Will It Help? The question always is will it help (others) to bare one’s soul, rip oneself open, tear it out, and lay it screaming on the forensic table. The answer always is it’s not for us to know. the figures in the painting are by a famous artist but I forgot to note it. …
Year: 2025
dVerse — Forms/MTB Perspective and Paddling Around the Bend prompts — Around the Bend
photograph of Elizabeth Packard and the book Kate Moore wrote about her Around the BendGinger Cat has gone for the day to the vet,which means I, Small Mouse in the Corner,am allowed to enjoy their sad choreography.First movement dings the chimes at dawn.Meds from night before wakes them groggy;stiff joints rise, swing from rubber-mattressedbeds; cold…
POPO 2025 — Day 2 — idea vs. real
why is the idea of it so differentthan the real of it?An idea is hologramof mind, pullingwool over our bodiesthat must be kickedfree from, to really be
#FF — Still Here
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Still Here My last competition in pole vaulting was in 1972. Three silvers and a gold rest on blue velvet in my parents’ living room. The committee recruited me in 1975 to be a commentator in Montreal. My first thought of the tower when I saw it was, how long…
POPO 2025 — Day 1 — Perspective
Poetry Postcard Festival 2025 went from July 4 to August 31. The hosts ask that we wait a month before sharing our poems and postcards. This year I chose to create the postcards with paint and paper collage. It’s been so enjoyable to create the cards along with the poetry. perspective chromatic contrastsof triangulatinga canvasinto…
TNG 92 — #214
Judy Dykstra-Brown is the host of The Numbers Game.
dVerse Haibun Monday — September End Holiday
September End Holiday They don’t bother waiting until dusk to come. They’ve learned the field behind the house and the backyard, where the fruit trees spread their heavy-laden arms, are safe for them and their young. Even so, they remain vigilant and know deep cover is close by if any sight, sound, smell feels of…
Tao Talk 