“Itchy on the Fence”

Street Performers

Some depend on meager

Talents to get by, often

Rebuked, while

Everyone watches and

Everyone judges,

Thinking they’re soulless because they’re homeless.

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A couple of street entertainers in Portland, Oregon.

August, 2013

The inhale, literally a second after I asked if I could photograph him.

The exhale.

Feeling great!

Performing with his wife and fellow musician.

The wife creating music on a make-shift violin – a saw.

Feeling the music.

The day’s wages.

Upon writing this post I do not know that the couple in the images is homeless.  However, while in Portland in August we did see a large number of homeless people, some of who were street performers.  The acrostic poem is dedicated to all those who, for whatever reason; choice, recklessness, drugs, alcohol, mental illness, etc. are homeless and trying to get by with the little money they make putting a smile on the face of a tourist or a local by using whatever hope and talent they have left.

Subtle Beauty of Thankfulness

T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G

Thankful for

Happiness and hugs

And basic

Necessities.

Kind hearts, and

Selfless souls.

Grace.

Individuals

Vivaciously

Influencing others through

Noble

Generosity.

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Subtle Beauty of Thankfulness

Weekly Writing Challenge: The Best Medicine

The Best Medicine

Medicinal

Excellence

Delivered

In

Capsules and tablets

Incorporating

Nature with Science to

Earn high regards in healing

An Acrostic Poem

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Best Medicine

This post was inspired by The Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge: The Best Medicine.

Ethereal

E-t-h-e-r-e-a-l

Eternally

Together

Heaven we

Enter

Rendering

Elements

All-knowing of

Love

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Ethereal

Ethereal in Black and White

Would love to hear from you which you prefer and find to be  most ethereal – Ethereal, or Ethereal in black and white.

Tragedy

Time is bereaved,

Rage surges,

Anguish and sorrow swell in the hearts of some, while

Gratitude permeates the very being of those who were delivered.

Emotions, intertwined, ebb and flow,

Yielding never.

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Tragedy struck yet again.  Tonight’s post is in honor of the families in Newtown, CT who lost a child or loved one today in the horrific shooting event that occurred at an elementary school.  I cannot fathom the emotions that must be going through the hearts and minds of the victims’ families. My heart breaks for them.  They will ever be in my thoughts and prayers.  Please join me in hoping and praying that all people nearing the point of extreme emotional or mental instability obtain the help needed to prevent such devastating tragedies in the future.

Prayers Raised through the Smoke of the Flame

Leaf

Love

Enhances

Adoration

Forever

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Leaf

Bedazzled Begonia

Begonia can Represent Caution

Bedazzled Begonia

Bedazzled Begonia is

Elegant with a

Golden heart and is

Ornate while being

Noted for

Integrity and strength to

Admonish

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Lavender

Those who have been following my blog know of my love for flowers and their meanings or representation of life.  Today’s post includes an acrostic poem using one of the definitions or representations of, or uses for, Lavender, the subject in today’s image.

Mistrust

Many of our

Instincts

Salvage us from

Tribulations by

Reminding us of

Unity necessary for

Survival and

Triumph

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Lavender for Mistrust