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 — Q185 — dream #17

Brushing cobwebs from inkstone as Chang’e urges, dark pools brimming, I transcribe. Dearest Hou Yi, With only dust for company I beg return me your apple cheeks and fearless aim. Please forgive me, Yours only. Sealed with blood and wax, dragon wings toward Tian. top image (woodcut print) “Chang’e Flees to the Moon,” by Tsukioka…

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POPO2023 Day 2

Dotty can’t understand why she can’t sleep on my lap. The blanket is too hot to drape over my legs and her claws are too sharp. artwork by Henri Matisse, “Red Interior. Still Life on a Blue Table“

Maria Berg’s 30 days of Halloween Day 1: Spooky

Autumn equinoxes’ presence known and day creeps away far too soon. When daylight slips to parts unknown and we look to the light of the moon To comfort when the chill mist swirls; when small warm-blood things shiver in hope they’ll not be found by hunters that glide so silently through the ink. Ears attune…

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POPO2023 Day 1

Here we are again at the first of October.  A month has gone by since the ending of the Poetry Postcard Festival 2023.  For those who aren’t familiar with it, Cascadia Poetics Lab is now organizing the event that was originally founded by Paul Nelson .  What happens is you register and pay your $$…

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#FF — Baby Blue

PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast Her favorite color is blue. She wonders why it is so. Had she been an otter in another incarnation? Perhaps an eagle, gliding mountain updrafts? Maybe a butterfly that loved the nectar of delphinium blossoms best? Or maybe it is because she wears it like seal skin, suffocating her, squeezing…

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