At age of five became I blindBad nerves to blame that made me screamCursed I our God for act unkindYet all, my friend, ’twas not as seemed The act upon heaped thoughts unkindTurned out to have a brighter themeThrough haunts did stray the other fiveTo caves of dreams with golden seams Each night I searched…
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.
Dancing in the Dark
As I’m looking through poems for a submission for a chapbook, I came across this. Not sure which blog had the prompt question, but here it is and my response. The poem is a modified Minute Poem form. Image is “An Intruder in the Forest,” by Rodulfo. In the shadows, did you ever secretly wish…
Haikai Challenge #170: Christmas Queen
She of red-crested head, hungry,dwarfs her cagemate with grace.Queen of woodpeckers visitsthis Christmas morning. image link Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states, or alludes to, any of the Kigo cited above. Please reference which Kigo/Date to…
#FF — Gone
PHOTO PROMPT © Trish Nankivell Once a week for twelve weeks each year for the last decade we gathered. Damaged goods some might say. No matter what else was swirling in the loo in each of our lives, we knew we could depend on her benevolent smile and her gentle voice to rest in when…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #64 – December 22, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! A Ballerina’s Tale: the Incredible Rise of Misty Copeland (2015) Starring: Misty Copeland, Diedre Kelly, Susan Fales-Hill, Leyla Fayyaz, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Robyn Gardenhire, Alicia Graf Mack, Daisha Graf, Victoria Rowell, and many more Director: George Nelson Genres: biographical, documentary Synopsis: wikipedia says: Misty Danielle Copeland (b….
Doodads — new blog look plus
After being with WP a few years with no major changes to the design of the page, I decided to do it today. One major change is that all of the links to past posts are now at the bottom of the page. The format at the top is a lot more graphic oriented. Not…
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