A sway to the center (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, March 3, 2024, third Sunday of Lent (Catholic), and feast day of Our Lady of Angels Toulouse, Our Lady of Miracles Saint-Omer, the (above) Volokolamsk Icon of the Mother of God, Saint Katharine Drexel, Saint Non of Wales, Saint Arthelais of Benevento (miraculously freed) and Blessed Concepcion Cabrera de Armida. Image from here.)

A sway to the center

-- here it’s safe. Arms extend

dare hope for grace, sweep this path

Peace given s p a c e

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by the etymology of “march”, and “Dear March—Come in—” by Emily Dickinson. From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, March 3, 2024.

Into Winter’s blue night (WC)

(Wendy Cabell, March 3, 2024, third Sunday of Lent (Catholic), and feast day of Our Lady of Angels Toulouse, Our Lady of Miracles Saint-Omer, the Volokolamsk Icon of the Mother of God, Saint Katharine Drexel (above), Saint Non of Wales, Saint Arthelais of Benevento (miraculously freed) and Blessed Concepcion Cabrera de Armida. Image from here.)

Into Winter’s blue night

(after dg nanouk okpik)

Where there's snow that melts.

And rain that pelts. 

And gentling (after wind’s sure sweep).

Where give nod to keep these 

softened hues, when comes 

the riot of Spring. 

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by “When White Hawks Come” by dg nanouk okpik.  From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, March 3, 2024.