Mag 284 — Sunset Pantoum

I want to wander there now
In the land split by the hills
Where sunset colors the valley
And gloaming shades the mounds

In the land split by the hills
Days live long in the mossy fields
And gloaming shades the mounds
As night comes in layers of beauty

Days live long in the mossy fields
Youth takes for granted the sun
As night comes in layers of beauty
Age sees and remembers it all

Youth takes for granted the sun
And the moon, the stars, and youth
Age sees and remembers it all
As sighs turn to smiles of knowing

And the moon, the stars, and youth
Then focus over the misty crest
As sighs turn to smiles of knowing
Open the gate to the beckoning path

Then focus over the misty crest
Back to the shining valley below
Open the gate to the beckoning path
I want to wander there now.

Written for The Mag: Mag 284 that inspired with the above image (it seemed like a visual pantoum to me, thus the poetic form I used).

Flash Fiction 55 — There in my dreams

 Image via Pixdaus: 40 Breathtaking Places to See Before You Die by www.boredpanda.com - Venice, Italy

In one ray of light a dust particle sparkles in flight.
I ride on it.
In the gondolier's melody my name is sung.
I cling to a building as a speck of
cardinal red paint,
then am a thread freed from an awning
of bright aquamarine
floating in heady air
into this canal of dreams

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My post written in exactly 55 words for Flash Fiction 55, now hosted by the lovelies over at imaginary garden with read toads. 

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Friday Flash 55 — Wanderlust

Wanderlust by Andrzej Szczerski


If you have wanderlust
you're on the right track.

Here, the bells and whistles
of your life call in ways both
screeching and melodious. Familiar.

There, the Sirens call.
Listen to those faraway sounds both
unknown and ardent. Adventure.

In between, alarms compete with
the do-not-disturb button. Question.
Which one is the key to wanderlust?

Written for Friday Flash 55 - My post in exactly 55 words - for the G-Man.

Just have to include this song, one of my favorites by Sir Paul....

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