It was long into the day
Before I noticed the flaming sun
Had turned my withered sod
Into a golden acre
Giant pillows above
Rests on dazzling blue sky
Suddenly whatever I thought
Yesterday— today—wasn’t true
It takes a trail of tears
To lead one back to a brilliant aurora
Where you may see a lazy housewife
Someone sees a princess
Who is becoming a Reine des Glace
Enduring Jack ice and Blue Fire
dversepoets.com prompt is “purple patch”. Gather a handful of random seeds and sow them into your imagination and see what blossoms!
From the list given I used…Blue Fire, Jack Ice, dazzling blue, trail of Tears, Reines see Glace, lazy housewife, princess, audits and golden acre.
I also posted this in aprilsaspirations.WordPress.com. With my May poems. 2 in 1. Why not.
Writing this after a sorrowful day of suddenly losing a very dear friend and writing mentor. I did not even notice the morning. So thank you Sarah. Your prompt fit well.
mehflowers 
This is a magnificent line: “It takes a trail of tears / To lead one back to a brilliant aurora”
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Thank you. It seems to be the highlight!
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So sorry to hear about your friend. This is such a strong line:
It takes a trail of tears
To lead one back to a brilliant aurora
I hope it’s true for you.
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Thank you! Yes, it is!
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I like how it takes a trail of tears to lead to the brilliant aurora.
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Thanks Frank!
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Nice response to the prompt. JACK ICE seems like a Minnesota phrase for freezing slush.
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🙂
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It does take a trail of tears to lead us to the blue light
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That trail of tears caught my attention
Happy Tuesday
Much💙love
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Thank you!
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Very nice poem Mary! Sorry for the loss of your friend!
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The k you Dwight!
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I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend, Mary. The ‘trail of tears’ does fit well in your time of sorrow. I love the opening lines with the flaming sun turning withered sod Into a golden acre.
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Thank you Kim!
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Life is like this and we have to move ahead.
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So true, but not always full speed ahead.
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Those trail of tears is a path we rather not walk, but I hope there is light in the end.
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I like especially the contrast in the last line. (K)
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I really like your image of clouds as giant pillows
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