The Lost Ringmaster Shirtless, riding across a golf courseon a red elephant, crowds turn to stareat the man with a chest that has no hair. He’s gone missing from the circus as hismount’s tetched with mad louse disease;still looking punched and fit, i.e. pleased. Within or without the ring, his fixed smirkrepresents the mien of…
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amulet (haibun)
Amulet Tonight was storytime at the library. I asked granddaughter to write my name tag for me and she knew every letter. Besides their carpet letter squares to sit on, the children chose from brightly colored scarves for one of the activities. She chose purple, her mother chose orange, and she chose neon yellow for…
Q258
“In television, images are projected at you.You are the screen. The images wrap around you.You are the vanishing point.” ~ Marshall McLuhan Two mooned satellites,screen channel flickers,streamed instruments thatreceive moments framedwith algorithmic precision.In tennis match swivelsfrom pole to dizzying,nuanced pole, betweendull and obsceneliver and spleendeny and interveneskirting unseenangles and doom,branding crimesthat bloom. image link I…
dVerse Tuesday Poetics — Fate’s Welcome
Fate’s Welcome Luna’s limelight lures, her mute scream’s casting call,a promise, a pact wakes me within a dream, to fallunder sickly green Halloween spell, her price to tell.She says my drowsing pleas to travel Cronos’ Well,to past, where innocents have lost souls to darkveil;to lift its curse with might, restore their sacred braille,have been heard….
One, Invitation to — Q257
Q257 One, Invitation to pockets call handshands beg glovesgloves mime furfur walls weatherweather interests allall overwhelms usus comforts lonelylonely prefers otherother grows framesframes enclose artart lubricates soulsoul marries heartheart shelters lovelove invites us toO ………..N………….E De (aka whimzygizmo)is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants us to write a 44-word poem using the word…
September 30: National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools
American Indian Boarding School in the 1800’s BoardersA string of stolen children, scared, confused, snake, capped with flying penguins.Led to stools, stripped, dusted,and shaved, paving the way:institutional erasure.Sacked, sad, desked, rapped,slapped — and worse.So much worse. Unwilling orphans cry for parents.Unheard pleas echo lifetimes. From the Law Librarians of Congress website: In 2021, Canada passed…
Vision Quest (haibun)
Vision Quest Vision is a gift of our genes. As we grow older and spend increasing hours staring into screens, our sight takes pummeling strain. Screen adjustments may be made in font size, background contrast, etc. to accommodate them; yet as our eyes shift from pixelated virtual realm to real world, things continue to be…
