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Tanka for Sunday Scribblings

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Sunday Scribblings posts with the prompt: Plan.

of mice and...

thin paper raincoat
damped by the topcoat season
sodden tactics shred
and mishandled ribs collapse
beneath the weight of the storm

Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized in Irfanview.

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Poem for Totally Optional Prompts

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:32:00 +0000

Totally Optional Prompts offers a selection of 'randoms'.

Incoming

through a rust storm
glowering
from the belt of production
black mice shrug

guttural as growling crows
robins gossip through gloom
to a wine stained rose
shaking dew from her heart

the banality of daily chaos
covers thinning backsacks
on those who missed the sign
of the first blinking lights

Image was created on Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements, resized in Irfanview.

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NaisaiKu for 3Word Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:34:00 +0000

ThomG, moderator for Three Word Wednesday, offers the following three words for prompt: drip, hypnotic, sulk

rumors drip
faux hypnotic spin
rabble sulks
molehill rubbles mount
rabble sulks
faux hypnotic spin
rumors drip

A Naisaiku or Cycliku (links below) and a Fractal created in Apophysis...

NaisaiKu
CYCLIKU!

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Exchange for Carry on Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:01:00 +0000

Carry On Tuesday posts: Our prompt this week is the opening lines of the poem Dreams by Paul Laurence Dunbar "Dream on, for dreams are sweet:"

Exchange

a cycle of buried cells
fires up in the wild sleep
turns the black dreams on

unlike floaters
smoothing frown lines
when sun soothes the bones

she begs to trade dark for light
to choose self-directed reveries
when dreams are sweet

Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized and recolored in Irfanview.

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Z for ABC Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:11:00 +0000

ABC Wednesday completes Round 4 with Z. Thank you!

Looking forward to Round 5...

Zebra Scar

Wild words skid
amid lucky bamboo
call the cry of scars
paddle down the moon

bereft of useful mojo
sundry recent dead
sidestep history's debt.

One mad zebra
kicks a bird of paradise,
swears the past was true.

Original watercolor sketch by Sue.

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Hoodoos for Heads or Tails

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:37:00 +0000

Barb Skittles at Heads or Tails offers 'pile' as the prompt.

Hoodoos

naked piles of stone
stretch toward
skyborne canopy
totems carved
by deserts in the sun

I've always been fascinated by rocks, rock formations and the red desert rocks, in particular. The title Hoodoos links to the Wikipedia article.

The image is an original watercolor by Sue.

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Thinking for One Single Impression

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:13:00 +0000

One Single Impression posts: Thanks to Jim at Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place for this week's prompt, thinking.

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at the close of day
judgment gathers in a cloud
re-do muddles mind

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Image Reflection was created in Adobe Photoshop Elements with Bamboo Fun Tablet, resized and buttoned in Irfanview.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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Indulgence for Sunday Scribblings

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:35:00 +0000

Sunday Scribblings offers the prompt, indulgence.

Indulgence.

How long does it take a cat to die?

Today a stranger's cat awaited its end on my patio concrete which the sun was heating to a sizzle. He was unable to move more than an inch at a time on a day with a forecast temp of 90. I was torn between wanting to snuff him and to save him.

Where did he come from? Indulgent owners?

Those indulgent do-gooders who profess to love cats by decorating their city houses and neighboring yards with them? Those town dwellers who profess a love for cats but decline to care for them? Those indulgent apartment people who acquire a kitten for a few minutes of silly pleasure before they turn it loose to fend for itself?

Free-range cats work on farms where rodents and mice roam but to have a free-range cat in town smacks of the worst kind of irresponsible indulgence.

This might be the first of my seven-hundred posts which will be image naked for obvious reasons. Tomorrow, images will resume.

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Poem for Totally Optional Prompts

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Totally Optional Prompts offers: Fireworks

Crone in the Moon

three quarters of a step beyond
the top of the midnight hour
dawn rubs the nub of dark

thunder slung by fireworks
embeds like earworms
rebounds from fissures in the sky

with a hum soft as breadcrumbs
the crone retreats to her crater
and the rain begins to gush

Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized and processed in Paint.Net...

