Wednesday February 9, 2011 A Small Stone/Three Word Wednesday

A Small Stone
Art created with technique only
Lacks soul, heart or feeling
Final outcome
Is exercise only
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Three Word Wednesday Prompt: Dare, essence, practical

Today I dare not spend my morning writing
My schedule is full
I have much to do
Five days away from the studio
I really need to catch-up

I am finishing my little book
Message in a Bottle
Message to the sea
It probably isn't the most
Efficient way to communicate
But it is the essence that we
Seek to express

Slip the message into the bottle
Push the cork tight
Soul calls to soul
When messages are launched
Upon one of the seven
Oceans of the Universe
We can not say it is
The most practical method
Of sending a message
To a person

But when messages are
Sent in this way
We have but to listen
To hear the waves
Return to shore
Voices rise to answer

You don't have to wait long
Pick up a pearly pink shell
Place it to your ear
Like a cell phone
The answer you seek is in
The shell-song you hear

Monday January 31, 2011 A River of Stones

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A Small Stone #30

I take a deep breath
And relax
My spirit is at peace

I think of sandy beaches
Sand between my toes
Now desert sand
And stickers in my toes

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Message in a Bottle 1-3-11

Communication comes in many forms
Perhaps a smile across the room
A folded note slipped into the palm
The phone rings
The bell on the computer announces
You've got mail

It used to be
Word or symbols scratched
On a canyon wall
Smoke signals
A note tied on the ankle of a pigeon
A telegram sent over wires
A letter slipped into an envelope

But nothing really compares
To a note in a bottle,
The sender doesn't know the destination
Or if it will arrive at all
It is an act of optimism

To see if it will be found
Where it will go
And if you will call