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Friday Favorite Feature 20 — “Try,” by Stan Snow

I wrote each song to satisfy the music fan within. After I finished writing each tune, I would ask myself – ‘what do I want to hear now?’…and I would write the next tune based on what I was hearing in my head. — Stan Snow, about, “Into the Great Beyond” Sorry for posting this…

dVerse — OLN 353 — Pledge

Let There Always Be Light — Rebecca Elson Vervain sage incense thin reeds to ceiling sky. Kneeled bedside to pray: Let there always be light My anxious crawl to reve’s tempered breath’s scrawl, a fathomless, immutable pledge: there shall ever be. Top photo is by Maxim Sivyi Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Open Link…

#FF — Posse

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson My mind traipses a fertile terrain. Old friends and family tell me it often wanders too far and for too long. It’s true at times it gets stuck in muddy details, but what part of life isn’t messy when taken to far reaches? My imagination will never be content with…

MMB 2024 Week 1 (A-B) — Arc Angels and Doyle Bramhall II

Because week 1 includes A and B, I want to include two songs that both involve one performer. I remember hearing one or two of their songs on the radio, but the way I came to the group was through Doyle Bramhall II when he played David Gilmour’s guitar parts on Roger Waters’ three-year tour…

24 SSPC 15 Early Cold (1st week) (Jan 5- 20) Shokan

crumpled wrapping paper, tossed like year’s end, makes way; fresh snow falls… doorbell rings; florist with snowdrops! Scented promise, from old lover, who steps out, from behind florist, bows and asks, “new beginnings?” kigo used: snowdrops new beginnings sijo form top image link Colleen Chesebro is the host of TankaTuesday. Colleen says: Your syllabic poetry…

dVerse — Poetics — Litotes — It isn’t that…

It isn’t that the green of grass is displeasing to my eye, as green is one of my favorite colors: a pennant of life. It isn’t that quiet isn’t appreciated when plows sit garaged, restless minds need every appurtenance to peace’ mirage. It isn’t that winds don’t titillate as they nibble my cheeks, yet may…

#SLS — Musician Passed in 2023 — Tom Verlaine of Television

If you want to get a sense of the passing of time through the deaths of musicians, go to wikipedia and look at how long that list is. Although not all by any means, but the ones who stand out for me for 2023 are:Tom Verlaine died 1/28/23Wayne Shorter died 3/2/23Gordon Lightfoot died 5/1/23Sinead O’Connor…