banner by Cara Hartley / Ornery Owl As twilight creeps up sky, chill air blankets our thin coats. Miles of forest path to go… When spirits play their tricks, misted cobwebs cling. We claw and stumble along the way. Our chilled feet finally find, eyes see: home. Treat of relief; yes, we sigh, again safe….
POPO2023 Day 6
June 4Wind is sparkling cottonwood leavesthis morning.It’s cooler outside than inSafe to open windows in daylightfor the first time in weeks. artwork by Henri Matisse, “The Window“
dVerse — MTB — Five Reminders
1. Go back to the grain yellow hills where the broken speak of elegance2. Walk up to the canvas door, the short bed stretched against the clouds3. Beneath the earth, an ant writes with the grace of a governor4. Blow, blow Red Tail Hawk, your hidden sleeve—your desert secrets5. You are there, almost, without a…
POPO2023 Day 5
I took a picture of the full moon and shared it on my blog. A blogmate said it resembled a honey marble stuck in tar. They say it’s the wildfires in Canada. artwork by Georges Seurat, “The Channel at Gravelines, Evening“
#FF — In Synch
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz (MIA but still snapping photos. ❤ You are missed, Ted! Billyjoe learned early that wilding with his homies was preferable to Mama’s whiskey rages and leather straps. After puberty, he drank women down like Granny drank her ginger beer, thirstily and with gnawing in her belly afterwards. Marshajean was her…
POPO2023 Day 4
First of June isn’t supposed to hit ninety. May hasn’t rained all month following April with no showers. Everything is still green, but the grass looks tired. artwork by Georges Seurat, “River Landscape with a Boat“
24 SSPC 2 — Autumn Equinox (Shubun) (2nd wk Sept 22 – Oct 7)
Granddaughter’s ringlets honeyed pool gleams on the floor — just before winter? Fall Witch understands toddler’s strength is in her hair — and in gramma’s care. She, oblivious, runs safe in autumn’s golden sun’s untouchable grace. top image link senryu form (series) kigo = fall witch Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen…
Tao-Talk 