I stand before a California tree Tree that stands tall in Michigan Michigan is no place for sequoia Sequoia only home is California California seedlings trans planted Planted in Manistee, at the lake Lake Michigan’s temperate bluff Bluff that satisfies the sequoia Earlier in the week, I heard there were sequoia trees growing in Manistee,…
raindrops (tanka)
thick drops of wet plop on the dusty greenhouse glass night storm brings cool air wind chimes as fulfilled promise hopeful times are here
#FF — Tenth Anniversary
PHOTO PROMPT © Bill Reynolds Today is the tenth anniversary … of her leaving. He’s not sure why he’s programmed his phone to beep for it every year. It’s not as if he doesn’t have a reminder each time he steps outside or looks from his northern window. Mary was in the barn, brushing Jinn….
dVerse — Poetics — This is Nuts
Falling off the wagon sometime in mid-late June While the house watchdogs slept, I struck out for Forbidden late night snack under sugar plum moon I skulked noir urban jumble, fumbling for my cash Thirsty ear piqued for tunes at speak easy dance, By moon’s shine, I sought cursed, dastardly mash Alas, that whisky barrel…
The Monday Peeve on Tuesday: Amazon email: “____ever wonder if your reviews are getting noticed?”
It’s been awhile since I participated in Paula’s weekly feature, but here goes. I think it was about a year or so ago when I read a book by Tama Janowitz and wrote a review on it and sent it in to amazon. For the *first*time*ever* they sent the review back, with a detailed list…
dVerse — OLN LIVE — No Such Thing July 2022
He always said“I wish I would have known you before”(…I became a monster.)There was genuine regret in his voice. The first movie we watched together–his place/choice– was, “No Such Thing”(as monsters.)It was a template for his self-perception. As he was cuffed in the back of the cruiser,headed for jail for busting up the house,he…
#FF — One Glass of Wine
PHOTO PROMPT © Fleur Lind Half of Mina’s friends cautioned her to decline the prize and the other half didn’t. She had entered and won WBLD’s limerick contest, where a home-cooked dinner was first prize. The Count, a national celebrity in Transylvania, hosted a knockoff version of “Kitchen Nightmares” where all recipes included fresh kill….
