PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Once upon a time there was a Scottish boy who bounced around with his folks, an English boy abandoned by his teenage mother, and a London boy who started out by banging on noisy pieces of war rubble after his dad was blown up. The rough-hewn lads were looked at…
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dVerse — Poetics 436 — This is not a cow skull
This is not a cow skull.It’s the fulfillment of a random outrageous request of a teenage son.It’s an item that caused a young clerk at Staples in a small town a challenge to prepare for shipping across the country.It’s an item that costed more to ship than to buy.It’s an item forementioned son wanted nothing…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #67 – January 12, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Two directed by Ken Loach this week! The Wild Goose Lake (2019) Starring: Ge Hu, Gwei Lun-Mei, Fan Liao, Regina Wan, Dao Qi, Jue Huang, Zeng Meihuizi, Yicong Zhang, Yongzhong Chen, and many others. Director: Yi’nan Diao Genres: crime, drama Synopsis: Two rival Chinese street gangs that…
#Haikai Challenge #172 (1/3/21): first sun (hatsuhi) — winter vacuum, a tanka
Winter Vacuum, a Tanka Finding this morning a hole where first sun should be, vacuum sucking light; stranded gold, streaming from earth, as my slack face funnels tears. Image is from the HubbleSite. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: A double-header! Two distinct challenges in one week! The first, a…
dVerse — Quadrille 119 — Undertaker’s Lament
It’s hard to dab her waxen cheeks.Sockets fill with sea; digits tremble.When daffodils last bloomed, her face wore roses. Fresh endorsedfor necromancy that broughtsolace to sobbing left-behinders.“Keeping you safe, daddy,” she’d insisted as she imbued another covid corpse. Image: “Funeral” by Dondavid De Jackson is today’s host for dVerse‘ Quadrille Monday. De says:Write…
Doodads — cider and song plus
Two weeks ago not only did younger son and his wife volunteer at the cat shelter but my older son’s girlfriend was there. It was a very pleasant surprise to see her there. What was an even bigger surprise was today, when my older son showed up. This had all of us together (masked) face…
earthweal OLW 52 — Vicarious
Apologies for the shaky jumbly recording; a videographer I ain’t. Today, on this sunny but cold winter day most stayed home. Some didn’t, like me. After library curbside pickup, I drove out to Lake MI in hopes the dunesand hadn’t blocked the road to the state park’s parking lot. It hadn’t. Eric Clapton’s Journeyman bluesing…
Tao Talk 