dVerse — OLN 295 — Midsummer Rain

Dust-storms of yesterday, coughing daisies praying for wet faces and feet, for clouds’ pregnant outpouring of “loves me, loves me!” –and parched roses get stingy with scent. Then, Heaven inhales and rumbles dark silver-veined reply. When dogwood branches are heavy with blossoms and rain, and the goldfinch listen under their umbrellas, soft sigh in midsummer…

#SLS — Bring it on Home by Led Zeppelin

Jim Adams is the steadfast host of Song Lyric Sunday.  Jim says: This week we have Give/Get/Take/Receive/Send and I think that everyone should be able to find a song that uses one of these prompt words. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme…

Coloring Club Plus — 4/25/19

The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971. The album is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 37 million copies sold as of 2014. As of 2018 It is tied for third-highest-certified album in…

Coloring Club Plus — 3/7/19

  per wikipedia: Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on 28 March 1973 … This was Led Zeppelin’s final studio release on Atlantic Records before forming their own label, Swan Song Records, in 1974, which would be distributed by Atlantic. It was…

Tangerine from Encomium for Led Zep

I bought Encomium* when it was released, in 1995.  The cover kind of freaked me out, as there is a sinister aspect to it.  Maybe the marketers wanted something to catch the shoppers’ eye on the shelf?  For diehard fans of Led Zep, no such parlor trick is needed. Over the years, Encomium has been…