I walk through dark waters and study them turning memories to blood
the full moon shines her dreamless side down, with disdain for the divine
moving into the shadows and the grays of night, with its cautious arms
two lovers lost their way, in the swamp, where the cypress grows into the air
tattered pieces of white crinoline torn, lay in tangles by the marshes deadwood
brown was the calabash pipe, of her lover, floating days later, nigh the edge
only curiosity seekers roam the eerie grounds as the bullfrogs sing
five dollars a ticket hoping to see a sign of my visitors who vanished so long ago
the smell of sweet tobacco works its way passed the cattails and smoke rises
gardenias have not a bud near, and yet the sweet smell floods the tree line
when the full moon kisses the water’s edge, the couple is seen
strolling a lovers’ path that never was, as he smokes and smells her flowers
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Amazing work by a talented write. More amazing words to read.
Thank you for your kindness a John. I appreciate your support very much. Love 💕 and hugs 🤗 Joni
You are welcome dear Joni. I loved your work today.
Thank you so much for your gracious support. ❤️💕
I loved your work today dear Poet. The photos are wonderful.
Thank you for your kind words. I am so glad you liked the poem. The photos are very good but I can not take credit for them. I love them too. Have a blessed day. Love 💕 Joni
You are welcome Joni.
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Dark and smoky, tangled with emotions struggling to find their way along the twisting paths with only a few sprinkles of light fallen from above to guide them through the thickness.
Thank you Tim for reading and commenting. I really appreciate your words my friend. Give my love to your wife and you two take good care. ❤️💕💖Joni
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Hi John, hope you are having an amazing day so far. I sure appreciate your reblog, as it is so kind of you. Thank you for always reading it means a lot to me my friend. Hope you are blessed with an amazing week with all your loved ones my kind friend. Sending you buckets of extra love, Joni xoxoxo
You are very welcome. I enjoy sharing great work.
Thank you my kind friend. Stay safe and blessed. Sending love to you and all your loved ones. 🌺🌸🤗❤️Joni
You are very graciously welcome oh kind lady.
Superb Joni❤ This was wonderful. I just absolutely LOVE your beautiful descriptions. Your words paint an enchanting and surreal picture, a masterpiece💖
Sending you huge hugs and lots of love💕❤
Have a gorgeous week filled with smiles and happiness🌹🌹
Ishita❤💕
Hi dear Ishita, I do appreciate your reading and commenting on my work. You are a sweet heart. Thank you so much. I am glad that you enjoyed it. I had fun writing it and found it easy to picture the scene in my head. I spent a lot of time playing in the woods when I was little and I had a wild imagination then too. Thank you for all the love and hugs as I can feel them my friend. Know I am sending them back as well. Love and hugs to you too and all your family. Joni xoxoxoxo
It is absolutely my pleasure dear Joni💕❤💖
Playing in the woods….ah! Must have been so invigorating, both physically and mentally🌺
Love you💖
Ishita💕
It was. I would spend all day in the thick woods climbing trees and creating friends and family with my imagination. It was a lot of fun. Have a blessed day sweet Ishita. ❤️💕🤗
That sounds absolutely lovely!!
It’s night hear hon. But your wishes will make tomorrow amazing!!❤💕
Have a blessed week sweetest Joni💖
Oh pleasant dreams my friend. You too dearest Ishita. 🤗❤️💕🌸
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Beautiful Joni and marvelous photos which I loved! All the best and wishes for a lovely week🙂🌹❤️
Thank you my friend, I am delighted you liked it. I really enjoyed the photos too, thank you. I think it adds a lot to the poetry, story, etc., when the photography accents the piece. I have simply run out of my own work and there are a lot of talented photographers that have their work available. Both of these photographers were really talented I thought. I am so glad you enjoyed it. Give your wife a hug for me. I hope the two of you are able to spend time on the water with friends now. Things are very strict here now, more so then they have ever been. My sweetie and I stay home except for our trips to the grocery store and of course we wear a mask and are very careful. We just pray about the situation and we don’t live in fear. We can take walks and exercise inside. We are very blessed to be each others best friend. Take good care of each other and blessings to you both. Love Joni
Thank you my dear friend! I hope the situation in NC improves but you and your husband are doing the right thing. We must all be careful because this bug is still out there. We are not leaving the province and my wife is looking for a nice place near the water where we can spend a few weeks this summer and it is a hot, hot summer here…take good care and my love to you and your husband, enjoy each others company which is the best company you can have. My wife and I do too, after all, we are usually doing things together and waiting to see what happens at the end of all this pandemic situation, but we, like you guys, are not living in fear but in the grace of God.
