“I’m in a glass case of emotion.” -Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004 – Repurposing I’m in a glass case of emotioncasually placed on your shelfa trophy for the world to seeyet suffocating, dessicating,becoming a museum piece;an oddity, an icon of other times,something you visit on “free day” Let me be your Wardian casedeep…
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Movies, Movies, Movies! #85 – May 25, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Let’s start with one I started to watch, “For Your Consideration” (2006) where I got close to halfway through when it froze and wouldn’t finish playing. It’s a comedy directed by Christopher Guest and written by Guest and Eugene Levy and stars Catherine O’Hara, Stephen Rannazzisi, Ed…
dVerse Haibun Monday and Haikai Challenge 191: Flower Moon
This Spring, in addition to bluebirds nesting in one of their boxes, there are two pair of ducks and a pair of sandhill cranes nesting along the ponds out back. I’ve seen the ducks take flight on my walks. The cranes have strategically placed their nest in an area that is now impassable due to…
The Sunday Muse 161 — Once a Year
Once a year dies the sun at the church on the hill when the mist shroud’s just right and the birds become still. When the bell rings unbid lest we ever forget that we acted as one — once a year dies the sun. They were born in a drought; mother died giving birth. Preacher…
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dVerse — MTB — Nature’s Waltz
Nature’s Waltz When the outside comes in on the breeze, When the stale air inside floats away, When the scent of the lilac makes me sneeze, When the song of the wind chimes say that we made it to Spring through the greys. When the reds of the robins return When the orange of the…
#FF — Red Reign
PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda Red Reign Rain clouds convened on the cursed setting like PCB-laced icing on a hemlock cake. To many NYC’s Lady Liberty was an icon of salvation; to the rest it was an itching reminder of hypocrisy. Downing and Delta loaded their backpacks with climbing gear, paintball guns, and red paint…
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