calm reflection

ah, I remember!
annual May gray, June gloom
a calm reflection
new lavender blossoms rest
against faded, silver skies

 

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield

Photo from LuqueStock

Also see the San Diego Union Tribune article, It’s jacaranda season: When purple reigns
 

05: unseasonable days

January? or June?
Ah! surfers and sunbathers
-unseasonable

Writing and image: Jennifer Fifield

Full Blog Series: The Joyful Path

Anza-Borrego 1:04am

a midnight shaking,
waking me from deep sleep; I
wonder… will it stop

 

By Jennifer A. Fifield

KPBS article: Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Hits Anza-Borrego Area

porcelain pathway

coconut-colored
smooth crystals of sandy beach
massage winter’s toes

 

 

 

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield

Image from Unsplash

sweet tree flowers

seems early, for the
air to smell of fresh perfume;
of sweet tree flowers

 

 

 

By Jennifer A. Fifield
Image: Bigstockphoto

seabird

 

feathers gray, feathers white
wailing under golden sunlight

along the coasts, you have flown
oceans and skies of deep cerulean

this California gull, a larus californicus
bird of the sea, floating high above us

traveling far, or residing quite near
an ocean beneath, your destiny clear

 

By Jennifer A. Fifield

Image by SB

orange fire

orange fire,
you are turning
my sleepy mind
and my fevered skin
into overwhelmed particles
of scorched desert dust

 

 

By Jennifer A. Fifield

Image: Google Images

blanket of clouds

sticky, sweaty,
tired
fiery, fevery,
sullen

longing
for a breeze
and a blanket
of clouds

 
By Jennifer A. Fifield

Image: Google Images

remember to not forget

it’s 2am and I pass
by the hookah shop
and the book tree
and then smile
at the patio drinkers
that are looking at me
and I wonder
if they can tell
that I am a bit tipsy,
but I continue on
to the street corner
beneath the
Normal Heights sign
and wait
for my uber boyfriend
and tell myself,
to remind myself,
to remember,
to not forget
this feeling,
this moment,
this contentment
of wandering,
of wondering.

Jennifer A. Fifield

Image: Unsplash

gray and gloom

it seems that it may
loom about all day
though inevitably
the gray fades,
the gloom burns away,
encapsulated by the sun
canary rays mix with charcoal haze
saying hello and goodbye
until the gray is only a memory

 

Jennifer A. Fifield

Image: Unsplash