Sparks of creativity are going off all around me.
I had been planing to post this B&W photo of lit fireworks when I opened Lynn Purse’s The Four Elements:Light post where she announces her latest CD. Please go see beautiful video and get a free down load of her music for the Element “light”. Obviously my favorite.
She also enclosed quote from Victor Frankl : What is to give light must endure burning.”
This is what I wrote in my writing class this mourning from all these inspirations
Late Summer
Lost in a dry landscape
walking on crunching grass
afraid any spark will
set my path on fire
at the same time longing for
a bright flame to guide me
toward the the story
about the lush place
I thought was home.
I will endure the dry grass
one step after the other
until there is a lighting strike
or the tender burning of
“Once upon a time…”
Carol Carlisle
I’m going ti file this under Jakesprinters because his prompt Black & White sparked this whole enterprise.
Light Words 
Great work for this week theme, Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂
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Good one Carol. Our crunch here in the McAlester area is gone. Over 4″ of rain in the last 10 days. Things greened back up and it’s wonderful.
Neal
P.S. Still thinging about that ice cream. May have to go take care of that. lol
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We have the crunch lawns and fear of lightening fires now 😦 Ice cream might help 🙂
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By the way, I still love black and white photos. That is what I took so much of in my younger days. Color is beautiful, but the B&W ones make you imagination work more.
Neal
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Carol, I am honored by your mention and the spark of such a beautiful poem – bravo to you!
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🙂 My pleasure. I hope more people found your Light Words Bravo to you!
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beautiful , my friend, just beautiful. so filled with hope and dreams and energy.
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Thank you it seems we were on the same page yesterday.
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This photo is intriguing, but I love even more the pairing with your poem. (As a storyteller, I always light up when I hear “Once upon a time…”)
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Haza! and Welcome Naomi fellow story teller. Kinda’ fun ending a story with those magical words . so glad you you caught my spark 🙂
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