Forever Singed

 FOREVER SINGED

The last
summer in my
teens, I learned that playing
with fire is the fastest way to
get burned.

2016-07-14
P. Wanken

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Shared at Poetic Bloomings: AN ENTERTAINING SUMMER – DAY #14: THE SUMMER I LEARNED TO FLY

Happy Nose

“Happy Nose” (Photo Credit: Heidi Karjalainen)

 
HAPPY NOSE

Happy.
In a world of
gray sadness, remember
to try spreading happiness when
you can.

2014-08-22
P. Wanken

 

Posted for 100 Days of Summer 2014 (Facebook Group): 69 ~ Gray. 

 

Author’s Note:
Thank you to fellow challenge contributor, Heidi Karjalainen, for letting me use this photo in my post. To see more of her work, click the photo above.

Peak Perspectives

North Italy (Photo Credit: Pia Riihimäki)

 

mountain
tops and valleys…
I can’t really know one
without experiencing the
other.

2014-07-23
P. Wanken

 

 

Posted for 100 Days of Summer 2014 (Facebook Group): 39 ~ Green.

 

Author’s Note: 
Thank you to fellow challenge contributor, Pia Riihimäki, for letting me use her photo in my post.

Unlocking Romance

 

UNLOCKING ROMANCE

Landlocked,
their only beach
was the one of their minds.
They met each night there, in their dreams —
lip locked.

2013-07-23
P. Wanken
 

Written for Poetic Bloomings “Life is a Beach” – Day 23: Romance.

Seaside Discoveries

 

SEASIDE DISCOVERIES

In the
hushed solitude
of walking the beach, I
searched for the perfect shell, and found
myself.

2013-07-17
P. Wanken
 

Written for Poetic Bloomings “Life is a Beach” – Day 17: Put Into Words (Ekphrasis).  (Follow the link for Poetic Bloomings to view the photo used as inspiration for this poem.)