Awakening Dream

A “Cheryl’s Pals Collabs” Poem

WITHIN A DREAM — A Cheryl’s Pals Collab/Saturday Share

WITHIN A DREAM BY BARBARA A CHERYL’S PALS COLLAB Diamond rivers flowing through starlit skies and walkways paved in moonbeams bright, as they often do in your dreams when you sleep, as floating gently upon clouds of fantasies, my dream fades into shadows and mist, where nothing is ever quite as it seems. And just […]

Taking Flight (For Mother’s Day) — CPC “Thematic Attic”

TAKING FLIGHT I watched you growfrom the tiniest seed,when you were hardly a thoughtand barely a dream.And when you were ready,you knew and so did I,(for mothers and fathers know all those things),time to try out those new wingsas you soared and I again smiled. And on those days each one of youwere born into […]

WHEN I WAS BARELY SIX — “Drips of Ink/Favorite Authors”

THE END When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three, I was hardly Me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I’m as clever as clever, So I […]

WITHIN THESE BAYOU BLUES — CPC “Meet and Greet/Home on the Bayou”

“Transcendent of the Blues” by William Tolliver WITHIN THESE BAYOU BLUES Dancing in the dark to that familiar dusky song, caressing the strings of broken hearts, somber melodies drifting painfully through the tortured darkness of this Saturday night, lyrics laced with sadness and broken dreams, invading every corner of that smoke-filled room of hazy blue; […]

Love is Magical

Love is magical
It is why we’re here
To remember this always
Will drive away fear

Feel the Magic

There’s magic in the dawn of a new day
There’s magic in the sunset as it goes away

IT’S MAGICAL ALL (in word and photo) — CPC “Magic Mondays”

IT’S MAGICAL ALL As my eye sweeps across this morning canvas anew, the magic of this beautiful day comes clearly into view. It began before the rising sun as the birds welcomed me in their sweetly musical way. And the magic continued as Dawn greeted Day, the sun rising up over the eastern mountain peaks, […]

TREASURED MOMENTS — CPC “A Simple Sunday Featuring Art of Keith Hawley”

TREASURED MOMENTS Sometimes the best thing and the only thing to do is to share the moments so precious and often too few, those times we can share with the ones that we love, where no words are required, where nothing need be said; simply sharing these times and treasuring these moments as I hold […]

High Seas Adventure