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Sermons and Seeds

The dVerse poetry prompt today is all about the pantoum poetry form. As explained by Gina on the dVerse Poetry blog, the pantoum is a series of interwoven quatrains and rhyming couplets. I won’t elaborate further than that (‘cuz I’d just confuse … Continue reading

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Graveyard by Day

Clatsop Plains Pioneer Cemetery (est. 1846) in Clatsop County, Oregon USA I grew up playing (respectfully) in this cemetery. It doesn’t look too scary now, but as a child, I had all sorts of imaginings about what might be lurking … Continue reading

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Even in Death

life stories don’t end they morph throughout time as framed by modern perceptions The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Frame

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Wordless Wednesday (Week 2)

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Boundaries of the Dead

Low fences of concrete and iron in varying degrees of sturdiness or collapse, delineate gravesites and family plots of a long-established and long-neglected pioneer cemetery. Whether they are meant to keep the living out, or the spirits in, I’m not … Continue reading

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Haunted

Rest in peace, they said. I imagined solitude. No soul in sight? Ha! Photo 101 Assignment Five: Solitude

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Wordless Wednesday 5.13.15

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