signs-of-hope – Greenfire Creative, LLC

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Poetry Slowdown

gold-tinged storm clouds; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
I want to rush through
but Poetry makes me slow
down to understand

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Puffins

Puffin poised on cliff edge overlooking sea; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Puffins sniff out home
sailing in from five hundred
miles to rejoin kin

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Find a Smile

Handlettered sign, “Find a smile,” tacked to weathered wooden fence picket; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Neighbors one-upping
Diogenes and his lamp
I grin, ear to ear

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Moon Flood

Full moon, moonlit clouds, Jupiter, and Saturn; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Moonlight floods this night
Far worlds awash in wonder
Hearts overflowing

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Rift and Fault

Illustration of western hemisphere with tectonic plate and fault lines; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Mid-Atlantic Rift
east and San Andreas west
Will this country move?

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Moray Stories

illustration of African, Arabian, and Somali tectonic plates; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Stories of moray
eels and bathtub rings reveal
tectonic plate lore

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Mrs. Lot’s Locks

salt dome, Zagros Mountains; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Fleeing, looking back,
Mrs. Lot’s halite blonde locks
flow across mountains

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Just Noise

Moonlight from half-moon reflecting and silhouetting clouds in night sky; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Is it only noise
ignorant clatter-natter
or sharp harbinger

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Adulting

new flush toilet in shipping box; text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
First Social Security
check paid for new toilet.
Adulting is weird.

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Judy Brenneman signs-of-hope

Uncommon Courtesy

back of envelope, flap sealed with clear tape, text overlaid on image — Small signs of hope in the coming apocalypse:
Sealed not with kiss or
spit but tape, soft surprise, un-
common courtesy

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