photo taken Dec 2023 Hold TightA struggle in 2024, a struggle since 1993, when I stopped smoking cigarettes and stopped starving myself. Letting go of a pack a day and fasting left a vacuum that filled with food. Hikes and bike rides, step aerobics and Lake Michigan body surfing, couldn’t – and can’t – keep…
Category: poetry
FFF55 — Ninja Cat Toy (poem) and wood burning in winter 2024 (updated with new pics)
Ninja Cat ToyRubberesque, babycloud-shaped,with nubs on every surfaceexcept inside of boulder marble-sized oval big enough to fit a pawthrough to hold it.It sports light blue/pastel lime/blackribbons fashioned as hair or tailthat can be held by claws/fingerswhile engaged in solo/joint play.Now described, let’s verb it.Sold as a dental cleaner; it’s thatand more. She puts one paw…
To Winter Solstice (repost from 2018)
image link from today’s The New York Post Winter solstice wonder, this darkest night Put to rest long freezes, short days, and death Time to welcome back some warmth, life, and light Winter solstice wonder, this darkest night Urge Sol, travel back to our world of white Bring warmth to digits, take frost from our…
Winter Solstice — Touji form
winter solstice bells ring out with knowingtall candles light each windowtoasts to lengthening days Since I used the dodoitsu for #10, I’ll use the kimo form for this week.kigo: winter solsticeColleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday.
One More Time: The Ballad of Yukon Cornelius
image link Keele Peak in Mackenzie range Breeds snow 12 months a year To get to the top takes grit and mean And nightly bouts of prayer A man named Ringo traveled far, From North Dakota way, He’d heard ‘bout Keele since was wee That mint at its feet might pay. He set up camp…
dVerse Poetics — still fight
still fight despitea world of tearsstill fightinvest in lightdetach from fearsdespitehuman tends to frightof looking into mirrorsstill fightsoul’s blightagainst vampyrsdespitedearth of brightheart bruised by cavalierstill fightwith grace-infused mightwith faith in mercy’s seerdespitestill fight I loosely modeled this after Henley’s poem, “Invictus.” Also Maya Angelou’s, “Still I Rise.” Villanelle form Dora is today’s host of dVerse’…
Sunflower Tanka Journal Issue 1 is out! and dVerse OLN375 — A Granddaughter’s Smile
I have some poems in this journal. Quality poeming will be found within. If you’re looking for a gift for a poem lover, this is the one to buy. amazon LINK to purchase in digital and paperback formats. Here is one I submitted that didn’t make the cut: A Granddaughter’s SmileEvery Tuesday, I drive to…
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