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  • Finding Your Vocabulary

    Written for “What Do You See?” I took the image to a different direction: finding familair things for sale in an antique shop.

    Misky

    Aug 17, 2026
    Poetry
  • 1708: Everywhere Poems

    todayhe carries her suitcases, pots and pans,towels,bedlinen, across the thresholdof a university room. I remembercarrying his. the old exchange.what we carry in,what we carry away. on the drive homeI pulled off the highway, stopped the car. some roads are without our knowing.but not this one. todayI send him a text. you’re in my heart,my darling…

    Misky

    Aug 17, 2026
    AI Art, Everywhere Poems, Journal, music, Poetry
    Journal, univeristy
  • 1708: The Liturgy

    Episode 3 — Liturgy for the Charity Van(for those who sort the belongings of the dead) I. The Van at the Door The charity van pulls up.The driver is kind but level,practised in the art of receivingwhat the living can no longer hold. Fenella watches him load the boxes,each one containing a fragmentof her grandmother’s…

    Misky

    Aug 17, 2026
    AI Art, Dead Men Don’t Drown, Liturgy, Poetry, Six Sentence Story, SSS
    a.i.Art, Poetry
  • 1608: The Colour of Elsewhere

    The Colour of Elsewhere — Poems from the Periphery South Again — V — 25 July: A Lay-by at Denmark’s Border A Log to Sit On I’d have been happyliving here. He agrees. Though you’d be happierin Sweden,he says. He reads melike a doctorwalkinga step behind. All I needis a forest. A pebble beach.A log…

    Misky

    Aug 16, 2026
    AI Art, music, Poetry, The Colour of Elsewhere
    a.i.Art, Poetry
  • The Old Woman With No Cat

    The Old Woman Teaches Poker(A Lesson in Literal Interpretations) The Old Woman lays the tools on the table: “Right,” she says,“The book said ‘Poker’is a game of fire and nerve.” The cat stares.Its expression suggeststhis may bethe stupidest momentin human history. “You poke the fire,” she explains,“and then I will poke it.We see who flinches…

    Misky

    Aug 16, 2026
    AI Art, Old Woman With No Cat, Poetry, The Old Woman with No Cat
    a.i.Art, Poetry, surreal poetry
  • 1508: Journal of SenHai

    Senryua small bird pausesthe blossoms will not lastbut he trusts the branch. Haikupink breaks on blue aira single bird pins the lightwith unhurried claws. Written for SenHai Saturday: #65 — ©Misky 2006-2026.

    Misky

    Aug 15, 2026
    Journal, music, Poetic Forms, Poetry, SenHai
  • 1508: The Colour of Elsewhere

    The Colour of Elsewhere — Poems from the Periphery The Remains of Sweden — IV — 19 July: The Remains of Sweden she is long gone,rain washed her into soil,lifted her into sky. but much of her remains. the brittle snapof pine needles.the heavy latchon the iron gate. her bedroom window.the wrap-round porch. beyond the…

    Misky

    Aug 15, 2026
    AI Art, music, Poetry, The Colour of Elsewhere
    a.i.Art, Poetry
  • 1408: The Colour of Elsewhere

    The Colour of Elsewhere — Poems from the Periphery Denmark — III — 12 July: Vejby Strand, Græsted the coffeehas gone cold. somewherebetween blackbirdand wren I forgoteverything. — 13 July: Perimeters my grandson walksthe garden’s edge, one sidegiven to the hedge. like a cat,that no backto the open. under his breath,stories battle. the earth warms.fumes…

    Misky

    Aug 14, 2026
    AI Art, music, Poetry, The Colour of Elsewhere
    a.i.Art, Poetry
  • 1308: A Thursday Door

    Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the way to share my love of doors — of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my photos and found a few to share. Bushboy (Brian Dodd) also shares photos of doors from his his journeys. ©Misky 2022-2026 Shared on X #amwriting @bushboywhotweet and @DAntion 

    Misky

    Aug 13, 2026
    photography, Thursday Doors
    Thursday Doors
  • Ten Things of Thankful

    This week: heatwave and heatwave, and still no rain. 38C on Thursday which is 100.4F. 1. Lots of birds are coming into the garden because of the heatwave (temp 38C /100.4F). Food and water are scarce. Blackberries have dried up on the vines, most rivers are nearly dry. The pond in the village is still…

    Misky

    Aug 13, 2026
    #TToT, AI Art, Ten Things of Thankful,
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