image link American Worker The labor market for the unskilled and for those who don’t have a piece of paper to open doors to full-time living wages is something I’m still getting used to observing. OK, let me take a step back and say, even if you are a skilled worker with a piece of…
Category: poetry
Trouble in Paradise
DJ said caller number nine I speed-dialed the station, ninth on the line Winner of a trip for two to the tropics Choice of trip-mate became a hot topic Jax was da man, so sexy and raw. Dreamed on the plane of his chiseled jaw Hawa’ii, like always, perfect time of year Jax and I…
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, August 28th 2019, waterfall
Dry hard mountain but its mossy waterfall keeps it misted and fresh. * A mountain’s tears are cried for ten thousand years — even the clouds weep. * Angels ride waterfalls down mountainsides, hidden in the morning mist. * Astronauts surprised — waterfalls look like trickles on pebbles. * Immortan Joe* laughs; He’s gated the…
dVerse — On all things feline — Mlady & I
Born cold and mewling behind a garbage can orphaned at five weeks — streets do what they do. Nourished with milk of human kindness on her first birthday caged but not frozen Gifted to the cat savers hissing and clawing a practiced grumpet a high-ledged watcher Cleaners feeders come and go Still she watches Until…
Twittering Tales #151 – 27 August 2019 — Let Sleeping Dragons Lie
Brave Pitter and Patter wandered deep in the forest, looking for dragons, and came upon a sign: There’s a place in this woods where she sleeps Pleasant dreams of the gold that she keeps She wakes late, so be smart Or be burnt to a fart Sip your tea, munch your toast, and no peeps!…
dVerse — tranquility — one day one life amongst the others
one day one life amongst the others sheltered indoors plants absorb and dream wind chasers whishing outdoors greens bunnies browse tender clover green and pink bees hum away other blooms to drink jays and chipmunks inchoate punctuate tranquillity’s prose heads’ billowy roofs feets’ crunchy paths we meander between heaven and earth Lillian is the…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #101 — Look closely
He still remembers the day the moon came in and blocked the sun. His favorite toy, the orange bunny named Carrot, was taken. Carrot’s shadow is still seen floating past the moon on warm summer nights if you look closely. Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge. Reena says: PROMPT Write to the photo. As…
