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Wisteria in silence and sound

A scent of Wisteria if real or fake borne by warm breezes over rippling tidewaters. A ship’s sharp whistle from deep in the gut, as sweet music echoes through silent halls … a faceless, mute bibliotaph, who treasures… within his soul… sounds he cannot experience except in his penetralia. © Sometimes, 2017   This WORDLE #129, has languished in my notebook for months.    I … Continue reading Wisteria in silence and sound

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a glimpse of life…passing by (Daily Post Entry: Blur)

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/out-of-focus/”>Focus</a&gt; above is a shot taken years ago, in early 1980s, through the window of a van traveling at high speed along a rural road in Yucatan, near the archeological site of Chichén Itza, Mexico.     At first glance it is just a ruined photo, which is often what an amateur photographer gets when shooting on-the-fly from a grimy vehicle window, speeding down a road.    … Continue reading a glimpse of life…passing by (Daily Post Entry: Blur)

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Challenges, MindLoveMiseryMenagerie, Poetry, This and That, Wordles

to die in satin…reposted entry from 2016

This poem I wrote last year seems an appropriate companion with one I published this morning.  I love Wordles, and MLMM always is one of my favorite sites.   Thanks again MLMM! This is a Wordle for Special Edition “Touch” MindLoveMisery’sMenagerie, August 29, 2016 Challenge.   https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/wordle-special-addition-touch-august-29th-2016/#respond This is not my usual fare, but here is the short vignette that I wrote using many, if not all, … Continue reading to die in satin…reposted entry from 2016

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a penny’s worth of death, a poem MindLoveMisery’s Wordle # 166

    a penny worth of death A gun, dark and dreadful, cold steel caressing the unwilling hand seductive music of silence and pain… among bloody ravages of the plague as dancing creatures defy the promise of the Tarot foretelling the kiss that comes forth— levitating, tentatively echoing the sparking retort of the pistol’s release of a penny’s worth of death. ©Sometimes, 2017 Continue reading a penny’s worth of death, a poem MindLoveMisery’s Wordle # 166

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Fairy on her shoulder…Cee’s Thursday Special Photo Exercise: juxtaposition

  I like the last photo, with the softer tint, and the less contrast.    The crop cut out extraneous details, and zoned in on the woman and the sleeping fairy figure, which is the theme of the picture.    . This is a fun exercise, Cee!  https://ceenphotography.com/2017/04/28/thursdays-special-juxtaposition-2/#respond Continue reading Fairy on her shoulder…Cee’s Thursday Special Photo Exercise: juxtaposition

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Gall-and-Wormwood: MindLoveMisery’s Wordle#143.

Here’s a Wordle that I’ve been working on.   I like these prompt-forms so much that I write them down in my notebook and work on them when so inclined.    Here’s one I worked on for a long time but haven’t gotten it published on my blog.     The twelve words given are: apple, frigid, pain,  gall-and-wormwood (deep resentment,) dive, cinch, halfway, grime, wind, vintage, pause, and … Continue reading Gall-and-Wormwood: MindLoveMisery’s Wordle#143.

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Art & Artists, Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge, Challenges, inspiration, Nature, photography, This and That, Writing and Blogging

Tile Art

Here are some pictures that just tugged at me to create while walking through my entry.  They are twelve-inch natural stone tiles.   I never noticed the (featured photo) before, but once the face popped out at me…at least three faces in fact…I knew they were perfect for Cee’s Odd Ball Photo challenge.     The eye just seems to adjust for the scene. These shots remind me … Continue reading Tile Art

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Promise in a Poem (Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge entry)

  I am unique among my peers having arisen from the Winter more or less intact… if a bit bedraggled. One might say the word—disarray? to describe broken remnants and staring, bleary rimless eyes askew and discolored arrangement of my limbs and leaves, disheveled scraps of nascent green tones, silky serrated edges of hemline. Better days have been….and will be again and my modest Winter … Continue reading Promise in a Poem (Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge entry)

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swan song, Wordle # 124, MindLoveMisery’sMenagerie

Here’s a scrap of rhyme from one of my notebooks, Wordle #124, from last October’s prompt in MindLoveMisery’s post.    I would apologize for the delay, but here it is anyway….better late than never. https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/wordle-124-october-10th-2016 A grey Cygnet has lost its Mum adrift on a branch of fennel. A tad of soft nectar escaped from a bloom inexplicably left by a passing Sparrow… serves well as emergency … Continue reading swan song, Wordle # 124, MindLoveMisery’sMenagerie

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Fading Eyes… a Haiku for Rodovan’s challenge

Here is a Haiku I wrote for the Rodovan Writes weekly Haiku poetry prompt challenge.   The prompt for the week is the words– Fade, and Eye.  when eyesight fades, like memories when my eye sight fades memory banks are ready to enter mind’s eye (Sometimes, 2017) https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-136-eyefade/ Continue reading Fading Eyes… a Haiku for Rodovan’s challenge

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among other things: a new blog

Originally posted on among other things :
No I really don’t need another blog.   I am happy with SOMETIMES, which is a conglomerate of  photos, poems, eclectic ramblings…and contributions from other bloggers who have consented to allow their posts to be re-blogged here. I admit that the temptation to tinker with WordPress blogs is almost over-whelming, always searching for the perfect blog.   I invest each year in a… Continue reading among other things: a new blog

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Entities, a dark tale of “what if?” for MindLoveMisery’s Tale Weaver #105

  [Here is my entry for MindLoveMisery’s Tale Weaver #105, The Dark Side The challenge is to write a horror tale, something dark and scary (if possible…asking for “scary” is like asking for “humor.”)  I usually don’t write this kind of thing, but here goes….] https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/tale-weaver-105-the-dark-side-02-02-17/ Some call them “entities,” the mysterious forms that appear out of the dark identities that linger beyond their time … Continue reading Entities, a dark tale of “what if?” for MindLoveMisery’s Tale Weaver #105

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Scapegrace…MMLM Wordle 137

(Day 16, 2017) Rogue Mayor ever the scapegrace (his position aside) given no quarter of tolerance for sudden nicotine cravings… mealy-mouthed and queasy from years of parapraxis and gelatinous back-bone… he longed for a fusion of wit and wisdom to complement his vast popularity. Then at last came the day that a spark took flare and he enacted a non-smoking law of dubious but far-reaching … Continue reading Scapegrace…MMLM Wordle 137

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