She feeds them in a quiet place Where willows droop; they know her face. Her pail with net, cracked corn, sharp spear; Unsensed the trap, fins swim sans fear. Death strung on lace. Her zinnias smile when she returns, Their hungry sway in copper urns, The roses arch with ruby grace In trellised dance; they…
Author: Lisa or Li
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Movies, Movies, Movies! #54 – October 13, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! I finished S3 of Hinterland last night and cannot recommend this series more highly! The acting is superior, the plots are intricate, and the beauty of the country of Wales is shown in its full glory. Hoping that they make a S4. Check it out on netflix…
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 10 PICK 5- MSJADELI SELECTS- BONNIE RAITT- LUCK OF THE DRAW — slicethelife
Oh, the agony it was picking the final choice. I will echo some of you in expressing regret for the ones not chosen. Very close contenders were Led Zeppelin, REM, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Gordon Lightfoot, and Steve Earle. Kerfe Roig, one of my blogmates, posted a Bonnie Raitt song yesterday and […]…
dVerse — prosery 17 — Starbaby
We look at him through the wrong end of the long telescope of Time. – from Hummingbird, by D.H. Lawrence Gerald was born at the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month in the year of the dragon. Unlike his six siblings with blue eyes, Gerald’s glittered like emeralds. He never cried…
Harvest Moon — Goutam’s Writings
I read this beautiful poem by Goutam Dutta and knew I wanted to share it. Up early at dusk The baton of light is passed Harvest moon in sky. Farmer’s smile, brighter than moon Reaped crop, they carry home. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta Harvest Moon — Goutam’s Writings
Book Review — Day for Night by Stacey E. Bryan, published by Strange Fictions Press
It was beautiful and sunny outside, belying the day’s ludicrous events. I was thinking about cigarettes for the first time in ten years while shock and denial held hands and started making out. — Day for Night, location 91 Rae, the protagonist in, “Day for Night,” is a former gymnast and former champion surfer…
#Haikai Challenge #159/#160: Fall Foliage/Goose (Kari) — winged company
They waddle cushioned green feedbeds, nibbling new shootsin crisp autumn air. They rise as one, one pink dawn,Wings in formation, on the way… The Aleutian Canada Goose is mostly a herbivore, and is a primary consumer. They eat: grasses, berries, sedges, aquatic vegetation, legumes, succulents, clover, cultivated grains, corn, wheat, barley, soybean, and…
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