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25 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week I.Caged (a haibun) My sister has a glass display dome, its base supporting a small bare twisted branch, and on that branch are perched 8 stuffed hummingbirds of blazing plumage that drip of scarlet, emerald and purpled blues. Each bird with its glassy eyes, each bird with claws…
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25 July: 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 photos and found a few to share. ©Misky 2023 Shared on X #amwriting @bushboywhotweet and @DAntion
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24 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It of culture,of art,for some too intangible, and they put riches on their body, rather than in their heart. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Images are copyright and not to used without…
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22 July: A Six – Part 19: Memento Mori
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 19 – Memento Mori And he springs off the bed and shouts in a voice lean and tense as wire, “… Conneries conneries conneries.” Memento Mori I wake my laptop, take another sip of lavender tea, and study the leafy debris…
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21 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It Mum let me pick out the material – deepest blue denim. That dress cost as much as a week’s groceries; she reminded me of that every time I wore it. This child who had always run wild against the wind now wanted to be…
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20 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It Sometimes I Forget She’s Gone For a time she was the best in meFor a time I half believed in rights and wrongsFor a time I believed in poetic sympathythat poetry was my friend For a while we were a summer meadowFor a while…
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19 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
The I In It The Daily Annoyances of Being a Pretzel My shoes are on a floor mat and I’m wearing one of those crinkly sounding procedure gowns that feels like paper … sitting, waiting for the doctor, and I spin off a few minutes looking through the window at dense summer green and misty…
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16 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It Tell Me About Lavender and I told her it’s the colourof a pigeon’s feather,a haze over sleepy eyes,of pensive rain, a moth on a blossom,of songs to a rising moon,a star’s early light,what Burton saw in Taylor’s eyes, a fragrant tune,a sound of wordlessness,amber…
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15 July: A Six – Part 18 : Bedlam
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 18 – Bedlam Last week: “He’s gone, Brigid,” says the Gatekeeper, “Your Connor is gone.” This is *Bedlam Hospital, where once a week I come to visit Pierre … “…it’s three years and five months, says the psychiatrist, as if she…
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14 July: RDP Petrichor
The Rise of Petrichor It’s what shimmers wet light, undertonesof black that flowsthrough my veins. What’s visibly blind. It’s the scent of a single wavethat rolls ashore, or when Istand in peace in the dark. It’s a rising fresh, clean, or deep on deep that makesmy heart leap, and save butfor the cold knuckle of…
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