image link In the little red house across the alley behind my house, and next to the vacant lot, lived an older woman who routinely complained that we needed to trim branches of the oak trees that crossed our shared property line. Checking with city ordinances, we learned that she was free to trim…
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The Daily Prompt — Simmer
image link Annual Exam Today was annual exam day, the 2nd annual exam with this doctor. Previous health care providers have been lackluster to downright demeaning in their bedside manner. In all of the almost 60 years of having doctors, I remember my pediatrician as being a jolly older gentleman who seemed to enjoy what…
The Daily Prompt — Beach
image link Orange. Eyes closed but mind awake, Sun’s rays filtered Through capillaries Of eyelids, Waves zig-zag rhythmically Along the shore A familiar whoosh sizzle, Nature’s lullaby. Brain, now in the realm Of consciousness, Trying to decide Whether to fall back To remland Or to remain, Exquisitely, In the resting state. The Daily Prompt
Day 24.2 — OctWriPoMo — Eyes are Replaced. Also The Daily Prompt: Trademark
image link BLITZ form of poetry Eyes are Replaced Look for it in the mouth Look in the eyes Eyes grim Eyes hard Hard as stone Hard as apathy Apathy pervades Apathy destroys Destroys lives Destroys planet Planet diseased Planet crying Crying please Crying stop Stop selling Stop killing Killing life Killing hope…
Day 9 — OctWriPoMo — Believe also The Daily Post Prompt — Believe
image link Believe How does belie become believe? Did it start with your eyes betraying your lies? So it ends with goodbyes. How did I know that your words were just show? Over time, to and fro, sowing seeds that din’t grow. Bring me up, then so low. At the end, you had…
ELASTIC
Elastic Energetic octopi. Latex has its way. A rubber band… Snap! Take as long as you like. Images shift with dark and light. Caramel in the sun. (acrostic form) The Daily Post — Prompts — Elastic
Happy Fishes
image link I’ve been a student of philosophical taoism/daoism for several years now. Two of the main texts studied are The Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing and the Chuang Tzu/Zhuang Zi. The Dao De Jing (DDJ)’s main speaker is an old guy named Lao Tzu/Lao Zi, and the Zhuang Zi (ZZ)’s main character in the…
Tao Talk 