Showing posts with label Pruitt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pruitt. Show all posts

Sunday, January 3, 2016

In the Stillness of the Gaze

Photo of Haitian man, and inspiration, 
courtesy of the artist, Steven Baboun.

In the Stillness of the Gaze

So much emotion,
held in the stillness,
in the stare—in the gaze.
                                                                               
Beneath the armor of intimidation,
The Light breaches through the gaze,
through the stillness, through the resolution,
through the old age—through the haze.

The hope we hold, that when we are older,
our eyes speak our stories, and our stare reflects
the struggles, the successes, the scars,
the blood, the sweat, and the tears that are ours.


© December 28, 2015, Robbie Pruitt

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Casting Illuminating Lines


Photo by Spyros Papaspyropoulos. Creative Commons license via Flickr. Post by Heather Eure.

Casting Illuminating Lines

The sun casts its lines
As rays of light
Breaking the day
Hoping to make a catch
Illuminating life, time, ocean,
Beaches, ships, mast and sail
And one lone fisherman
Hoping to prevail


© August 16, 2014, Robbie Pruitt


Saturday, January 3, 2015

Imaginings

Photo by Spyros Papaspyropoulos. Creative Commons license via Flickr. Post by Heather Eure.

Imaginings

End my ponderings
Pull the line under
Break the stillness
Shatter the wondering
Ripple the surface
Stir me from bucket perch
Bow my cane pole
End my patient waiting
Meet my hopes—console


© August 16, 2014, Robbie Pruitt