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Month: May 2023
#FF — Blue Stew
Ay was crunchy and gassy. Bee was sweet and acidic. Married in the middle, their grounding spice nourished their relationship well. That is until the salty and sour couple moved in next door. Cee was in marketing and a porn addict. Dee was a palm reader who told her clients the truth. One night over…
Tanka Tuesday 320 — New Pearls
seasons sing of struggle chores demand our action can’t get any traction down and just can’t juggle underserved with chuckles need reboot of passion daydreams of sweet dally night dreams filled with diddle double cream finale noted worthy assay notch headboard with tally answers need no riddle mindful be in both worlds oyster growing new…
dVerse — Poetics — Alchemy of Freedom
 Ahmad Shamlou The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill. — Ai Weiwei  They cough at soot of hell’s belchlong before others smell smoke. They hear change in morning notes;doves flutter away, ravens…
Doodads all over the place
The new banner features two gifts my sons and daughter in-law gave me for Mother’s day. The thing that looks like a house on the stump is a butterfly house from older son. About 2 feet to the right is that beautiful orange volunteer that draws butterflies from near and far. The gardening frog is…
Kerfe’s RWG 9 — Music of the Night
Far-flung, afield, dusk travel’s magnet draws moonglow painted shadow space. I pause to note rough sounds cease asnight’s homely adjustment commences.Soft rustles, steps, flutterings stitch air,litter low, just over there, now whispers here.Sense a thousand ears tuning their stationsfrom light’s brash cymbal-clapped squawksto Hammond B of night’s sweet clarinets. top image by Dokkar Kerfe is…
Tao Talk 