Regretting having that last kid… (that would be me!)
PROMPT: Parents (at my age)
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Category Archives: Blogs
“The Bungler” by Amy Lowell [w/ Audio]
You glow in my heart
Like the flames of uncounted candles.
But when I go to warm my hands,
My clumsiness overturns the light,
And then I stumble
Against the tables and chairs.
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DAILY PHOTO: Bamboo & Gnarled Tree
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Winter Afternoon [Haiku]
Still Waters [Haiku]
Winter morn:
still waters reflect each twig
of bare trees.
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“In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound [w/ Audio]
The apparition of these faces in a crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
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Canopy [Haiku]
rain tree canopy
contains city’s secrets
‘til the leaf drop.
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PROMPT: Scared
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?
Going to a cocktail party with no one I know in attendance. FYI —Things that would generate less anxiety include: cage-fighting, gator-wrestling, skydiving, and (admittedly with the appearance of irony) giving a speech to a large audience.
A battle-hardened phalanx with pointy sticks.
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Moth Flight [Haiku]
moth falls off wall,
pulls up erratically, &
struggles for altitude.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 