
Artist: Serenity Rose
pencil drawing
Title : beeeeeeee
so Serenity is finally going to be doing a coloring book …..more details upcoming.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 22
my response is :
memories from long forgotten places,
I find myself watching it from a distance
as though I am stuck in a repetitive
dream without any way out.
drifting into something resembling
an active dream of poetry
and possibility



2026 PAD Challenge Day 21
my response is :
when trying to describe
who I am and who I am not
the ink is limited.
there is no clarity
in the darkness
of the ink pot,
even as it empties.
Okay, I am the original wallflower…but I signed up for an online poetry reading. I don’t step out of my comfort zone often but there is supposed to be other poets reading….the event listing on Facebook is here.



2026 PAD Challenge Day 18
my response is ( though late still )
according to the constitution
the definition of citizenship
is either one born on this soil
or one that follows the rules
and takes the tests to gain
the green card to become one.
if you stop them from getting the tests
you stop the legal process for citizenship ...
this country was founded on immigrants
the idea of immigration. the only non-immigrants were born here.
and even those were often
children of immigrants.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 17
my response is :
a house with no foundation
falls in so quickly...
so too does the soul
without ego fail.
We need to build
a foundation,
stable and true...
so that with time
we know the ability
to face the truth.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 16
Serena’s response:
in the twilight
of the cemetery
bleeding blooms
give relief to the chaos
of the grieving souls.
Though the bleeding
is but illusionary,
it adds to the feeling
of the graveyard at night.