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monochrome music nuance plays upon nuance melodies in gray Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Music
Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, photo challenge, Photography, poetry
Tagged 5-7-5, CB&W, Cee's Black and White Photo Challenge, haiku, music, nuance, piano, poetry
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dog days of winter
The gravel path encircling the dog park is churned to mud. Wood chips, spread last season to fill in low spots, now form a waterlogged sponge underfoot. The sky, pale blue and cloudless, does not belie that we are in … Continue reading
sewing discord
threading through the clouds jets rip the sky asunder contrails hide the tears
On Time
Who invented time? I mean, really… before there were calendars and watches and birthdays and scheduling apps and • b • u • l • l • e • t journals, who decided we need to slice and dice our … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, poetry
Tagged cycles, dVerse, linear time, poetics, poetry, time, what if
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continuation
winter solstice wish: may lessons learned in years past guide the year to come
A Toast to Childhood
“Cheers, everyone!” Glasses raise in salute. “Clink glasses!” a child calls. Same granddaughter who clapped and “yay”ed following a somber hymn at my dad’s funeral. That’s how her performances are received. I smile and bend down toward her happy face. … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, poetry
Tagged cheers, childhood, dVerse, innocence, poetry challenge, quadrille
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love sinks — magnetic poetry
Brilliant stars kiss the sky. Fevered ocean steams. I picture amore’s caramel eyes, and listen for secret embrace. Cheating dog, so long. Velvet smoke almost gone. Somber, I will heal, then fly.
