gif link CRAZY MARY Carefree girl, at homestead safe, with her familyWhen 10, a flu stole her mom, in great agonyWhen 12, wild boar took her dad to hereafterWhen 14, sis ran away, not seen thereafter When 15, brother left for war, never to returnAlone, lived by chickens, snares, veggies – and she learnedBaker’s visits…
Category: OctPoWriMo
Day 3 — OctWriPoMo — *HUGH and also linked to Desperate Poets
image link Today’s entry is Day 3 creation for the OctWriPoMo. It diverges from the daily prompt. I started writing it last week, on the day Hugh Hefner died. Please note it is not for readers under the age of 18. HUGH “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream,” –Hugh Hefner A…
Day 13 — OctWriPoMo and dVerse OLN — The Two Harveys (and now Desperate Poets)
Harvey One Harvey the Pooka with Jimmy Stewart Harvey Two Harvey Weinstein and Olivia Wilde There are 3 selections today. First, The Two Harveys, then a freestyle, then a haiku. Again, these are for mature readers over the age of 18. One is a rabbitTwo is a snakeOne is invisibleTwo is a flake One is…
dVerse — OLN and OctPoWriMo2019 Day 31 — Epitaphs
I decided to go against the prompt for OctPoWriMo and chose to write a few epitaphs for dVerse. Linda is today’s host of dVerse‘ Open Link Night (OLN). Linda says: I am looking forward to some lovely, wicked and delightful poems- your choice. Morgan Dragonwillow (and her inspirational co-hosts, Punam, Maria,…
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 30 — Psalm 139:14
Right now I am participating in a Christian-based support group. I’ve gone through these 12 weeks several times over the years, which is how it is designed; which is to peel off a layer of the trauma, then rest awhile so the open wound from it can heal. We use a workbook, and every…
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 29 — Sei Shonagon-style list of Ten Things That Bring a Lightness of Being
Ten Things That Bring a Lightness of Being A warm housecoat and a small cat curled in your lap. Warm peach pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Laying on your back on an anchored sailboat in summer. Waking up in the morning after sleeping as long as you want. Walking a trail…
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 28 — Friendship’s End
In my 60-plus years on this earth, there have been three long-term friendships that I’ve walked away from. I won’t go into the dynamics of any of them, but I will say that I don’t wish ill on any of them. Just the opposite, I hope life is treating them well. Alive? Dead? May…
Tao Talk 