Found Poem from POPO 2022 Received Poems I release you each day a bowl of stars a shallow pool of water for all beings soaking up the waves and the thrill a kindred spirit recognizing a common need consider the light how it scoots it will lift us closer to love joy rises to blanche…
Category: poetry
POPO2022 Bonus Card #2 — orange with blossom and branch
wee petals open framed by waxy leafery mysteries in-wait wee petals open hungry fragrant nectar calls for winged ravishers framed by leafery clustered queens, in succession, begin their intrigue mysteries in-wait realized; burnished globes, sweet with their secrets Tomorrow will be the last postcards for POPO2022. It will be a picture of all of the…
Tanka Tuesday 296
painting by Ichiro Tsuruta 鶴田-郎, 1954 Her face a white mask, stone jewels her guardians; carnellian lips her invitation; a portal each escapes into — doom’s dissonant stay. The form is Gogyohka. The poem is directly inspired by Kerfe’s artwork and poetry based on ventriloquist dummies and by our dialogue in the comments for it….
POPO2022 — Bonus Card #1 — moon, rabbit, lady, words
Lady Luna basks the small with her silver light potions of healing Lady Luna basks benevolence her nature guided by her dreams small, in her silver, dedicate themselves in kind gathering; mixing potions of healing while nodding constellations smile in fond assent
‘Tis I, Marie (repost)
Dave, at A Sound Day, posted a Redbone Halloween song and talked about “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” a real person. That reminded me of a poem I wrote about her awhile back. OK, this one needs a WARNING. Adults only and not for the faint of heart. “Tis I, Marie, you come to…
dVerse — Quadrille Monday 163 — Happy Halloween
It’s Monday morning and Halloween. You’ve called in sick and we’ve slept in. Rolled in blankets, warm pink links, muffled crows call through the walls wordless candycorns heralding day. Kitchen-bound, terry-robed, I scare us up scrambled eggs; sourdough toast to go with fresh-made cuppajoe. top image link De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host for…
POPO2022 Day 31 — faerie on rose petals
faerie plays hopscotch pretends she has broken wings hopes to kiss a prince faerie plays hopscotch on rose petals, hair a-mess in her sheer gauze dress pretends broken wings easy catch for a long tongue in a wide green mouth hoped to kiss a prince but, disappointed, she flits off to the next pond… TWO…
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