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Naisaiku for 3WW

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:27:00 +0000

ThomG, moderator of 3WordWednesday, offers these three words: transparent, kneel, gloom

transparent ragweeds
kneel ahead of wilding wind
encircled by gloom
they rise, dressed in bright pollen
encircled by gloom
kneel behind the wilding wind
transparent ragweeds

Fractal created in Apophysis, processed in Irfanview.

See NaisaiKu or CYCLIKU! for more information about this form.

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Y for ABC Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:09:00 +0000

ABC Wednesday prompts the letter Y. Thank you!

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Yes!terday felt a lot like Christmas. Imagine. This tiny green pear tomato has taken hold of my top down plant. Until I downloaded the second photo, I didn't realize there might be another one as well. Can you see it? Imagine. I am so excited. Dreaming of the day I can walk outside, pick a few naturally ripe tomatoes, warm from the sun, the juice and seeds filled with the taste of summer. Tomorrow, when I settle down from all the excitement, I'll check to see if there are peppers about to pop on the upper level.

Maybe, too, I'll post pictures of strawberry pots which are loaded with ripe fruit.

Ah, I love summertime and the daughters/son-in-law who gifted me these lovely growing presents.

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Poem for Carry on Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Carry On Tuesday prompts with the opening lines of the poem 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare
"Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door

Threshold

knocking on the moonlit door
deep within the woods
the weary traveller calls out
'is there anybody there?'

tiredness rides his shoulders
a spot of rest his only wish
the cabin throws back moonlight
keeps the window dark

he nudges the knob
the door squeaks inward
calls him forward
not a sound pushes back

setting down his pack
he swings his walking stick...
the bed he'd left a decade past
waits behind the moonlit door

Fractal image created in Apophysis, resized in Irfanview.

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Haiku for One Single Impression

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:37:00 +0000

One Single Impression posts: "The stranger" is this weeks prompt, courtesy of Beth Patterson, whose blog is Virtual Tea House. Thank you, Beth!

wild roses
green stretches of thorns
thistle climbs

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pre-loved
unknown and adored
grandchild

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July 4

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Happy Fourth of July!

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Weather for Totally Optional Prompts

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:40:00 +0000

Totally Optional Prompts offers: Weather

Southern Shifts

she holds her breath
three days at solstice
when the sun stands still

summer days condense
tree shadows unfold early
and night steps ever closer

black tracks slash the day
and the sun begins to leave
she holds her breath

Image is a light-hearted sketch of eyes, created on Bamboo Fun Tablet in Adobe Photoshop Elements and resized in Irfanview.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are now available at Amazon through a pilot program by Lulu Publishing and as always, available from my LuluBookstore.

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3WW and Naisaiku Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:22:00 +0000

ThomG, moderator of 3WordWednesday offers these words for prompt: yearn, sweet, collapse

confined yearn
unwinds sweet at night
bumps daylight
meets full blown collapse
bumps daylight
rewinds sweet at night
confined yearn

Image is a digital photo processed in Pixia and Irfanview.

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X for ABC Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:39:00 +0000

ABC Wednesday offers X for the prompt.

Spectacular photos of the cosmos come from the Chandra X-ray Telescope which completes its unusual elliptical orbit in sixty-four hours and eighteen minutes.

The above photo accompanies the June 26, 2009 press release and shows rays of the Milky Way that have accelerated in the remnants of exploded stars.

X-ray telescopes differ greatly from optical telescopes. High-energy, X-ray photons penetrate into a mirror in much the same way that bullets slam into a wall or ricochet when they hit at a grazing angle. The Chandra telescope system consists of four pairs of mirrors and their support structure.

Photo Credit: Optical: ESO/E. Helder; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Utrecht/J.Vink et al

Follow the link to see more about this fascinating telescope and to view other incredible photos of our outer world.

