Reena’s Exploration Challenge #94 — diamante form — Truth and Meaning

  truth subjective, sincere resonating, touching, influencing searchworthy, integrity, deceptive, disrespectful harming, misleading, alluring sneaky, uncaring lie meaning distillation, gestalt clarifying, understanding, rippling implication, message, bereft, empty unfeeling, lacking, hollowing numb, sociopathic vacant     Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says: You may choose either the picture or the words or…

Enough

image from site with info on first prison in VA Government soldiers were told to kill every man in enemy territory and capture all of the women and children. The government was the U.S. and the enemies the Native American First People. Charles had been killing and capturing for a good twenty years now. The…

50 Word Thursday #27 — Do no harm?

“He hoped that by remaining where he was, he might do some good, even there.” – Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Baby Nicholas was born in the asylum, the son of Anna, a woman who had been there for a year, and Dr. Phibes, her psychiatrist. The previous year, Anna had gone to the police…

Carpe Diem #1695 Ice Cream … Troiku

Ice Cream The original haiku, from which the troiku will be composed, is: snow fall in belly adding lusciousness to feast  vanilla ice cream © S.D. Tiwari snow fall in belly crystal flakes of delicious appetite’s season adding lusciousness to feast eyes, tongue, throat, belly dominos of yum vanilla ice cream coned challenge of summer…

Swimming in the Dream World

Louis Comfort Tiffany’s, The Mermaid, on loan to Chicago’s Field Museum This post is non-fiction. In my dream class that has now turned into a continuing dream group (on hiatus until September) we’ve talked about some misconceptions about dreams. One particular misconception is that you can observe or experience something through in vivo (you do…

Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, July 3rd 2019, summer love

summer love Summer’s new romance — dove eyes twinkle with desire from endless kisses. Under umbrella, beach shadow creates a cave of hidden fumblings. Summer love, where sand is wet with longing under the big blue sky. School’s out for summer young lovers swoon, toes glisten with honey moon’s kiss. Roses’ sweetness competes with summer’s…

A Man for the People or A Man of the People?

image link Voters in District 9 were polarized during the campaign for mayoral primary. A volley of public accusations was hurled by each side. Although both candidates were Democratic, each had a distinct style of governing in other positions they held. Candidate Smith was an intellectual, had studied finance and had a passionate commitment to…