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26 Sept: A Six – Watching Cerulean Blue Bleed
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 29 Last week: An Equal Division of Light and Dark Watching Cerulean Blue Bleed Pierre stands at an easel and paints; he creates his world; depth and distance washed with purples; water colour blotches that run, and clouds thieving white from…
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25 Sept: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week To Saint-Malo: A Phoenix’s Breath Peace.For peace. For rest,to set all those souls to ease.Peace at twilight whenthe wind has died,and the Bay of Saint-Maloopens wide to a pale lowly sky. North, East, South, West,and the soil in and all between.Levelled. Burnt. By eighty-percent,and there by man ……
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24 Sept: Ten Things of Thankful
Ten Things of Thankful 15-24 September (in no particular order) 1. An ancient woodland within walking distance.2. The worst of the potholes were filled while I was in France.3. Like-minded friends.4. Begonias and dahlias still blooming.5. Tomatoes in the greenhouse are perfectly ripe.6. Tomato and mayonnaise sandwiches on homemade sourdough.7. That I don’t have to…
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22 Sept: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It Twilight has a voice of indifference. Not at all like dawn which is full bodied air, chirping and touching everything, and waving a red flag as if reclaiming its roots. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the…
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21 Sept: Two Boxers
“Pardonnez-moi,” she says. She has two leashes in her hand. One green and one red. “I must tie them up,” she says, “the fool dogs.” She pronounces fool as foil, but nevertheless I understand her frustration. The dogs are eating the chickens. Written for Denise’s Six Sentence Story including the word: Foil”. Some artwork is…
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21 Sept: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It (a haibun) How did these things receive such absolute names. Adam. Eve. Eden. My mother was always naming things. She would say “Wear the bee dress,” I was stung by a wasp whilst wear it. She had secret names for things, too. Whipper-snapper was…
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20 Sept: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: Written for TToT (Ten Things of Thankful) 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 permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Imagery and poems/prose ©Misky 2006-2024.
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19 Sept: 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. ©Misky 2023 Shared on X #amwriting @bushboywhotweet and @DAntion
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19 Sept: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week (Loire Valley) The I In It Look at the colours, he says. And summer has leathered the landscape, sugar beets pulled from the soil, and we drive through kilometres of wind turbines turning slow and lazy. The colours could fuel a fire. Sing choirs of sparrows in the…
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18 Sept: dVerse Quadrille #208
Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (info at Wikipedia) A vampire’s shrinewith tall candles liteach trembling shadow’s flameis pierced.She stands in her temple,weaving vowsone long songfor a full moon’s glare strangling the tranquil air.…Quiet …Be still.Here where blood is life;here her life’s prolonged. Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #208 “vampire”. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is…
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