Bless you,
Francisco
Oh thank you for this very kind note Francisco. We are so blessed to be with our best friends and not living in fear. We are embraced with the full armor of God. Your note was dear to me and my husband, thank you. I hope your wife finds a nice place where you can enjoy the water. It tends to bring out the creative side in me as well. It sounds like a wonderful idea that she has and a way to safely enjoy the summer. You two are in my prayers. Blessings to you both. Joni
Thank you Joni, you both are also in our prayers. 🙂
That means a lot, thank you both so much. 🙏❤️💕
My pleasure my friend. 🌺😊💖🌹
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Thank you so much for the very kind reblog my friend. I really appreciate it. Hoping you are having a wonderfully blessed day with you and all your loved ones. Sending lots of hugs, Joni
Beautifully written, Jonikins! Dark, descriptive, and delightful! This open form suits your writing so well. Great post!
Thank you so much Brad what a sweet thing to say. I am enjoying using other people’s photos to help tell my story. It makes it more fun. I was running out of my own photographs and there are so many talented photographers out there. Thanks for reading and commenting Brad it really does make me smile when I know you enjoyed something I have written. Love, hugs and prayers for safety for you and yours. 🥰❤️💕💖yours, Jonikins
That is magnificent my dearest Joni. Beautiful, deep, images melt into each other. I have this feeling that sometimes one object represents another and perhaps vice-versa.
Yes, it is a magnificent piece honeybun. You are talented and blessed.
Wishing you a marvelous week.
Love and hugs
G (button)
Thank you sweet Button. Your words are still like honey to my ears. My husband gave me the thumbs up on this piece as I was not sure. You are right about objects not always being what they may seem, and people too. Thank you for your continued support beautiful Button as it means so much to me. Thank you for your kind words. I hope you have a truly blessed week ahead too. With love and hugs and wishes always for your continued wonderful success. Yours honeybun 🌺🌸🤗❤️💕
My pleasure sweetheart. “My husband gave me the thumbs up on this piece as I was not sure” Your husband has great taste. But we know that. Look who he is in love with. He ios in love with you honeybun.
Joni, it’s a superb piece. I am proud to be your friend.
xoxoxo
Thank you beautiful Button I love you 💕 my dear friend. Sending many thoughts of happiness and joy for you. Yours, honeybun 🌺🌸🤗❤️
Thank you too sweetheart.
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Really stirs the imagination plus beautiful photos.
Thank you my friend. I am glad you enjoyed the photos the photographers did a beautiful job. It really added to the story. Thank you. Have a blessed week my friend. Love to you and yours, Joni
Joni you have a blessed week too, Love and Hugs Nanette
Thank you so much Nanette. You too my friend. Love 💕 Joni
Moody and evocative. A nice piece, Joni. <3
Thank you Anna. I am glad you enjoyed it. This one was a little dark. Sending love. ❤️💕🌸
And love to you, Joni. <3
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It warms my heart that you have so many friends who read your work Joni & truly care about you & your husband. That is a precious gift. xoxo
It truly is and you believed in my work after reading my first two autobiographical books that have not been published. Your support which started almost four years ago now, (in regards to my writing) will always mean the world to me. Your constant encouragement.
You are right. It is a very supportive community and I have been blessed with so many people I love dearly and who have been supportive and that I have learned so much from. Have a blessed week and please don’t overdue it in your gorgeous yard. ❤️💕💖love you Janette.