It’s been many moons since reading Tolkien’s, The Hobbit, The Trilogy, and The Silmarillion, and not quite so long since seeing 3 of the 4 films made so far. I remember how pivotal, Sting, the shortsword first re-found by Gandalf, given to Bilbo, then later handed off to his nephew Frodo, was to key events…
Year: 2017
Recreated Reborn
Egg dances with sperm; a clump of cells grows into a babyme.Babyme is born and leaves the hospital, with daddy and mommy, just married.Daddy works at the factory; mommy cooks and cleans,changes diapers, feeds and cares for babyme.Birthdays come and birthdays go.Lots of pictures taken and lots of presents given. Littlegirlme now,Chubby legs, running, exploring…
Dear Monarch
Dear Monarch,I discovered you yesterday afternoon,motionless, along the roadside.Using a stick, I hoped you wouldcling to it, so you could be transportedto safer ground. It felt as if you did,although weakly,and so I gingerly lifted youonto the plastic bag holding the new phone book.Knowing where there were milkweed out back,I stepped through the tall grassand…
Peculiar
Walking into the private military club in the small town a half-hour north, my old middle-school friend, who said I would know her by the poppies on her shirt, jumped up to greet us. We’d reconnected after bumping into each other at the store a while ago and traded facebook handles. She’d invited me back…
Orchid Adventure
A couple of weeks ago, when we went to Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park , I saw an orchid wrapped in what looked like birch bark hanging from something and in beautiful bloom (why didn’t I take a picture of it?). I had known before that tropical orchids naturally live on trees so seeing it…
“Life will break you.” Louise Erdrich
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up….
Anticipate
Wiggling their way Through the cosmoplasm Traveling with quantum leaps Over and around dimensions Vines of energy Penetrating protons Navigating neutrons Gathering qi Magnetic energy Discombobulating prior master hypotheses. Defying definition, These rogues are on a mission. To reach that shimmering aura. How will I know? Shimmers bounce. I wait. The Daily Post prompt Anticipate
Tao Talk 