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7 May: Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge
This is a photo of Sprogø Lighthouse (built 19th C) in Denmark. It’s located on the tiny island of Sprogø, which (in the 12th C) was named Sproøe, meaning scout’s island. for Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge ©Misky 2022 with iPhone. Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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6 May: I Do Believe I Do Believe
I remember as a child believing that when I could read I’d know lots of stuff, and I’d know truth when I saw it, but there were few facts in Henny Penny or One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish and so I was left to believe mostly in myself. Image is from the…
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For Cee’s Macro Photo Challenge
I followed Bushboy’s link, and discovered Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC). The topic is Close Up or Macro. These photos are from the garden this morning, using my iPhone. (Bellis Perennis; Hostas; Mexican Orange Blossom Choisya Ternata). If you enjoy photography, have a look over at Cee’s blog at https://ceenphotography.com/2022/05/04/cmmc-may-close-up-or-macro-2/ ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting…
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5 May: A Sensible Way
She felt very oldthat morning, fell victim toan illness of words, seeing and hearing thingsin bits and pieces, and wanting to put them togetherin some sensible way. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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dVerse Stages of Grief
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4 May: An Erasure Poem
She was sinuousnessas a plastic shopping bag,a pair of underpants,or the twist of emotion. During April, I participated in a 30-day Found Poetry Challenge, sourcing text from the book Jaws by Peter Benchley. My method involved layers, changing the top layer’s opacity, and then erasing parts of that image to reveal text from the lower…
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4 May: The Allotment
Allotment If I wrote a book, I’d call it Allotment, andthere’d be a young woman who tendedher compost bin as if nothing else mattered.She’d wear a green frayed edge jumper. And there’d be a young man who dreamedof marrying her. They’d have lots of children,grow their own veggies, always organic,and keep hens that would eat…
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dVerse Quadrille #151
A Little Night Noise What is thatbuzz in my ear. That static in my head. White noise and nightgownsand old womenwho can’t sleep fromthe noise. Rattling hisseslike an old iron poton the boil. Just pour me intoa silent pocket of night. Written for dVerse Quadrille #151 “static” Image from Wikiart, Shape and Noise of Motorcyclist by Giacomo Balla,…
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3 May
The ferns not quite unfurled. The hostas cupped open for rain yet to come. Two apple trees – one sans blossom, one a white blizzard of buzzing bees. The photo is mine. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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2 May: It’s Monday
It’s MondayA day of laundrySlack clotheslines Candour of dying flowersPetalless tulipswith swollen heads My head seems neverquiet or silent, perhapsbecause it’s Monday ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Image Seamstresses at Atelier Paquin, Paris, by Isaac Lazarus Israëls 19c WikiArt
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