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12 February: A Wolf’s Catechism
“…. his grizzled hair hanging…” by Charles Dickens, The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain Everyone said so. He was a plaything for the green phantoms of Absinthe. A sleeping delirium, a flame in a hallucination. Grim and low voiced, like a melody in a hollow grave. He was seasonal, slipping in and out, shedding…
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11 February 2023: Deconstructed Lunch
Déconstruit Sandwich You are what you eat, that’s what Mama said. So I’m the rear quarter of a pig. Smoked. Even though I quit long ago. An emulsion of egg and oil. I’m a brined, sliced cucumber. Bubbling starter and flour, and a slow ferment. Trust my mama to slick guilt on a ham and…
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11 February: Stream of Consciousness Saturday
Leafless The garden.It’s just some wet mud and a magpie that keeps its tail up.There’s an obvious wrinkle in this landscape. Rain dribbles off the gutter, leaves stuck up there.Again.I suppose.Although the trees have been leafless for months. Snowdrops bloomed on Monday,and then slugs nipped the blossoms off the stems.My heart was stabbed by that,it’s…
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11 February: The Heron
Heron Rain falls on a heronas it looks down,then farther on,beyond the tendril tanglesaround its legs. AI Digital Art is mine and created using Midjourney’s bot (v4). Image and poem ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney
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10 February: FOWC “Entrance”
For Fandango’s One Word Challenge today is “Entrance”. This photo (taken yesterday) is of St Margaret’s Church, the 13th century village church in Rottingdean, Sussex. Image ©Misky 2023 Linked back to #FOWC
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10 February: Words from the Oracle
A Cadralor poem based on The Oracle’s word list I. it happened on one thosenumberless roads. shadowsstretching long as an illnessreaching for cures. II. the sun was just setting.a crimson gash on the horizon,as if irate to give up its rightfulplace in the sky. III.Mama had said: clean undies,& keep yourself well-groomed,in case you’re in…
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9 February: A Thursday Door
Bushboy (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my holiday snaps and found a few to share. This door photo is from a road trip in 2015 to Goslar and the Hartz mountain…
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5 Feb: Trigger Warning – Panic Attacks
They Said It Was A Panic Attack Ate salmon that night.Put me off water for a long time after. Sitting there in my comfy chair, and there’s this tightness like I can’t breathe, so I pull myself upright, inhale, but panic is having its way with me. It’s like a voice telling youthree tales at…
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8 February: It’s All in the Title
I Say a Little Prayer The moment I sayI love you,you run for the bus. I take you in my heart,oh, how you mean heartbreakfor me. Say a little prayer. An erasure poem written for Nope Not Pam’s “It’s all in the title” – Song title “I say a little prayer for you”. AI Digital Art is…
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8 Feb: At Her Window
At Her Window A woman at the window,her face pale as weak light.She might be crying, or not,I don’t know, but she stares, oddly long and unblinking.And if I could pull her awayfrom the rain blurred pane,we’d talk of pleasant things. About strawberry jam,or the coming of spring,or how to make dumplings,or how her husband…
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