Midnight Oil Photo: Oliver Eclipse When I saw Jim’s prompt for this week, the first environmental band I thought of was Pearl Jam and the song about the whale which makes me cry every time I listen to it. Next, I thought of Cake and the song about the long line of cars. But as…
I Can’t Help Myself — Colbert Still Rules (content warning)
The whole monologue is brilliant, as usual, but what got my chuckles going starts around the 8 minute mark. Note: all done in fun, folks, even though what is at stake is (literally) deadly serious.
POPO 2025 — Day 4 — we can build
we can build a worldaround absencea symphony arounda pausewood, hammer, nailsof shelves from behindlocked doorsnotes from recollectionsof walks on summernight, roses, andnightbirds on the air
POPO 2025 — Day 3 — Will it help?
Will It Help? The question always is will it help (others) to bare one’s soul, rip oneself open, tear it out, and lay it screaming on the forensic table. The answer always is it’s not for us to know. the figures in the painting are by a famous artist but I forgot to note it. …
dVerse — Forms/MTB Perspective and Paddling Around the Bend prompts — Around the Bend
photograph of Elizabeth Packard and the book Kate Moore wrote about her Around the BendGinger Cat has gone for the day to the vet,which means I, Small Mouse in the Corner,am allowed to enjoy their sad choreography.First movement dings the chimes at dawn.Meds from night before wakes them groggy;stiff joints rise, swing from rubber-mattressedbeds; cold…
POPO 2025 — Day 2 — idea vs. real
why is the idea of it so differentthan the real of it?An idea is hologramof mind, pullingwool over our bodiesthat must be kickedfree from, to really be
#FF — Still Here
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Still Here My last competition in pole vaulting was in 1972. Three silvers and a gold rest on blue velvet in my parents’ living room. The committee recruited me in 1975 to be a commentator in Montreal. My first thought of the tower when I saw it was, how long…
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