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POPO2022 Bonus Card #2 — orange with blossom and branch

wee petals open framed by waxy leafery mysteries in-wait wee petals open hungry fragrant nectar calls for winged ravishers framed by leafery clustered queens, in succession, begin their intrigue mysteries in-wait realized; burnished globes, sweet with their secrets Tomorrow will be the last postcards for POPO2022. It will be a picture of all of the…

Tanka Tuesday 296

painting by Ichiro Tsuruta 鶴田-郎, 1954 Her face a white mask, stone jewels her guardians; carnellian lips her invitation; a portal each escapes into — doom’s dissonant stay. The form is Gogyohka. The poem is directly inspired by Kerfe’s artwork and poetry based on ventriloquist dummies and by our dialogue in the comments for it….

POPO2022 — Bonus Card #1 — moon, rabbit, lady, words

Lady Luna basks the small with her silver light potions of healing Lady Luna basks benevolence her nature guided by her dreams small, in her silver, dedicate themselves in kind gathering; mixing potions of healing while nodding constellations smile in fond assent

‘Tis I, Marie (repost)

Dave, at A Sound Day, posted a Redbone Halloween song and talked about “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” a real person. That reminded me of a poem I wrote about her awhile back. OK, this one needs a WARNING. Adults only and not for the faint of heart. “Tis I, Marie, you come to…

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (netflix)

I saw this on the netflix banner a few days ago. The time is right for it. My sensitivities wondered if I wanted to subject myself to the man I’ve just newly dubbed The Sultan of Squeamishness. There is something about del Toro’s work that makes my skin crawl. You may ask how in the…

dVerse — Quadrille Monday 163 — Happy Halloween

It’s Monday morning and Halloween. You’ve called in sick and we’ve slept in. Rolled in blankets, warm pink links, muffled crows call through the walls wordless candycorns heralding day. Kitchen-bound, terry-robed, I scare us up scrambled eggs; sourdough toast to go with fresh-made cuppajoe. top image link De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host for…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Day 31 Costume (final chapter)

baby space owls by arumise Jean was given her assignment by D.W.W. She and Hicks were allowed to leave. The other two men remained entranced, proverbial flies wrapped in silk, waiting for their captor’s hunger. The irony of D.W.W. drinking blood yet being a non-violent stranded ET was difficult for any human and for the…