PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young Spider felt weary in his marrow. The gravity of depression was unsettling. His hunting clockwork, accustomed to clicking along as it explored angles to exploit, had unwound, stopping here, in the featurelessness of beige. Why had Poppy vanished? Yes, he would have ground her heart to dust in time, but…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
dVerse Poetics — peeling layers
BarbMy mentor/therapist/friend/loved one,you told us to process our traumalike peeling an onion. Peel a layerand let the open wounds heal awhile before peeling the next.Twelve weeks on, forty weeks off, year after year, layer by layer,we peeled our onions. Each yearour onions shrank, the wounds still open but quicker to heal.What we never bothered to…
Tanka Tuesday 331 — Honey Moon’s Ocean
Red Moon by Hari Prasad honey moon is full of fervent longing for her glowing purpose; in her aural sky she pulses, hopes to melt from ice to sherbet. earthly twin, she too craves touches, tingled skin with tensing muscles, rosined bow ‘gainst Nero’s fiddle searing steamed desire’s fluxes. fills the sky with cratered nipples,…
Genuinely Refreshing Horchata! (with new pic)
I made another batch of horchata today and decided to take a pic with my glam mug. I have nabbed a zillion recipes from Irene at My Slice of Mexico and would like to thank her yet again for how many good things I’ve made over the years from them. Today I want to talk…
Music that strikes a chord — “Starting to Get to You,” by Jensen McCrae
Jensen McCrae I wrote about Jensen McCrae back in March for Women Music March. You can read more about Jensen in that post, which is found here. Not sure how this particular tune got on my spotify favorites playlist, but every time it comes around I think this song really pulls me in. I…
The Unicorn Challenge — Trained Unicorn
© Ayr/Gray The promise of spectacle is what draws them. The posters, facebook marketing banners, and online local newspaper ads say it is a trained unicorn. The price per ticket is outrageously expensive, but who can resist? When Youtube provides every form of titillation to be voyeuristically ingested through eyes held captive in the dull…
ripening (varselle form)
To think these peppers were but seeds just weeks ago; five small promises, their green ripening proves dreams come true — heaven’s cultivation! Jude has tempted me to write a varselle after reading his.
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