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28 January: Sunday’s Recommendation
We are returning to Cecilia’s The Kitchens Garden today for a video of Jude being a whale of a pig. Turn up the volume and listen. There’s good fun on the farm today. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Imagery and poems ©Misky…
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27 January: Found Poetry
Old Wounds From the depths,we gather like bees,and hold offthe enemies of mercy,but who will hear ourold wounds cry out. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English…
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26 January: Found Poetry
Emptied Empty yourself of a thousandwithered mindsand thoughtlessness.There’s no progressin apathy, he said, but nevertheless he walked away. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN…
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25 January: Ink In Thirds
She walks, following the curve of the road,Footprints in the snow, winter-withered plantsAnd a low sky stubbornly grey. Written for Ink in Thirds: Three Line Thursday. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Imagery and poems/prose ©Misky 2006-2024.
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25 January: A Thursday Door
A door from a house in a town called Monguí in the Colombian Andes, (2,900 metres (9,500 feet). 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…
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24 January: Six Sentence Sunday
Diffused ‘The light is a different colour here…’ she says as if speaking to herself. She’s standing on a balcony that’s just large enough for two pairs of feet, two chairs and an iron café table that’s slowly corroding in the Côte d’Azur air. They’re sharing the view from their hotel room, sharing a bit…
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24 January: Found Poetry
Flesh of our flesh, he said over and over. But no one thought of sensibilities,so the sky scattered starslike lost children. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in…
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23 January: Found Poetry
It drags at you from behind,and the more you look to rears, the more you abandon yourself.You disappear, and are forgotten. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in…
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22 January: Found Poetry
And then you possess happiness.It was good to talk and walk,just short stepsto peacefor a short while. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9.…
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21 January: Sunday’s Recommendation
This Sunday I’m highlighting one of my favourite poets: Peter Frankis at Peter Frankis Writeswho spins poetic about the arrival of summer. Peter is Australia, so while we up “north” freeze and scrape ice off the car windscreen, Peter is heading for the beach with a thousand other like-minded people. I hope you enjoy his…
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