Dreams are messages from home. –Clarissa Pinkola-Estes Vines string the pathway of Ethereal mist day, softened Songs of gentian butterflies Silvery wings of faeries Enormous sunflowers Lily pads; leaping leopard frogs Ogling bunnies with twitchy noses Fine fern fronds fondle furry ears Yarrow sway with rose mallow On a spongy marsh ledging Umbrellas glide, held…
Category: poetry
#Haikai Challenge #123: first sparrows [twittering] (hatsusuzume)
Pink blanket pulled up Behind frozen bones of trees — Sparrow’s silhouette Snuggling in my warm bed Wakened, with Spring, by his song Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to…
dVerse — quadrille — Katz Quadrille
Katz Quadrille Cabbage calls Honey moons Grapes grope Scoby sirens sing Flour water waits Attuned for Wild whooshes Yowling yeasts descend Bashful bacteria nuzzle up Sauerkraut kimchi cha-chas Meandering mead Charismatic chablis Kiwi kombucha kicks San Franciscan sourdough Fermentation frenzy Build it and they will come To learn more about Sandor Katz and Wild Fermentation,…
The Oracle speaks
bright wild grass full fresh breeze would be let grow deep berry nature never leave make down’s sun stroll rose spirit shine eat say and use rainy thing am out of hot beneath soon life rustle peace he did climb warm wet river rock they breathed his harmony path
#MM — Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip — winter’s music
Hot tea and beer bread heat the morn Cracking ice screeched notes with foghorn Freezing lake channel Sounds seldom banal My flannel’s Song is warm Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says: Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 25 January 2020! For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have…
Thursday Inspiration 40 and dVerse OLN — Lead on
I dreamed you, sinews stretched beneath silky fur, leading me, jumping, lean muscles rippling, towards the jungle. Today’s poem is in shadorma form. Paula Light is the host of Thursday Inspiration. Paula says: This week’s theme is jump and the picture is [above.] Here is the song snippet from “Jump” recorded by the…
#Haikai Challenge #122: The Dream
Rainbow lollypops — each one licked by a pink tongue – small hands, many hues Grandmothers rocking watching their grandbabies play long summer sunshine My warm arm rests next to your warm arm, at peace – love is colorblind Race checkbox erased demographics refashioned This dream can come true…
Tao-Talk 