or Tails (“watch”)
Meme Express (“timely”)
One Single Impression (“stardust”)
Simply Snickers (“wave,” “wild” and “wings”)
Sunday Scribblings (“I believe”)
Photo/s posted in response to these prompts:
Camera Critters (photo/s)
Photo Hunt (photo/s “squeaky”)
Scenic Sunday (photo/s)
Today’s Flowers (photo/s)
Wordless Wednesday (any day – photo/s)
Frosted Wonder
A Winter’s Day for Bay and Grey
On Gypsy wings, the wind she sings,
Her timely tune to share.
Each feathered fetlock softly clings
Against the frosted air.
The icy breeze, she dances free;
As equines watch and wait.
A mystic wave may meet them there
Beside the pasture gate.
And I believe the wild ones weave
An ever-present truth.
For here they dare not to deceive
The blinding bloom of youth.
A swath of stardust meets each mane
Despite the daylight’s glare,
And each receives, yet can’t contain
The joy beyond compare.
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There's beauty wild and tamed in this - great winter images!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how you combine the prompts into such a delightful and thoughtful piece. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThe joy is palpable. Thanks for sharing this with OSI.
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ReplyDeleteI read all poetry aloud. This sings. Your musical word choices, rhyme, and meter- oh the sounds emphasize this delight.
In a way this reminds me of a song I used to love called Wildfire.
ReplyDeleteTruly Joyous. Beautiful images.
ReplyDeleteguts wrench out.....
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its wonderful how you manage to capture a cold scene, yet with the sun and the pretty animals. i love it!
ReplyDeletehappy hots!
Brrrrrrrrrr. Looks cold to me....too cold. But still very pretty. I think because of the horses watching you and you watching the horses.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
My HoT is posted. I have a 'watch' cat, sunrise, history and movies today.
Happy New Year Wishes to you and yours.
The rhythm of the poem is like the rhythm of the wind combing through the horses' manes!
ReplyDeleteThere is surely something untamed about this poem. You did a nice job of integrating the different prompts into one coherent piece. As usual, you catch the untamed spirit of a horse so well.
ReplyDeleteAmazing images AND poetry!!! My lucky day! Would love to chat with you more sometime! :)
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Are these heavy horses? I'll have to go back and peer at the photo. This is very festive and I like the old world feel to it. Great post and thank you for the lovely verse.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful imagery in both verse and photo. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThis also reminds me of the song "Wildfire" It has a very whimsical feel. Thanks
ReplyDeleteLovely photo and beautiful poetic verses ... your creative gifts SHINE and grace all who visit.
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings,
Gorgeous photo! It's so peaceful and inspiring.
ReplyDeletemakes me want to whinny and run like the wind, showering stardust on everything behind me!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this!!
It's been frosty here too :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a gift! - to convey so much feeling, imagery, and music in a few words!
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