Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
southwest desert drought- praying for first autumn storm to ease intense heat Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #151 First Autumn Storm
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968 And though elusive light may swing at times beyond our narrow sight blurry and foggy in waning shine we only need to remember the glimmer is within our… Continue Reading “Within Our Grasp”
“Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered…sealed away for opening on a January day with snow falling fast and the sun unseen for weeks…” ― Ray Bradbury French thyme and greek oreganobeginning to flowerin spite of… Continue Reading “#Quadrille: Adorned in Curly Tendrils”
mid-day heat stillnesssunlight creeping between leaves-in late summer’s drought Author’s Note: Although it is monsoon season, we have had no rain here in my part of Mesa. I can’t recall a dryer summer than this. Earthweal Open link weekend #32
“There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.” — Jackson Pollock There is no accident just as there is no beginning and no end. If there is no beginning, no moment we first breathe, how did we become? Is… Continue Reading “No accident”
“Morning moon shine fading in crystal blue sky — no rain storm clouds in sight.” – Linda Lee Lyberg Author’s Note: This is an American Sentence. The form, invented by Allen Ginsberg, is simply a variation of the haiku. The rules of an American Sentence are… Continue Reading “#American Sentence: Morning Moon”
This is the wandering place I sit contemplating life listening to raucous lovebirds quarreling over seed chartreuse feathers gleaming with their blush peach cheeks feeding tiny young discovering newfound wings while here and there goldfinches jump into the fray Gila woodpeckers come to pound on this aging mesquite searching… Continue Reading “The opportunists”
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