This Spring

“A small man, on a small planet, in an undistinguished corner of the Universe”

Joseph Yu

The Universe does not shudder at our causes and complaints.Spring sprouts regardless of our pain. Robins diligently search for worms; humming birds for nectar and nest sites. Nature is oblivious to car horns blaring “hello” on an empty Texan street, or singing voices breaking the silence in Italy, or a young woman in Canada leaving sandwiches for truckers on the steps of empty diners. To the Universe nothing matters concerning our existence.we, alone, create our own.

The Universe thrives

Each one must track his vision

connecting the chain

Ellecee

Inspired by

imaginary garden with real toads - Existentialism Skywriting - Vision

No Second Chance

Can I borrow metaphors
from imaginary toads?
To explain my no second chance
for another life
Another chance to wax eloquent
Another chance to make up
for lost causes
Is there,
unbeknownst to me,
a reprieve?
My DNA lingering
within my children,
my grandchildren,
my great-grandchildren
yet unborn
How long be that?


Ellecee





In response to today's promnpt from imaginary garden with real toads

 ''second," in any of its forms, is your prompt for today.  To name a few: second helpings, second chances, coming in second, seconding a motion, second sight, a second set, second in line, second child, second growth, second to none, only a second, seconds to go.....  (Of which there are approximately 2,505,600 left in this month.) 

Charites

If I could speak with you

call you forward from the ether,

that I might join your circle

and speak of grace,

that you would anoint

me with it's blessings.

The grace of charm

that I would never walk alone

The grace of beauty

so that I would not offend

But more than these, 

although they would assist in no

small measure in our hedonistic

world,

that you would grant me creativity,

an ability to see, to hear, to feel, to sing,

To transpose to paper

the elements of peace

bringing hope

to a world gone

fallow

"ellecee"

Charities, known in Greek mythology as The Three Graces, goddesses of such things as charm, beauty and creativity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

hedgewitch has challenged us with:

"The idea of three can appear in any form and

in any association in your poem, as long as

you incorporate the number as a meaningful

element of your piece."

Day 17

во имя мира

"for the sake of Mira"

Wonderful Mira

hidden in the belly of the whale

Cetus

I would mirror your journey

floating in the weightless 

sea of the cosmos

 playing hide and seek

showing only at intervals

as we wait with bated breath

for you to appear

Through your luminous tail

you shed your offspring

into the waiting galaxy

You are ancient

and 

fading away

soon to leave

only a nebula

hiding a

white dwarf

"ellecee"

Mira

(translation #2)

"for the sake of the world"

ships are launched

into the weightless sea

of the cosmos

exploring the galaxies

looking for our

new home

"ellecee"

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

Izzy's challenge for today

"Use as many of the below images to write a poem"

These are images from Russian Sci Fi posters.

It turns out that the poster I chose has two translations

The first is the one I found first and put my heart into

The second I found later and is probably the quotation

that actually goes with the poster. Who knew? 

Please enjoy both.

I've provided two links to Mira - my muse today

Day 11