Laundry piled too tall a load is on final spin. Too humid for the dryer so old-fashioned me hangs them (inside) on the clothesline. artwork by Georges Seurat, “The Gardener“
Category: poetry
Writober Day 2 — Rituals
Performing rituals: be mindful of order; ingredients correct; beware any typos; for the perfect effect. Performing rituals with well-reasoned intent; you dare not leave to chance matters of love and death — and all else to enhance. Performing rituals in silver of moonlight, with runes’ rocky rubble; ghost mist as my witness to lasso my…
dVerse — Q185 — dream #17
Brushing cobwebs from inkstone as Chang’e urges, dark pools brimming, I transcribe. Dearest Hou Yi, With only dust for company I beg return me your apple cheeks and fearless aim. Please forgive me, Yours only. Sealed with blood and wax, dragon wings toward Tian. top image (woodcut print) “Chang’e Flees to the Moon,” by Tsukioka…
POPO2023 Day 2
Dotty can’t understand why she can’t sleep on my lap. The blanket is too hot to drape over my legs and her claws are too sharp. artwork by Henri Matisse, “Red Interior. Still Life on a Blue Table“
Maria Berg’s 30 days of Halloween Day 1: Spooky
Autumn equinoxes’ presence known and day creeps away far too soon. When daylight slips to parts unknown and we look to the light of the moon To comfort when the chill mist swirls; when small warm-blood things shiver in hope they’ll not be found by hunters that glide so silently through the ink. Ears attune…
POPO2023 Day 1
Here we are again at the first of October. A month has gone by since the ending of the Poetry Postcard Festival 2023. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Cascadia Poetics Lab is now organizing the event that was originally founded by Paul Nelson . What happens is you register and pay your $$…
24 SSPC 1 — Autumn Equinox (Shubun) (1st wk Sept 22 – Oct 7)
Autumn sunset’s rain dry dirt drums from crust to mud; dawn sprouts wee mushrooms. top image: “Dawn Mushrooms” by Bryan Garnett kigo = autumn sunset Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Today we begin the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge. Colleen says: Your syllabic poetry writing invitation is to choose a kigo word…
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