Will It Help? The question always is will it help (others) to bare one’s soul, rip oneself open, tear it out, and lay it screaming on the forensic table. The answer always is it’s not for us to know. the figures in the painting are by a famous artist but I forgot to note it. …
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POPO 2025 — Day 2 — idea vs. real
why is the idea of it so differentthan the real of it?An idea is hologramof mind, pullingwool over our bodiesthat must be kickedfree from, to really be
POPO 2025 — Day 1 — Perspective
Poetry Postcard Festival 2025 went from July 4 to August 31. The hosts ask that we wait a month before sharing our poems and postcards. This year I chose to create the postcards with paint and paper collage. It’s been so enjoyable to create the cards along with the poetry. perspective chromatic contrastsof triangulatinga canvasinto…
TNG 92 — #214
Judy Dykstra-Brown is the host of The Numbers Game.
dVerse Haibun Monday — September End Holiday
September End Holiday They don’t bother waiting until dusk to come. They’ve learned the field behind the house and the backyard, where the fruit trees spread their heavy-laden arms, are safe for them and their young. Even so, they remain vigilant and know deep cover is close by if any sight, sound, smell feels of…
dVerse OLN 392 — Night Music
The Sleeping Gypsy, by Henri Rousseau Night Music In respite of cool desert sand,emptied flagon, and full moon,dreams prowl, sleek, well-fed,wide awake, tickling my toes,pulling strings, weaving iconsto archetypes made manifest. I am a traveler, cloaked in rain-bow, charred under daybright;yet further landscapes openin shadows of music’s night. Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Open…
dVerse — Poetics Monday — A memoir
A memoir Her silhouette and cane familiar from the back,a lady of many social and creative talentsput here, today of all days. Interrupt convo,possibly being rude to both, to smile, say hi;you would have seen the room light up then. After our brief reunion before joining fitness classcheery updates that end with an invitation back,convincing…
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