dogtrax

A morning surprise kiss as crisp as this reveals itself as a gift of a beautiful love and a gentle bliss

for #mastoprompt

The wooden flats of the old backyard fence separated the Sarge from me, yet we'd find time over uneven paneled lines to chat about the world, the neighborhood, families and friends, and right until nearly the end, I'd quietly venerate him, the Korean War vet with a quiet demeanor and a kind word when it seemed it might be most needed

in memory of D.L. for #mastoprompt

Winter's barren promise:

a life, sleeping dormant,

waits patient for the arrival

of Spring

for #mastoprompt

Tension and fissures;

breaking points within corners

where pressure exists

for #mastoprompt

Wired crossings create the hub,

feeding tension in the places

where ideas chafe, and rub

for #mastoprompt

We wander inside these daily gifts – the sunrise breaks the morning mist

for #575prompt

A blue note A bent note A glissando pressed against the stage, a cat stalking the curtained cage

An embellishment An accomplishment A soloist in the spotlight, playing their way into an astonishment at midnight

A soft light A lost night An audience who raved, then went their way, jazz clocks rhythming into moonlight

for #mastoprompt

How is it, years pass, and still, we're sharing our words, my inked pen-pal friend?

for Terry

Repose: a quiet moment in the lee of a bending pine tree, as a westward wind sings a song of solitude

for #mastoprompt

Every platform program has a plan now for a plus-this or a plus-that

for a few extra dollars, a deluxe experience, promised to be had

Which makes us all mad, and a bit sad, since all we want is a story we can fall in

Not an advertising blitz that feels a bit like a brawl in which we've been stuck in

for #mastoprompt