Early Birds & Raindrops

The Poets and Storytellers United prompt invites us to write about "the time of day we like best and why", inspiring my poem below. Four in the morning is often when my undistracted and best creative ideas take shape and reshape into new art forms. I also love the early hours beyond then, when alert birds position themselves as sentinels at the beach. In my world, there's been a cleansing rain amid the wintry chill, revealing the potholes I side-step along the way. It's been a long while since I've jumped full-force into a puddle, unconcerned about how big or muddy that splash might get. It isn't that I mind getting wet, I just have so much fun letting Penelope do it.

   

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"May your cares be light as a raindrop." - Penelope Puddle

Fireworks & Fresh Sparks

The New Year is upon us and it's time to reflect. The usual seasonal pondering and a "fireworks" prompt from Poets and Storytellers United inspired my poem below. Noisy colourful displays in the night sky are pretty but excite me less nowadays. I am more attuned to the rustle of wind, the patter of rain and the luminescent waves that splash to shore. Hope you enjoy my poem and views when the old year waned at the bottom of 1001 Steps in Ocean Park. Wishing all who pause here a happy, calming New Year.

   

HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United, SKYWATCH and Saturday's Critters.

Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.