Comes Now a RumpusComes now a rumpuspinned on no compasssound brass trumpetsdispel fear from us.Gathered alumnusprepare in onenessas crucible of fundushath made toughness.Resolve, cuprous cutlass’,survey bulbous buttress’;we steel-smelted puppetsshall refuse interruptuswill forge new twas thus. I have this live album. Bought it after hearing them at our Irish (and Celtic) Music Festival many moons ago. …
what am i?
i’m pretty and round like a mushroomi’m orange-striped like a muskmeloni’m buried in dirt like a seedgreen stems spring from mewhat am i?oh look, i have eyesa special potato?look closeyou’ll seei’m a toad frogbright me.i live in a zoofor me it’s okthey feed me wellcan you tell? Younger son and his fam went to the…
Petals of Haiku and Tranquility anthologies being added to Museum of Haiku Literature in Japan
Gabriela Marie Milton, Editor of Publishing House, Literary Revelations, just announced that both of these haiku anthologies have found a home at The Museum of Haiku Literature in Japan. I must say, I’m delighted to learn it, and I’m proud to have haiku in both.
#SLS — Strange Little Girl – Tori Amos Cover
image is from Tori Amos’ website In 2021, I was introduced to a Tori Amos cover of “Strange Little Girl” by Steve for the Deaf. Written by The Stranglers in 1974 and re-recorded and released in the UK in 1982, it was their last single while signed to Liberty Records (part of EMI.) Strange Little Girls is a concept album released…
The Oracle Speaks — Listen and dVerse OLN 390
ListenListen to my seasonedwinter bright daffodil,a knower who breathesof Eden sweet sanctuary.Walk there, wander intuitionas summer wind climbs earth,arises like blue animal spirit.Behold wild things shine andleave deep rooted secret.Life falls, a blossomresting gentlecome soft, quiet dusk. The Oracle, aka magnet poetry. Grace is the host of dVerse’ Open Link Night.
FFF 49 Yard life
Lots to see in the yard, some of it things I planted and the others sprouted up on their own. Some have been identified through Pl@ntNet. Since I figured out how to do slide shows again, I’ll do it that way and add captions. Look for the arrow to the right of the photo. Happy…
dVerse’ MTB Thursday — Do Plants Go To Heaven?
Do Plants Go to Heaven?Where did crinkle-petaled salmon poppies gothat blossomed along painted white brick fencebetween gramma & grampa’s place and uncle’s?Where did stunted white rose of sharon tree go, under yard-wide shade of oaks, centered with redblossoms, within child’s reach, adults face high?Where did giant lilac trees go, perfuming yard;cut down to stumps by…
Tao Talk 