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5:39 am
Now this is kinda exciting, not really but kinda, like hearing that “winner” sound at the Deli when Sandy runs your lottery ticket and you realize you’ve maybe gained 20 bucks back on the hundreds you’ve spent over the last 3 or 4 months trying to grab a dream (you know it isn’t more than… Continue reading
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Big Parades And No Kings (songs revisited)
Got a Facebook messenger note from a cousin of mine earlier in the week, a ‘cross the pond one, Libby, one with an English accent, you know, the accent where no matter what they say it just sounds cool and fetching and with those endearing English idioms too, the accent that could tell you to… Continue reading
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The Sapling
A Monday prompt at dVerse Poets from Lisa for some prosery, where you use a given line of poetry (or song lyric) to inspire you to here, a 144 word piece of prose (not including the title). The line of poetry or, in this case, the song lyric? “To hurt is to steal” from Bono… Continue reading
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Brand New Trump Key (song) Revisit and Nonsensical Cats
Ok, I am going to stretch here just to get to where I want to go, which is to eventually re-visit my version of a Melanie tune from a year ago because it still works and stuff needs be reminded … plus, I got nothin’. My good buddy Rick, a lifelonger just minus the first… Continue reading
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On A Shelf Between … (poem)
Newest Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets from Lillian, dVerse’s 44 word invention just, with each prompt, to include one particular word. This time around? The word “sunrise“. ////////////////////////////////////////// On A Shelf Between … They live inside, worn flowers between pages of a red velvet picture book with prettied painting of a sunrise in a box… Continue reading
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When We (I) Were Writers (poem)
The idea here, from Grace, was to make a try at at a different poetry form, Trolaan. As per Grace’s prompt: Trolaan, created by Valerie Peterson Brown, is a poem consisting of 4 quatrains. Each quatrain begins with the same letter. The rhyme scheme is abab for each quatrain. Starting with the second stanza you… Continue reading
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An Extra Tuesday And An Oompa Loompa Song … Again
Well, my PTO has finally rolled over (Paid Time Off by the way, not Paul Tried Origami or Patty’s Trusted Oncologist (hey that’s important) or Palantir’s Takeover Onesies and an owned from your get go cute baby t-shirt (which are all understandable mistakes … I’m with ya) … I’m only pointing/spelling out these possibilities as… Continue reading
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One White Leads To Another (revisit – song)
Thought to go back to something from a couple of years ago. Originally a response to Ron DeSantis and his Ron dreamy land baron remembrances and his attempts at rewriting history, but, as the always obvious continues to become even more always obvious now, there is this and example of how honest, truthful and critical… Continue reading
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Songs of Angels & Devils Or Devils & Angels (poem)
New Quadrille prompt this week and this one from Kim. It’s that dVerse Poets 44 worder that asks to include one word. Here? “Quiet” ////////////////////////////////////////// Songs of Angels & Devils or Devils & Angels One sang itself as quiet One sang itself as noise Another tuned truth While another lyric’d lies Yet another was fear… Continue reading
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