Jun 22, 2016 Free Verse, Original Poetry, The Daily Post
Empty and Full
©June 22nd, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Empty is good
It can be filled to the brim.
Empty is beautiful
There’s something waiting outside.
Empty is hopeful
Things can take root and grow.
Empty is true
It cannot pretend to be anything else.
Empty is impossible
Even if all is removed, something lurks.
Today, I emptied my thoughts
Into self-watering planters,
And transplanted seedlings,
Humming a happy song.
So beautiful my seedlings looked,
Standing tall in good, brown earth
With cool water to suck thirstily,
And golden light to pull into veins!
Humming, I poured my thoughts in
With peat moss and rich, dark,
Organic potting soil, and sang
Softly to my little seedlings.
How they grow from nothing, almost
Into these strong, sun-veined plants!
How tall they stand, how rooted,
Calmly facing the rain and winds!
I see my daughter now, the same,
Born of my once-empty womb,
Growing tall, nurtured in song,
Brought up in the light of love.
I see her, kindness in her every
Gesture, goodness in every thought,
Translating confusion into sense,
As she grows sunwards, beautiful as light,
And my heart is full.
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Jun 22, 2016 Friday Fictioneers, Original Flash Fiction, Uncategorized
Word Count: Exactly one hundred words
GenreU Greek Mythology
Ship of Fools
©June 22nd, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Come, Phoebus-Helios, in your chariot of gold. Awaken the sluggish morning – your sister, Eos, lies dreaming, while Tithonus grows as old as Time.
Come, rosy-fingered Dawn, Eos – touch this air-ship thing with gentle light. This imitation-bird, this parody of flight offends the gods, but you, with your brother Helios, sister, Selene, and your son, Zephyrus, can guide it home safely, if you so wish.
Yes, it has wings, not like yours, but wings, nonetheless.
Do they offend you? Take your ire elsewhere. This contains humans.
So, you don’t care for a bunch of pathetic, snivelling fools?
Still, try and restrain yourself.
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Thanks to our Fairy Blog-Mother, Rochelle Wisoff -Fields, for her dedication and unflagging encouragement and kindness to us all. Thanks, also, to Rich Voza for that vivid and arresting photograph.
Tags: #FridayFictioneers, #Original 100-word Flash Fiction based on a photo-prompt
Jun 22, 2016 Uncategorized
The European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite captured this time-lapse of the construction of Bulgarian–born artist Christo’s latest art installation in Lake Iseo in northern Italy. “The Floating Piers” is a 16-meter wide pathway made up of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes, covered in fabric. The walkable path spans nearly two miles (3-km), connecting two islands to…
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