#322020
my package delivered
box of 20 masks
made in China
© Rebecca Sanchez 2020
What a conundrum!
Tag: enlightenment
Senryu #242020
The news is filled with stories about disappearing species. As species die and people crowd to see the last ones, we end up wiping out the rest of them and their habitats along with other species who happen to be in the way. How can we be so arrogant to not consider this or anything else we do as a race to this planet? We are the creatures with the most developed brains but what do we do? We want what we want and to hell with whatever gets in our way.
big brains
bigger footprints
biggest ego
© Rebecca Sanchez 2020
A person photographing the stars also shows the movement of fireflies on a summer night. From Giphy.
I wrote this after reading about Fireflies and their habitats disappearing due to light pollution and encroachment.
That Glass Is Half ____
That Glass Is Half ____
When I see it, I want to say the water glass is half full
then I think about why I feel that way-
I don’t have a good answer…
I know it’s healthy to be optimistic
it’s less stressful and we live longer
I read it’s something that can be learned.
I know the answer lies deep within,
that unmeasurable amount of water mocking me
a need to please, even if it kills me.
I practice being grateful and positive
with the hopes of feeling optimistic
next time I’m presented with a glass of water.
I want to say the water glass is half full-
even when it holds spent Hydrangea blooms.
I don’t have a good answer…
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.” ― James Branch Cabell
The image is: Still Life by Adolph de Meyer (1908)
Written with my friends at the Imaginary Garden With Real Toads. I animated the image with glitter.
They
They
They || always have the last say
they || said so
they || are experts in every field
they || have it better than you
they || have what you want
they || know it all
they || know when you are sleeping
they || know when you’re awake
they || have it all figured out
they || always know the right words
they || always win
they || told me to do it
they || make the rules
they || are reading this now.
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
It’s always about “they” but who, or what are they?
Written for open link at dVerse~Poets Pub.
Inner Vison
Inner Vision
I pick my steps methodically
along an uneven cobblestone path
to find my secret sanctuary
under the wide-open sky
just my thoughts
memories
and I.
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
My inner visions guide me through life. No one else can hear or see them it’s a safe place to be. An animation of mine called Nature’s Heartbeat.
Written for the prompt vision with my friends at Poets United.
Tanaga #31018
Tanaga #31018
Let’s have some fun with a pun
laugh like a son-of-a-gun
make with an oxymoron
depends on the trip your-on.
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
This was great fun to write! The artwork is mine called The Calm.
Writing a Tanaga with the Imaginary Garden With Real Toads. Shared with my friends at dVerse~Poets Pub Saturday.
Deep
Deep
in deepest forest
defeating the darkest corners
sunlight penetrates
bringing light to the unseen
illuminating my thoughts
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
My photograph put through art filters and animated.
A tanka embracing one of my favorite things in poetry, brevity. The other is rhyme. Written for dVerse~Poets Pub.
Capricious Poet 