24 SSPC 49 (2nd week) Fading Heat (Aug 23 -Sept 6, 2024) Shosho (tanka series)

Only twenty bucks,fall planting garlic for sale.Thank you but no thanks.Don’t get me wrong; I love it,olive-oiled jarred, minced for two. Tomato packet said purple, plenty, and dwarf;none of them apply.Instead, dark red, few, and bignow supplement bought bushels. What was I thinkingby not planting zucchinithis perfect growing season?I also skipped sunflowers;chipmunks and birds mystified….

Friday Favorite Feature 44 — reflections on a possum carcass

On Wednesday I took at 15+ mile bike ride in Ottawa County on the North Bank, Spoonville, and Idema Explorer Trails.  This paved bike path has become my favorite.  The weather was just perfect around 3:30pm.  70F, slight breeze, and the trees laid down shade for much of it. On a long stretch with few…

dVerse — Q206 — Royal Sisterhood

Royal Sisterhood In aerial mines of manna, probosces probe goldenrod profusion. Humming along fencelines, tigered she-workers, suspent by unstained glass wings, harvest nuggets in baskets; after, on repeat, they bend for home. When cooling breeze calls tired sisters, beelines converge en route to their royal abode. “Bee and Goldenrod” photo by Ted I am today’s…

The Oracle Speaks — Brother Time’s Caramel Pie

Brother Time’s Caramel Pie Lingered over the window, a child’s heart desires, corduroy belly growling, some delicious caramel pie. Angel magic sails, from fat-fired sacred star, blush that colors morning air — and brother time — with joy as boy devours it. Magnet poem poets kit Reading The Oracle’s offering today, my mind visualizes a…