The Color Inside

IMG_7014

Whatever our color outside,
the color inside
is the most precious,
the color that defines us. Continue reading

How can people say one skin is colored,

I love this post, the art and quote come together to speak to my heart. It reminds me of a post I wrote: https://friendlyfairytales.com/2016/04/09/color-of-a-rose/
Have a magical weekend! Warmly, Brenda

purpleraysblog's avatarPurplerays

19396847_1295963137187303_584370187123736471_n

“We who are clay blended by the Master Potter,
come from the kiln of Creation in many hues.
How can people say one skin is colored,
when each has its own coloration?
What should it matter that one bowl is dark
and the other pale, if each is of good design
and serves its purpose well.”

~Polingaysi Qoyawayma, Hopi ~

 

 

 

 

Artist~Lisa O’Malley
Text & image source: Remember ღ Once upon a Time? https://web.facebook.com/RememberOnceUponATime/

View original post

Bees and Fairies

haiku and fairy artwork by artist/illustrator Michelle Kogan

Used by Permission of Michelle Kogan

Thanks to Michelle Kogan, a Poetry Friday friend, for this stunning poetry postcard, with strawberries, bees and a Monarch fairy! Continue reading

Cottage Roses

IMG_6889

crowded, clustered
climbing an iron archway
tiny cottage roses

Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham

Strawberry Moment

Fresh Strawberries in a white colander

dusty road
farmstand strawberries
spring in my step

Notes: This was written in honor of Suzanne’s new haiku prompt site, On the Road. Continue reading

Silver Song

Ottauquechee River

Will drops a berry in a stream.
It rolls and bounces along.
He thinks a dappled fish nibbles,
until he hears a silver song. Continue reading

Happy Father’s Day!

IMG_6881

Happy Father’s Day! Continue reading

Ballooning

IMG_4325

Like balloons, thoughts float,
spiraling up like hope,
like faith, like love.
If you let them.

Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading

Moonlight Gloss

Setting sun river

Moonlight glosses
dark waters.
Its silver light
beckons across
cold, silent space,
soothing us in our
troubled sleep. Continue reading

Room to Bloom

IMG_6873

Like a flower, just opened,
hiding secrets
in my heart,
I have room to bloom,
to stretch and expand
into sunshine, Continue reading

Truth not Lies

June 4, 2017, I marched for Truth
among throngs of thousands.
For truth is more than a word.
Truth is right from wrong.
Truth is refuge and solace for
Americans, tall and small. Continue reading

Of Truth and Tyranny

Watercolor of red poppies

Poppies for
remembrance.
Fallen soldiers.
Fallen journalists.
Blood spilled in fields.
We cannot sleep. Continue reading