It's Friday and it's gray and cool and damp and leaf lovely if you look in the right spots.
You could also say it's grey and cool and damp and drab because some of the leaves (a lot of the leaves) are a little sad looking--kinda crispy AND bedraggled, which doesn't seem possible to happen at the same time but I'm telling you that yes they can if you live in Michigan and it's been too hot for an October and then really rainy for a teensy bit and still really not very cool. So you could say that if you REALLY wanted to.
But I say find the color. It's there.
Also, head over to the Laura Salas's page and try out her Fifteen Words or Less picture prompt today--a bright and colorful picture to brighten up your grey day. Also there's an owl. Who doesn't like owls? Besides mice, I mean. It's a great way to jump start a poem idea. Or write a nice and short complete poem.
Here's my little brainstorm; I really do feel like maybe owls may feel a little stressed. So much wisdom expected of them when really they just want a snack: a tasty morsel of mouse or a flavorful hare.
15 Word or Less About a Horned Owl;
or Existential Owl Crisis;
or Owl Introspection
So much pressure
to expound
I'm really
not that wise--
I just want a mouse.
©2017 Rebekah Hoeft
Olio means hodgepodge, a medley, a dish with many ingredients. Welcome to my blog, an olio of writerly, teachery, who-knows-whatery things.
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