image link blubbered lips, invisible hips, hands built on a model of Ken’s* privileged perspectives, racist directives, capitalist common sense spill oil on pristeen, frack gas from the clean, “nature’s my b****, are you dense?” plant factoids with mimes in impressionable minds, chasm grows – there is no more fence. Word of the Day…
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.
Alphabet Haiku Challenge — Q
image link queenly quakerfish quickly quiveringly quell quibbling questions
Poetry Day 25 — Bride’s Revenge
image link Today’s prompt is “door swings both ways” and the suggested form is triquain . Swinging door made me think saloon. The following is a “triquain chain”. swinging door midnight, Rosie’s Saloon sauntering in, looking for trouble chorus of chairs screech back, bartender grabs shotgun even the girls pause to look, then run…
Poetry –manifestation
https://gph.is/2udQdvv gif link A thumping, a glumping, a bumping is heard I turn and there’s nothing, I swear. It’s darkening, fear’s hearkening. Then suddenly, a dank chill fills the air. Shawl pulled closer, mood grows moroser, Sparks prickle the ends of my hair. Mood’s getting intense, I light the incense. Oh dear, what’s…
Poetry Day 24 — kedi
“Dogs think people are God, but cats don’t. Cats are aware of God’s existence. Cats know that people act as middlemen to God’s will. They’re not ungrateful, they just know better.” – unnamed Instanbul resident in the film, kedi “kedi” (2016) is a documentary by Ceyda Torun. The blurb at imdb describes it as, “A…
The Missing Images of Chinese Immigrants — The Paris Review
The Paris Review always has interesting, thought-provoking articles. It’s probably the first time I’ve seen the term whitewashing used this way; the term certainly fits. One of the beauties of the electronic age is that anyone with access to it HAS A VOICE. There will be no more whitewashing for those with eyes to see!…
Poetry Day 23 — See Me
For OctWriPoMo, “today’s prompt is See Me. I love the simplicity and strength of this statement. What is it that you wish others knew about you? What would you want those in your closest relationships to acknowledge? What is your truth?” The suggested form is haibun which is a combination of prose, then haiku…
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