Reposting this from 2014 Flames flickering, lapping, reaching Smoldering embers glow blood red Smoke invades and suffocates Distress turns to despair Somewhere the devil dances and demons sing Walls of water climbing, growing, towering Crushing waves spiral, bile brown Sea invades and suffocates Distress turns to despair Closer, the devil and demons dance Clouds of … Continue reading Throwback Friday: Metamorphosis – Michele Vecchitto
Michele/Writing and Reflections
The Photographer – MicheleVecchitto
Perception stripped bare searching for a truth that lingers just beneath the trimmings of chaotic lives to find strength in a place where the damaged are beautiful and even heroes can be fallible Colors bleed into each story of a black and white world yet unmalleable Whether in a mystic moonlight that bathes the perfect … Continue reading The Photographer – MicheleVecchitto
Throwback Friday: Comfort – Michele Vecchitto
A post from 2018 for #ThrowbackFriday comfort in ritual comfort in tradition comfort in connection comfort in memories some days, this is enough photo: mine
Throwback Friday – The Choice – Michele Vecchitto
It’s a choice A conscious decision to stand in judgment or open a heart Within the iron walls of judgment cowardice fuels hatred fear consumes tolerance righteousness contradicts hope Within the warm walls of a heart curiosity fuels understanding empathy consumes fear acceptance contradicts bigotry Much easier to stand in judgment never inconvenienced never … Continue reading Throwback Friday – The Choice – Michele Vecchitto
Tender Warriors – Michele Vecchitto
tender leaves push through soil and shake off winter’s grip tiny tendrils reach for the old metal lattice, and quiver for just a moment — an almost imperceptible movement weighing the consequences life or death, persevere or wait to wither in the cool winds that blow finding purchase, they coil becoming one with iron bars … Continue reading Tender Warriors – Michele Vecchitto
Snapshots – Michele Vecchitto – Throwback Friday
I bore witness as time swallowed them whole still shimmering, still breathing, still filled with life these folds of time capturing moments Gifts of the present preserving what will become the past I stole silent snapshots as the unsuspecting carried on ordinary lives My eyes more acute than the cameras snapping photos My ears more … Continue reading Snapshots – Michele Vecchitto – Throwback Friday
Not Today – Michele Vecchitto – Throwback Friday
*Reposting for #ThrowbackFriday 2017 - I've just returned from the Austin International Poetry Festival. In an effort to catch up on various poetry prompts in honor of National Poetry Month, I'm reposting this poem. It is one I read in Austin. This prompt comes from Writer's Digest, prompt for Day 2. No I won’t set my sight on tomorrow … Continue reading Not Today – Michele Vecchitto – Throwback Friday
This New World – Michele Vecchitto
I step slowly through shallow water Through the light and the dark, I walk seeking solace in this new world borne just beyond Winter’s Horizon Back in my assigned place and armed with new weapons, I wait and wait, and wait Sometimes I cry Sometimes I sit in the corner of the maze I’ve created … Continue reading This New World – Michele Vecchitto
Hope is the thing with feathers – Classic Poems Presented by Go Dog Go Cafe’s Baristas
This poem by Emily Dickinson is one of my favorites. It speaks of the strength of hope in even the fiercest of storms. In all, hope endures. Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale … Continue reading Hope is the thing with feathers – Classic Poems Presented by Go Dog Go Cafe’s Baristas
Throwback Friday – Welcome the Day – Michele Vecchitto
Reposting a poem from September 2015 for #ThrowbackFriday A moment to pause in the early morning when I rise A chance to refresh in the quiet hours before I run An opportunity for chaos to be arrested as I plan All it takes are purposeful intentions set each day photo: mine
