Category: Twiglets
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29 March: for Twiglet #318
Big Sky At one time it would’ve reminded meof America. The midwest prairies.But I’ve been gone too long, and nowit looks like Denmark or France, maybewheat fields of Ukraine. Maybe beforewhen, and before then and now, and At one time it would’ve reminded meof morning, luminous patches on fieldsin the dusty cotton air with spring…
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16 March: for Twiglet #316
Clouds read like tea leaves.Heavy and dark as a monk’s robe.Rain glazes the stones. Written for Twiglets #316 Rain-Beaten Stones. AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney
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8 March: Rattling Old Bones
Rattling Old Bones Children,noisy as crows calling out,wound up tight, andlet lose on dinosaur bones. The museum echoeswith a rattle of words,they rise then settlelike dust on the floor. Take the train. Bring the kids. Half-price! A young motherwith three small childrenpauses, meditates ona spectrum of colour from the beveled windows.A rainbow has spilled its…
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21 February: RDP “Spellbound”
I. Spellbound We three dragonssqueezing warmthout of stones drunk on sunspellbound to heat asour skin drags along our bones.We three dragons,a trick of the light. II. Spellbound Eyes flit. Tails flick.Toe of lizard and tongueof dog. Owl wings and violet palms. Spell-bound double double,we be toil and trouble. written for RDP “spellbound” and Twiglets “Trick of…
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21 February: RDP – Twilight
The It of It All She wants to be Mary Oliver, or Count Tolstoy, but that creates all sorts of pronoun issues she can’t understand. So she sits on the balcony, and takes in views of town, its white-limed houses with low roofs, and rose gardens. She thinks of having a smoke, forgetting she quit…
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15 February: for Twiglets #312
Nuts Nuts Nuts There’s a walnut treein a sunny corner of the garden. Its sap is rising to wakenew spears of leaf-like green. Squirrels chase up and downthe contours of winter, and within their chatter, I hearNuts. Nuts. Nuts. Written for Twiglets #312 “cracking walnuts” . AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky…
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14 February: for Twiglets #311
Mouse I see youthere, dipping and diving,rooting in bowls. A spoonful of dinner.Sugar on your lips.Crumbs on your fur. I hear yougnawing, you withthose black bean eyes. You, scurrying onthin silence. You, lurkingwhen I’m not looking. I see youlittle mouse, eyeing upthat glistening moon. Written for Twiglets #311 “Eyeing It” AI Digital Artwork is created…
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17 January: Returned Home
Winter’s Iron Maiden A return home to ice, sleet, and snow. Shoes squeak, breath folds and gasps. How still the air. The winter sky presses us under its iron maiden. Written for Twiglets “Returned Home”.
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24 Nov: Twiglet #306
Blotch Ink.That diseased stain.Scrawled prejudiceon stilts.High.Nose bleed high.An uncontrollablesubstancein the wrong hands. for Twiglet #306 “A Spatter of Ink” Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Image created using AI Midjourney. ©Misky 2022
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30 Sept: On Dunmail Raise
On Dunmail Raise The wind on Dunmail Raise plays tricks on the ear. Can’t see him, but you can hear him. Up there on the hill, shouting at his dog. One man and his dog, and the wind carrying them both. And then you see them. White specks, a fleeting flock across the bare hill.…
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