I was just reading a post on REM and commented that one of my favorite songs of theirs is, “World Leader Pretend”. If ever there was a soliloquy set to music, this is it. I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it’s all, it’s all for nothing I know…
Year: 2018
When Mother Gaia Pulls the Plug
Today’s dverse prompt is for a November poem. The form is kyrielle sonnet. The photos and video were taken outside today. I feel this poem up close and personal! Hued raiment cloaked, colorless pall Greens, browns, reds, fleeting, if at all Sighing as I sip from my mug When Mother Gaia pulls the plug…
Chemical Table
image link Fandango’s One Word Challenge today is chemical. The first thing I thought of was a the periodic table of the chemical elements. Going to old standy wiki, I found a paragraph with several terms related to the periodic table. First putting them into a list, I waited for inspiration and it came. Today’s…
Verdict
image link Today’s prompt is freeze. Today’s offering is in the form of senryu . her grim smile frozen as jury reads the verdict night, sobbing relief word of the day challenge — freeze
Who’s Your Man?
Fandango has posed the following provocative question: “If you could be the opposite sex for one day, what would you do?” My (Satur)day as a man. I’d love to wake up in the nude and go pee standing up AND LEAVE THE TOILET SEAT UP. Then head for the bedroom and put on some skivvies,…
which oneo?
Fandango, your question of dependent or dependant inspired my poem today :) audio or video? pan or liddeo? fat or thineo? green or blueo? hot or coldeo? will or wonteo? laugh or cryeo? pitch or catcheo? cavatini or macaroneo? dog or cateo? cow or chickeneo? fish or clameo? salt or peppereo? flakes or wheatieseo? now…
memory of the lake
image link I tried to remember the tactility of a day at the beach as a child. * summer at the small inland lake soft fleece blanket lays on the warm sand anchored with the cooler and our flip flops pulling off tank tops and shorts warm breeze tickles the hair on our arms and…
Tao Talk 