Over the past year I’ve come across a couple of Kimberly Blaeser’s poems on the net. A short bit from the author blurb in the book: Kimberly Blaeser, an Anishinaabe writer, photographer, and scholar, served as Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2015-16. She is also the author of … poetry collections and a scholarly monograph… Blaeser…
Month: March 2022
Women Music March 2022 – Day 17 – Garnett Sisters: Loah and Feather
The Garnett Sisters. Loah (left) and Feather (right) photo by Eve North I was looking for an Irish musician to feature today because it is St. Patrick’s Day. I happened across Loah but when I started my research discovered she has a sister who also sings. There is not a huge amount of information out…
#FF — She Reigns
PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox Iron gates work, where other metals provide only a physical barrier. In daylight, scavengers rip into walls with crowbars, looking for enough for the traps. Patching up their solar energy systems keeps the hydroponic gardens growing. Rabbits give protein and furs. In Winter, when the nights are long, She reigns….
Women Music March 2022 – Day 16 – Miriam Makeba
Legendary South African singer Miriam Makeba, taken by Paul Weinberg Zenzile Miriam Makeba (b. March 4, 1932 – d.11/9/08,) nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa….
Movies, Movies, Movies! #122 – March 15, 2022
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! It’s a mixed bag this week. Vault (2019) Starring: Theo Rossi, Clive Standen, Samira Wiley, Chazz Palminteri, Don Johnson Director: Tom DeNucci Genres: action, crime Synopsis: from imdb: Vault tells a story about a group of small time criminals in 1975 who attempt to pull off the…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 15 – Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples, 2006, photo by Tom Pich Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. Staples was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 10, 1939. She began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches and appearing on…
dVerse — Prosery — The magic of rain
I wandered lonely as a cloud. –by William Wordsworth, from his eponymous poem Seeing a cumulus puff amongst cirrocumulus sheets made the mountain dragon laugh. “You’re an anachronism!” Try as I might to slough off the words, his throaty grumbles clung like heavy ice crystals. They turned my cushiony cotton into spiked crackles which shredded…
Tao Talk 