Wild Peace Rock world rose uppure and beautiful above,though lonely in cloud wind. When we listen with lichen,feel secrets of riverwater deep beneathwinter blanket season,every seed’s a sacred thingwhich thrives by wild peace. About the image: “Butterflies are Blooming” at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. It’s the 20th annual event. The tropical conservatory is…
Category: poetry
Scorpion Hearts Club — Call for Submissions for Protest Art and Writing
Younger son sent this request for submissions from The Scorpion Hearts Club, which is located in Grand Rapids, MI. I looked up their website and it looks like a neat place. Did not see anything at the website about this, but it looks like there’s an email address to send submissions, ask questions, etc.
dVerse — MTB/Form — Names Twofer
“Mona Lisa,” by Leonardo DaVinci i. Lisa, history/meaningI wear a mysterious smirkBut why?Which side of mirror am I?Do youSeek to know? ammunition or jokes?Care pastTechnicality of surface gleamSeeingInto depths of my inky poolTo feeling? Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian Meaning and History: Short form of Elizabeth (though often used independently) and its cognates in other languages. This is the name…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — March Madness
“Night of the Crescent Moon” by Zana Brown March MadnessIt’s the season when skin flakes and bones ache. When one is cast away in a sea of snow and watery grey. It’s the season when moon pares to silver arc. A time when one slings mad hope at it with lasso’s faded memory of summer’s…
From Hobo Moon Cartoons: I Stand With Ukraine
The image below is a collage of a dream I had back when Russia invade Ukraine. I saw a giant snake and road with many pair of baby shoes on it. I have this saved as “lozenge pattern from Ukraine”
dVerse — OLN 379 — Caw
CawIt’s only taken a decade or so for her to trust me.How long do crows live, anyway? Maybe she’s theoffspring of original, distant murder who observed kindness of a human and decided to chance it.She’s visited the compost heap. I hear her callwhen the feeders are filled. Sometimes I leaverolled oats, raisins, and other tidbits…
dVerse Poetics — Divine Daughter
Grand River, taken 7/26/24 Divine Daughterthree small atoms co-mingled chemistrybirthed a molecule, divinized daughtersparkling progeny, lifeblood named waterfreelance roamer, temper’tural sweetysublimating, vapored diasporathree small atoms co-mingled chemistrybirthed a molecule, divinized daughtermists skies, fills rivers, pumps sap in treestantrum blizzards, floods, ice; can’t fault hermulti-morphs of seasons’ reigns, we laud herthree small atoms co-mingled chemistrybirthed a…
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