dVerse — Poetics Tuesday — October Means

October Means All earthlings glimmer via playful patina pixies on blue washed or white mottled backdrops squeeze-dried, sweetened, night-refrigerated palette extremes of acorn brown to orange- red flames. Welcome smoke puffs from chim- neys and burning leaves, homely visitors that cause jack o’lanterns to smile in resonance. Flannel rebooted; merino wool caps knitted. Fall festivals,…

POPO 2025 — Day 7 — about ai

about ai I was thinking about AI I was thinking about Gaia I see AI in gAIa I don’t like what I see Both have soup of 10,000 things Where Gaia perpetually blossoms them in sensory splendor, AI Frankensteins them into soylent green’s sterile goo.  

dVerse – Q233 — Moon Never Boos

Moon Never Boos Moon never boos night;two partners who share. Night is jealous of sun’shalf-time of blue sphere. Shadow sneaks into dayas things turn and sway, moving to light’s rhythm,slow-motion choreograph. Sun rings mates to flickertwinkling night, water, bright,perpetual balancing game. De (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us…

POPO 2025 — Day 6 — surrogates

surrogates I’m learning handy skills,one YouTube video at a time.They have become our wiseelders that we climbkeys to reach; surrogatesfor distracted parents andnursing-homed grandparents.  

POPO 2025 — Day 5 — for Terry Masear

dedicated to Terry Masear hummingbird nurse called from afar winged with mercy white cap of hair benevolent smile bodhisattva gentle tending, wise, one after one, of tiniest earth angels

#SLS — “River Run Red” by Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil   Photo: Oliver Eclipse When I saw Jim’s prompt for this week, the first environmental band I thought of was Pearl Jam and the song about the whale which makes me cry every time I listen to it. Next, I thought of Cake and the song about the long line of cars. But as…