Zephyr

 

Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol, Madame Monet and Her Son

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun-soaked grasses tangle
With mottled teal blades
Frolicking all together
While buttercups gambol

Startled skirts skitter
Twist this way and that
Folding between blues
Dipping in purple and white

The jade parasol pines
For a place in the sky
Canopy spread wide
Bobbing like a buoy

Rippling clouds gleam
Rich with silver and pearl
Rolling in summer waves
Rollicking across the sun

So the breezes twirl
Whisking through clover
Puffs of ivory and cornflower
Fluttering with the wind

 

Written for dVerse.

 

Clotho

Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This fated reel I hold within my hand,
spins once; spins twice; spins thrice; and then again.
Counting out the measure of a life;
the destinies of every living soul.
Whether they be of plenty or of dearth,
tears amid treasure or laughter with lack;
all these, contained within the thread I ply,
come to every mortal both small and great.
I am not moved by reproof or censure,
nor yet by praise or sumptuous libation.
This alone I offer; my only view:
though sorrow aches, it flees; but joy endures.

 

Clotho is one of the Three Fates of Greek Mythology.

Written for dVerse.

Exponential Potential

Photo by Razvan Mirel on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effervescent baker Tiffany
Had an electric epiphany
Electing to add an ephah
Of enchanted yeast
To her emerging feast
Expanding her elegant eclairs
Exponentially
Enveloping every kitchen surface eventually,
She exclaimed, “Can I evade excess?
Perhaps there’ll be less,
If I expropriate a nibble.” 

Happy Exponential Day Everyone! (The Exponential Constant is 2.7)

Ephah -  An ancient Hebrew measurement that's probably too big to put into an eclair recipe, but at least it starts with E!

Written for dVerse.