Breeze sways spattered poppies long after the sniper is gone — dark falls on a corpse. * Ravaged meat in a box: Special Delivery. Worms finish what maggots started. * He watches her kneel in the wet grass at his grave, crying for herself in her long black veil+. * Three nights she dreams of…
Month: May 2020
Light of Day #5 — Interview/Music Elvis Costello and Sting
Another one of those randomly happened across things that brought joy to me. The whole video is more than 30 minutes, but even watching the first 10 minutes will do it. Now that I know this series exists, I need to try to get both seasons. Cmon library, please open (when the time is right,…
#MM Saturday Mix — Only $5!
My roomie in college’s combination of impulsiveness and kind-heartedness, in retrospect, led to the worst and best days of my life. The day we walked down to the convenience store and saw the cutest little red-headed girl sitting on the curb with a rattling, scratching box, Mimi couldn’t resist the tiny mutt pup for “only…
Novelty Song Friday #10 — “Upminster Kid,” by Kilburn and the High Roads
Per wikipedia: Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He died from colorectal cancer. Kilburn and the High Roads were a British pub rock band formed by Ian Dury…
Light of Day #3 — “Take Me,” by George Jones
Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records during his 60-year career. His genres included pop, country, rock, folk, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk rock, blues rock, surf, standards, and Tulsa Sound. His collaborations…
Thursday Inspiration 57 — rise to color
From watery shadow’s limbo Burning embered love does rise To glow on spirit’s tippy toes Monochromatic suffocation Flooded with oxygenated hues Then sighing, recede, and rest. Paula Light is the host of Thursday Inspiration. Paula says: This week’s theme is sunset and the picture is below. Here is the song snippet from “Sunrise Sunset,” a…
dVerse — #NaTaMo — Showy Strangers
Rhubarb blossoms Showy strangers Iris and peony Hiccup, then Sing welcome Frank J. Tassone is today’s host of dVerse. Frank says: Write a five (5)-line Japanese-form poem of your choice: tanka, kyoka or gogyohka.
Tao Talk 