Saturday, August 23, 2025

Rust Rose Rain

 —Poetry by Sarah Mahina Calvello,
San Francisco, California
—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain
 
 
Walking up late
Espresso by the sea
A good day ahead

* * *

Couch sleeping
Buying costly coffee
Fire maples
 
 
 
 
 
Feisty Bluejay
Cornflower free sky
Saving moments

* * *

Daydreaming
Watercolor memories
Hopeful blossoms 
 
 
 

 
Wild blue sky
Try not to unravel
Soft candlelight

* * *

Afternoon sun
Feeling like a tilted world
Tequila
 
 
 


Through it all
Tomato sandwiches
Let me go back

* * *

Moonlight Shores
The possibilities
To open up to
 
 
 
 
 
No more hiding
A shift in my paradigm
Dust begins to clear

* * *

Second chances
Rust rose rain
A story to tell

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Today’s LittleNip:

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

—Thomas Carlyle

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—Medusa, with another fine presentation of poems by Sarah Mahina Calvello. See last Saturday’s post at https://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-little-more-time.html/ for more of Sarah’s lovely work.
 
 
 
 Sarah Mahina Calvello










 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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A little rusty rose rain
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