coreopsis portal sloping down to frog-turtle pond bright yellow carpet sprawls bordering portal between inside and outside brunnera love my heart rests in a peaceful place well-nourished in its mud veins tenuous but certain we’ll be, forever talking stones between worlds in deep reflection frog listens to stories whispered from stones, who gather them and…
Category: shadorma
24 SSPC 28 (1st week) — Clear and Bright (April 4 – 18) Seimei
dawn rescue spring dawn pours prickly pear rescue first coffee rubber boots skittering and wet, I move her to the carport Prickly pear cactus is native to Michigan. I bought this one 2-3 years ago. The first winter she was planted on the north side of the house, under an overhang to not get too…
24 SSPC 22 (1st Week) Snow Becomes Rain (2/19 – 3/4) Usui
Shadorma Series Monet Ekphrastic morning breaks through with spirit song veil lifts, clear, no secrets, spring proclaims its arrival we all sing along melting snow from rooftop trickles to greening one season relinquishes icy grip spring sun blue cradle leave stale air take a walk with me! mottled green snow shadows we crunch along the…
King (shadorma)
A grizzled hungry king waits in verdant shade’s hushed splendor while his mate hunts game to lay at his soft-pawed feet. This is a pic I took on the garden tour in July. I haven’t written many shadormas and need practice.
Tanka Tuesday 314 — Shadorma series: earth turns
Winter’s End Thin fish soup, winter’s smile stretches grey and tight; we wait for colors to tiptoe in, warm again, springtime bright. Sunflower Giants sleep, yet seeds in soil’s shade; they dream tall, wait to wake, germinate, as end begins rise, ever stalkward. In Season Spring’s herds stir, winged, furred, scaled, and stemmed, sunclock hot,…
dVerse — Poetics — Ode to Glenn Buttkus (b. 6/14/44 – d. 2/17/23)
Glenn Buttkus Punched with Buk, their ringed dings of words’ sooty-belled truth a-pealed to ears that could absorb them; both undefeated. Pulled us in; cinemagenic serial called, “Blackthorne”: Buck, Johnny, … and Salina. He served his justice. Shared his life: his world as orphan, as soldier, as actor, yet first always as teacher, selflessly giving….
Tanka Tuesday 309 — taste twirl
when loose leaf tea blends need pizzazz splinter of cinnamon twirls in just right flavor dance; taste bud pirouettes Shadorma form Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says: 🌶️ This week’s challenge is The Spice of Life: Choose a spice from your kitchen cabinet, and relate its flavor to an event that…
Tao Talk 