Souls' Marks

 

The heat of passionate loves

     and courageous causes

Memorialized in poignant rainbows

     on cold, grey canvas

Tombstones

     marking man's everyday existence

In fleeting, flickering glimpses

     of heart and soul

Shared with One Stop Poetry for One Shoot Sunday.  Photo courtesy of Chris Galford.

Confinement

 Steep canyons of man-made madness

humanity's inescapable facade

jailed in brick and glass

forever entombed in

my prison of

civil society

eulogized in a

disappearing

sky

Shared with One Stop Poetry for One Shoot Sunday, and with  Monkey Man for Sunday 160.  Photo courtesy of Scott Wyden.

Features of Wisdom

 

Features of Wisdom

Face of life

etched in deep-carved lines

Wisdom's skilled 

countenance

imparts his hard-earned wisdom

with kindness and smiles

Shadorma for One Shoot Sunday at One Stop Poetry. Incredible photo credit of photographer Fee Easton.

A Picture of Goodbye

Upon seeing you, the camera and I blinked once, collecting your pale, solitary beauty forever.  The bold, teal hue of your flower reflected the image of the resolute woman within, revealing your serene face, as well as the strength and courage in your eyes. Neither of us knew it would be the very last photograph.

*This story is my first foray into Flash Fiction 55, in response to the One Stop Poetry Sunday Picture Prompt Challenge at One Stop Poetry.  The picture prompt is by photographer and poet India Hobson.