April 19: Nothing like Blue

If you only could see,

Blue is the color of the sea.

Sea is like the sky,

Sky is blue, too.

When I look in your eyes

I can see the real true.

The blue eyes' reflections

Hiding the truth.

Nothing is cleaner like the blue.

The rain can be blue, too.

Happy laughter is blue.

There are many shades of blue:

Royal blue, aqua blue,

Clear heavenly light blue.

My goodness! A dress for success

For my princess is blue -true, very true.

Blue mountains, the ora of Earth,

The road to Heaven is always blue.

Nothing is like blue.

Did you see a blue flower?

These flowers are hidden

In a beautiful garden.

Children, clean souls,

They are watching out for the Earth

And the blues.

Nothing is like blue.

Ida Tomshinsky, 2005

April 18: Nature Watching in the Back Yard

"Stripped butterflies making the check up of the field. Sneaky lizards' battalion hiding in the grass. The army of ants at service. Top-top, top-top... Little girl's slippers turned green." Ida Tomshinsky, 2004

April 17: Simplicity of the Beginning Day

"The air was clean, almost transparent. The mind was open and wondered. The body ready and energetic filled up with optimism. The simplicity of the beginning day had the power of the self-esteem motivation. Before the sunrise all the priorities of the day were sorted and waited their turn. The highlights of morning appear and follow." Ida Tomshinsky, 2005

April 16: Butterfly Fly

On the hot summer day

A beautiful colorful butterfly

Fly, fly, fly...

Sometimes, in the end of the working day

My thoughts about life

Getting wings and fly.

Are you ready to listen?

I will teach you to try.

I will share the secret, you try!

You do not need to have wings to try.

In my dreams, on the nice summer night

I will fly

Like a beautiful colorful butterfly.

Are you still here and listen?

Now, you can try!

Don't be afraid and try.

Anyone can fly.

The road-map is the blue sky.

Think big and fly.

You born to be free

Like a butterfly.

You are beautiful on any tree,

You are colorful with your presents.

It is too soon to say good-bye

Before the fly.

You will be back, my butterfly.

Ida Tomshinsky. "Butterfly Fly." - Poetry or Poe-Tree: Owings Mills, MD: Watermark Press, p. 25-26, 2006.

ISBN 0795185685

April 15: A Cloudy Day

Clouds in Miami's sky

Are passing by, passing by...

Years of my life

Are dropping off, dropping off...

Time, are you flying?

Please, I am begging, slow down.

It is a lot on my mind.

Do not put me down!

I did not have time to look around,

There are so many things

I would like to do, to see,

And think about.

I would like to be out

To look at the clouds

On the Miami's sky

Which are passing by, passing by...

Ida Tomshinsky, c.2004

April 14: Ocean Wave

"The ocean wave reaches the edge on the hard land. It is not hard at all. It is soft and wet. The pale sand on the bay of Atlantic ocean brings you to the expectations of the beach entertaining. Cool and hot at the same time. Warm and comfortable. Just right. Thirsty. You want to drink a lot of water. Your lungs want to inhale a lot of air. You make a deep breath. It is a still enigma of the inheritance." Ida Tomshinsky c.2005

April 13: Beautiful Hibiscus

A dear rose mallow blossom

Is a beautiful one-day flower

That is simply awesome

When it blooms to empower

With glossy deep green leaves

Of tropical hibiscus trees.

They traveled from China to Florida

For de la Vida!

Beautiful hibiscus

Blossoms will get you out of the woo-s.

Pink, orange, and red,

Sometimes, they leave me unsaid.

Coffee and bread,

Hibiscus crown head

At my window,

Bring peace to endow.

The flower's attractiveness beauty

Amuses the sweet heart cookie.

Ida Tomshinsky, c.2009