Do you think they meant to dress alike?

Blue and Yellow

I love how color-coordinated these folks are. How many blue and yellow things can you count in this picture?

(Outside Espresso Avellino on Railroad Avenue)

Life Tanka

do not slide your hand
into your pocket for warmth
put your hand in mine
I'll hold it while the wind blows
and at the end when it's still


Written for One Stop Poetry Form Monday, which focused today on the tanka, a Japanese love poem with lots of rules! Hopefully I followed them all without losing the spirit of the poem. It was a fun challenge, anyway: 5 lines of 5/7/5/7/7 syllables with a season word, no punctuation, and a twist-- the first three lines must stand on their own as a mini-poem, and the last three lines as well (so the middle line is used in both). Phew! If you want to read more about the ancient form of tanka as well as other entries, click here.

Do They Know They're in a Painting?

swirly sky by Van Gogh

dappled water by Monet

photo by me