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What do you see? #3 — A Day at the Beach

Sadje is the host of What do you See? Misty had spent the day in mid-July at the beach, on a blanket under an umbrella reading while the surf washed up against the shore with a calming shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound. At some point Misty must have dozed off. She began to dream that she was at…

#FFFC 40 — The Man in the Mirror

Pixabay at Pexels.com Herman’s daughter had been begging him for a self-portrait for the past year. Herman had been diagnosed with lymphoma two years previous and had been doing his best to stay alive since then. It was September. Herman had a feeling the coming Christmas would be his last. He decided to paint a…

dVerse — prosery 6 — Lights Out

One Mid-November Monday temperatures hovered around freezing. Dusk pulled up its blanket as rain fell then froze to trees as Arctic air swept in. Limbs groaned with burden. Victims’ cracks and crashes echoed outside of the house, and the earth vibrated with their landing — the equivalent of an earthquake in Michigan. The old willow…

Coloring Club Plus — 11/11/19

This morning I realized it had been a long time since listening to this album. What profoundly strikes me about Achtung Baby are the poetry of the lyrics with so many of the songs. Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno,…

#Haikai Challenge #112 (11/10/19): Veterans Day

To our soldiers, living and passed on, I thank you. Please accept these humble poems to honor you. Trained sacrifices To appease warmongers — White crosses, green hills Poppies pale mimics of fields blossoming red – Tears remember. Shiny medals dance on the chest of a hero – wheel-chaired, he accepts Armistice Day Blood faucet…

Coloring Club Plus — 11/10/19

I have got to give thanks for the local library system for carrying this album, as it was rocking me all morning long. There are some kick butt liner notes also about BBC broadcasting at the time these were recorded that I hope to find and at least link to, as they are well worth…

#SLS — Eurhythmics, Would I Lie To You?

Jim Adams is the organized host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: English grammar can be complex and modal verbs are unlike other verbs. They include can, must, may, might, will, would, should. They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. Our prompt for this week is Could/Might/Should/Would. Here…