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My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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Poem for Carry On Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:00 +0000

Carry On Tuesday offers this prompt: "The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love" from A White Rose by John Boyle O’Reilly (1884 - 1890)

Wild Rose Promises

the red rose whispers of passion,
while its colored petals float
light as butterfly strokes
on blood-tipped thorns,
disavows the pledge of perfect

heady fragrance escapes
the downward tumble
permeates the summer air
and with a vow of evermore
the white rose breathes of love

Two of my poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.
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Haiku for One Single Impression

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:03:00 +0000

One Single Impression posts: Thanks to Lissa at Just Writing Words for the prompt blue rain this week.

color of the sky
drops in early summer day
mourning of blue rain

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first blue rain
fills russet washes
spring essence

Original watercolor by Sue.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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Trudy for Sunday Scribblings

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:21:00 +0000

Sunday Scribblings offers the simple prompt - toys

Trudy, in her original clothing but with slightly crazed faces, has been in my possession for years. At this particular moment, I cannot say where she is.

A Google search through old newspaper archives brought up this ad from the Oklahoma Tire and Supply in The Kiowa News 1947.

Other Trudy's exist or existed although I've never heard of them but I cannot remember the last time I might have brought her up in normal conversation and far be it from me to play in abnormal conversation.

Have you ever seen or heard of this charming toy?

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My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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Synthesis for Carry on Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Carry On Tuesday offers: You would have understood me, had you waited...from Ernest Dowson. 1867–1900

Synthesis

synthesis labored
cells and pheromones
failed to deliver

I didn't mourn your
retreat when
anger nipped the air

I'd like to think you
would have understood me,
had you waited, but

I don't believe that's true
synthesis once still-birthed
will not be born again

The image is a bookmark, watercolored by Sue.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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Poem for Totally Optional Prompts

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Totally Optional Prompts posts: Check out your horoscope and write a poem in response to it.

Natal Chart

A dry moat
Circles her houses
Family. money and love

Earth, fire and wind
Feelings are flares
Without tears

No water for mud
No water for steam
No water for flow

She seeks lakes
creeks and ponds
for a moat born dry

Fractal image was created with Apophysis, resized and buttoned in Irfanview.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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NaisaiKu for 3WordWednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:33:00 +0000

ThomG, moderator of Three Word Wednesday, offers the following three words as prompt: fickle, sparkle, wrinkle

fickle deck of life
wild cards sparkle, beg wagers
wrinkles line crow’s feet
crone shrugs away old lessons
wrinkles line crow’s feet
wild cards sparkle, beg wagers
fickle deck of life

Follow these links to learn more about this form NaisaiKu and CYCLIKU

The image is a watercolor created on Bamboo Fun with Adobe Photoshop Elements.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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W for ABC Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:26:00 +0000

ABC Wednesday prompts with the letter W. Thanks!

Water

I have a love/hate relationship with water.

The love part is readily fulfilled by pools, rivers, creeks, lakes, oceans and fountains.

The other part isn't so easy as I'm not fond of rain and it takes an act of Congress (well, not the last few of that august body) to make me drink water unless it's mixed with something decidedly tasteful.

An astrology theory suggests that because there are no water signs in my natal chart, the tendency is to fill those blanks with physical water. An interesting concept.

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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Summer for Heads or Tails

noreply@blogger.com (Tumblewords:) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Barb at Skittles, moderator of Heads or Tails, offers this prompt: TAILS - "Summertime memory" Since this is TAILS your summertime memory needs to be a real memory of yours. It can be a childhood memory, a memory from teens years or later. It can even be from last week.

BERRIES

her dirt bike kicks up a cloud
powders the ancient cedars
and masks the scent of berries
sunlight mottles the trail

one fat shadow budges
rising to hind legs like a man
snarly grunts and nose a-quiver
stages a standoff on the path

two wheels without reverse
and short of turnaround plot
brake pedal hisses a squeal
pitches it out like an overthrow

the brown bear drops to fours
and waddles into heavy brush
she breathes the sweat of fear
shifts to three, throttles away

This true summer memory was posted a couple of years ago but it seems appropriate for today's prompt!

My poetry books North of Summer and South of Winter are currently available at Amazon and, as always, available from my LuluBookstore in print or as download.

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