Mouth Cemetery visit August 17, 2025

Mouth Cemetery is located about 20 miles north of here, in Montague, MI.  Reports of it being haunted have surfaced over the years, and I visited there some time ago to walk the grounds and take pictures and see if I picked up on any weird vibes.  I didn’t feel anything strongly, but after getting…

Happy Halloween 2025!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL! I’ve been gathering pictures all October for this post.  Some were taken at the school, others at the library, and many at Old Faithful, FMG.  Besides the tombstones with epitaphs above, from a dVerse prompt, are already mentioned photos, a short video, and a Spotify playlist that was put together last year. …

dVerse Halloween Haibun Monday

As sunlight slips away, we meander garden paths whose cooling seamstress has costumed all with carnival colors. All but the crows, whose shiny, unruffled contrast caws and echoes across barn, windmill, and alchemizes fear for the living in the dead. cold cement lively poselipstick eyebrows dance in dusk’s breathwelcoming the dark   lines, textures, towercasting…

Bike Ride Sunday 102725

Halloween decorations displayed in the house as of yesterday. My friend and I decided to take a bike ride, probably our last one of the year.  Temp was in mid-50’s, wind 12 mph, sunny,  but not sunny under the trees.  In summer the shade of trees is welcomed; just the opposite in non-summer.  I wish…

dVerse — MTB/Form — All Hallow’s Eve Pastoral

All Hallow’s Eve PastoralA wind is blowing through the trees.A wind is blowing through the trees.Leaves are swirling round my knees.Leaves are swirling round my knees.Through my trees is a swirling wind.The leaves are blowing round my knees.The crisp air, scent of humus and apples.The crisp air, scent of humus and apples.Geese overhead honk goodbye…

TT Halloween Poetry Challenge — Freedom’s Brew

Freedom’s Brew time is come, time is nowspell to bring aboutbanish of darkness to enable light’s shoutplucking ingredientsfalls to feathered two time is come, time is nowInk and Blot seek outobjects with shiny beams that twinkle just-sorecipes in their eyesand bubbled by wise time is come, time is nowone by one they’re gained:down from rabbit’s…