Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. ~Jonathan Swift, A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind, 1707 * Crime is naught but misdirected energy. So long as every institution of today, economic, political, social, and moral, conspires to misdirect human energy into wrong channels;…
Category: poetry
Temple of Desire
image link Dverse topic of the night is desire and sexuality and our personal views on it. If you haven’t checked out the exceptional poetry going on over at dverse, hightail it over there by clicking on the link! here lies fleshly temple living archive within which are held sensory etchings intertwined orientations…
Military Mushrooms
image link These rings or semi-circular arcs show up in the lawn with regularity, but usually in the back yard. This fall a sizeable bough from one of the willows fell and laid there for a month or so. It was finally cut into pieces and hauled away, but it left behind what the photo…
tangled up in tryst
The Tryst (1840) Jean-Leon Gerome Fandango’s One Word Challenge’s selection today is tryst. Today’s offering is a series of senryu . as he closed the door to the room, he broke one heart and burst another * dark end of the street where lust and betrayal rise unholy phoenix * “working late tonight” cliched…
la bella luna
image link Today’s prompt is lunacy. Today’s offering is based upon concepts laid out by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola-Estes , a Jungian psychoanalyst who is also a cantadora , or storyteller. The darkness is a metaphor for one’s dreams. The lunacy here are the strange and fantastical icons, symbols, etc. that one is able to retrieve…
simply squirrely
taken 11/17/18 rough squirrels nest caught late fall’s intricate white web imprisoned safety They come down from the trees to gather winter stores, but much of the time they are curled in their cozily constructed leaf nests. The variety who lives in this nest are the lesser-known Green Squirrels, originally brought from Ireland as honorary…
Masters of all
image link Fandango’s FOWC today is property. I asked myself when in history did property become owned and how did it come about. Even today, many cultures do not believe in property ownership. Today’s offering is a cinquain form. Gaia Man’s property? From revered to enslaved Her giving spirit is distressed Chattel FOWC — property
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