Strings

scent and musk pheromones vibrate through the vines fractals and waves

stamen and carpel do not misplay or deceive the song is simple universal

petals unfold and quiver vibrato with perfect pitch

truth intertwines with eternity

nucleic particles dissolved helices strum a thrombic tattoo conduct a symbiotic melody

mendacity syncopates the rhythm disjoins the bridge destroys the symphony

when the strings attempt to outplay the beat, discord chaos and decay are composed

without honesty creation is corrupted life is deformed truncated or extinguished

Turn Crimson

long summer evenings short autumn afternoons my rosé turns crimson

Saved for Parched Lips

spacious shade forested magic petal and leaf

vines, roots

a sacred pedestal lichen clad torsos sway and bend in the southerlies

stalititic moss billowy sleeves gathered and draped from hepatic limbs the last tempest now months ago

cached tears and laments basted and casked in seems and gnarls

lagrimas diffused and fermented with the weeks

a glade's ambrosia strong and spirited saved for parched lips

A Wild Daisy Romance

a wild daisy among cultivated blooms a fickle bumblebee kissed by a breeze nudged off-course call it happenstance romance

Sci-Fi Negroni

Yes, this girl loves her dry Rosé at the end of a hot summer day. Generally wine is my drink, to go with whatever the dish of the day is; but now and then I crave a Negroni. My favorite gin however is Empress Gin, made in British Columbia, and named after its famous Empress hotel. Empress gin is elevated with butterfly pean blossoms, and so making a Negroni with Empress adds purple and blue shades to the red and orange garnered from the campari and orange. I may have substituted out the vermouth, but that will remain my little secret for a bit. The result is out of this world. Spacey and a perfect accompaniment to go with Foundation, one of my favorite sci fi shows.

Give it a try if you have access to Empress Gin.

Chromatic Vision

beauty is in the eye of those with the mind to open the soul

focal points too narrow prisms to prisons see in black and white duotone

narrower-still cataracts form clouds shackle irises to a world of monochrome

beauty is in the eye of those with the mind to open the soul

black bursts to iridescence paler hues birth their glow

Now you are seeing with full chromatic vision

beauty is in the eye of those with the mind to open the soul

Words and Poetry are my own. Images unless otherwise attributed are a collaboration between me and AI, Grok. They should be viewed visual haiku, in that they contain symbolism. The concepts are my own creation and the rendering AI. Keep drawing and painting. AI cannot replace your hard work and excellence.Strings and Saved for Parched Lips are published in Domesticate the Heavens. Chromatic Vision is published in Monsters, Avatars, and Angels. A Wild Daisy Romance and Turn Crimson were both most recently and first published on X social media platform. All titles below, including Domesticate Heavens and Monsters, Avatars, and Angels represent lengthier works, and along with other titles, are available in paperback or digital through amazon and your local libraries and bookstores.