This week fall arrived in its glory. We have had cool mornings with bright sunny afternoons. While in South Louisiana we don’t have a great deal of fall foliage, I have been enjoying all the picks on Instagram of the bright yellows, oranges, and deep reds. I bought myself a fall arrangement of yellow roses and rusty mums. I love this time of year.
My friend Molly was out photographing again and took this cool shot of a cone. I’ve never seen one open up like a star. I want to hang this one at the top of my Christmas tree. Thanks, Molly, for always making me look twice and think about the symbolism of nature.
Please write with me. Leave a small poem in the comments and encourage other writers who stop by. I love how we all see things differently and offer words to the universe. This is a kind, safe place to be today.
Nature draws
Margaret Simon, draft
its own blueprint–
Design perfection
in a single cone.
Reflections on the Teche 
Margaret,
“design perfection
single cone”
are perfect lines for this photo. Such a work of art in the structure left behind. I know a photographer also that loves to take shots of flowers in this state. There’s something she finds beautiful about it…and Molly’s photo agrees.
Summer Memories
Sunbonnet
Loves-me
loves-me-not hours
Flowers
Theme-park swing
Gardening
Honey bees
Purple thistle
Sunburn
Skinned knee
Home for supper
with time to read
then to sleep
I love the sounds in this poem and how it has that feeling of rolling through your memories.
Sounds enchanting Linda, of summer’s bygone-carefree times…
Linda, I strolled through your Summer Memories and completely relaxed with your image’s of summer’s beauty. Your poem is like a song with great rhyme and rhythm! You hit upon some of my favorite things to observe in summer and made me remember my daughter’s and my skinned knees and sunburns, when I was a child. Thank you!
Nice use of “blueprint” in nature’s handy-work—thanks for your poem Margaret and Molly’s inspiring image!
follow cone’s
fib-like core
calling,
dazzle in my falls
adornment…
Dazzle is a great word for this image.
oooooh, fib-like core….calling. That’s lovely.
Michelle, I love your poem! Great alliteration! I also thought about the Fibonacci sequence in cones and love how you shortened his name. Love your personification “fib-like core calling.” Dazzle and adornment are perfect! I want to memorize your poem. You should definitely publish this poem, or put it on one of your cards! Thank you!
Margaret, Molly has such a keen eye for beauty and your opening to the poem shares the perspective of nature as an artist. Lovely combination!
Margaret, love the personification in your poem! “Nature draws its own blueprint” it is a perfect image for the photo. Thank you for sharing your invitation to write, Molly’s inspiring photo, and your beautiful poem. I look forward to your photo prompts and always feel warmth, kindness, and safe here. Thank you so much!
When I looked at this photo I thought about all the patterns in nature that I like to observe. The photo looked like flower petals, spikes, quills, or a star. Last night I brain stormed on paper and tried writing some poems. My mind was swirling with too much. Today I circled just the important words that I wanted to convey and thought haiku it. The last line has one more syllable. I said to myself if Kwame Alexander can take the liberty of having a haiku with an extra syllable, then so can I. I thought of replacing /of/ in the last line with a dash, but wasn’t sure if it implied the same meaning.
cone’s spiral pattern
intricate protector
masterpiece of rebirth
Gail Aldous November 2020