Category Archives: Animalia

AtoZ: L ~ Sunbath

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Maggie C

lackadaisical lizard luxuriates while lying on a log L is for Lizard. #AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Creating a theme for one’s blog challenge is optional. My theme for 2021: a three line alliteration each day (5-7-5, haiku-ish) with the … Continue reading →

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AtoZ: K is for Kitty

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Maggie C

keen the captor’s prey killed by kerf of unsheathed claw kitty’s catnip slayed K is for Kitty #AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Creating a theme for one’s blog challenge is optional. My theme for 2021: a three line alliteration … Continue reading →

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AtoZ: F ~ Migration

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Maggie C

fleeing frosty fall flocks forage in fallow fields fuel for far flights F is for Flight #AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Creating a theme for one’s blog challenge is optional. My theme for 2021: a three line alliteration each … Continue reading →

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Dog Walk

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Maggie C

Yesterday you hugged the gravel path. Today you strayed into wildflowers and withers-high grass, nose working the air as though inhaling heaven itself. Tonight I’ll pull burrs from the long fur on your legs and bum. Tomorrow, who knows? With … Continue reading →

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Sweet Bella

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Maggie C

Bella went to heaven today. Now her worry wrinkles will unfold. She will take well-earned peaceful naps and  wake the angels with her snoring. She will bow down and wiggle her butt in the universal “let’s play” gesture, And other … Continue reading →

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Day Six: Ekphrasis

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Maggie C

Day Six of NaPoWriMo.* Today’s prompt asks us to “write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre) triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights.” I used a different painting, Franz Marc’s … Continue reading →

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Corvid

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Maggie C

You perch in silhouette on overhead power lines, a black bird cutout from the gray-mottled clouds. I’ve read that you recognize faces, and can distinguish the friendly from the ill-willed. I’ve read that you can even pass that specific discernment … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Maggie C

The spider works quickly to get the larger insect wrapped within its web. The insect doesn’t struggle; it may be dead. But the web is in tatters and shakes violently every time the spider moves. I watch the action, hoping … Continue reading →

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Spring Awakes

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Maggie C

Day 25 of NaPoWriMo. Today’s Prompt: Taking a cue from John Keats’ poem, “To Autumn,” write a poem that (a.) is specific to a season; (b.) uses imagery that relates to all five senses; (c.) includes a rhetorical question, like … Continue reading →

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The Way of the Whale

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo, Day 23. The prompt: Write a poem about an animal. Tell me again about the whales, Great-gran; did you ever see one? Yes, child, I have seen them, but only from afar. Even at a great distance, it must … Continue reading →

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