microfication magnification the lens twists eyes shift flame passion igniting combustion consumption heart shifts to calm water smoke dark eclipses light light dissipates into the milk of creation Reena Saxena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge. Reena says: Spend 6 minutes on watching this video https://aeon.co/videos/as-above-so-below-an-artist-finds-the-cosmos-in-a-microscopic-chemical-reaction After that, just write whatever comes to mind…
Author: Lisa or Li
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#MM Music Challenge — “Nothing Compares to U,” written by Prince, covered by Chris Cornell
Jim Adams is the music-loving host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [The Breakup Song by the Greg Kihn Band] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the WordPress writing community. When I think…
Doodads — Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart talk
My two favorite “comedians,” that I see more as beacons of truth that also happen to be funny, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, talk a little about the revolution going on in the streets that began with the murder of George Floyd. Let me rephrase that. What sparked the revolution in the streets has been…
Novelty Song Friday #15 — “Daddy Cool,” by Boney M.
My x-boyfriend is the one who directed me to the video. He was convinced that Bobby Farrell of Boney M. was the prototype for Prince as far as fashion goes. When I saw this video, I had to wonder also. Beware, the song is an earworm! Per wikipedia: Boney M. is a Euro-Caribbean vocal group…
What do you see # 35 — Soul Suckers
The people of Marchini had been under attack for months. The dark wraiths traveled like mist under doors, no matter how well stuffed with rags, and sucked the souls from dreamers. Instead of waking, the dreamers would be found in a comatose state, their bodies looking shrunken as if they had been mummified. People tried…
#FF — “Teach Me”
They say when the student is ready the master will come. For Marcia and Meg, the student came to the master, or in this case, mistress. Marcia, eighty-six years old, was homebound. Marcia was also the author of a dozen books on bdsm*. Her pinnacle tome, “On Their Knees,” was “The Bible” in some circles….
#Haikai Challenge #144: Summer Solstice Midsummer (manastu) I — Day at the beach
Blue skies linger as plovers skitter down the shore; Waves whoosh lullabies. Gulls wheel as minnows flash, catching dayflies at surface. Solstice days extend. Cloud’s shadows dance along bright beach umbrellas while babies sleep in cool shade. Sunset is still hours away. I tried to put the double tankas side by side but…
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