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Monday, December 31, 2012

Path for Magpie Tales #149

Thanks, Tess Kincaid, for the image prompt shown below.







butt catcher
breadcrumbs of pathway
grim reaper

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Building Night for Sunday Whirl

Thanks, Brenda, for the Sunday Whirl #89 Wordle





brooding stars
broke night's edge
delivered little points of flame
along the icy creek

against the dark
tangents popped
delivered little points of flame
across the murky sky

rustling leaves
tumbled over snow
delivered little points of flame
kneaded ice, moved on

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Monday, December 24, 2012

Holidays








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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Unfolding for The Sunday Whirl #87

Thanks, Brenda, for this Wordle prompt...





a sigh unfolds the night
the milky moon
grows glassy with chill

unseen rain listens
to the rush of dry leaves
tumbling in its wake

no visible sign
promises a tomorrow
as night replaces day

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Headlines Parrot Night Tales

Ominous as storm clouds
coupling in the dark
shadows swoop
across the Wolf Moon face,

ravens fall from grace to ground
beat at window glass
rasp the wooden sill
rip shingled roof to shreds.

My Daddy always said
crowded creatures go mad
and humans likely will
as their numbers cross the bar.

Forests fill with people
clearing trees and game
life breeds Hitchcock scenes
mirrored in daily news.

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Sunday, December 09, 2012

Tracing for MagpieTales #147

Thanks, Tess Kincaid, for the image prompt!






tracing skin
  cartographer names
  warming climes 

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Space for Sunday Whirl #86

Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt!





a tiny space
a place to hang a hat
or to peg a pace
bereft of light
double dark as night
relentless with twitch
til her mind takes flight
rejects the bland
she coasts far out of head
relentless and free
til time brings her back
to her small place
the space to hang her hat

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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Poem for Sunday Whirl #85


Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt!




somewhere back there

ancient trunks hover
above forlorn trails  
masking tiny forks

a desire to fuse
drives the manic
to seek a better space

a clash of time
sweeps the sand
before it resets the tide



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Sunday, December 02, 2012

Senryu for Magpie Tales #146



Thanks to Tess Kincaid for prompt... 

Object to be Destroyed by Man Ray

single chord 
porthole of measure 
key of see

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Missing for Magpie Tales #145

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the image prompt.

Wallpaper ID: 468927




afterward
ghosts returned to play
time went on

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Movie for Sunday Whirl #84

Thanks, Brenda, for the Sunday Wordle Prompt.


Movie

held within
the scent of night
flecks of stillness 
sway fine sight 
skim the eye 
to fill the end of light 
and load the dark 
with a gift of scenes

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Senryu for Magpie Tales #144

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the image prompt below:

Squall, 1986, by Andrew Wyeth



nor'easters
squall with rain and blow
hang nails drip

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Senryu for Sunday Whirl #83


Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt!




under fire
facades of beauty
silent pawns

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Sorry, I couldn't belong. 
There were too many wrong words 
for my unfindable muse
and a busted life ~
but without pride, 
I played a short senryu anyhoo! 
Unless.
♥ and smiles

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Senryu for Magpie Tales #141

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the image prompt!






weathering
this man, this woman
an island

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Mars and Venus for Sunday Whirl #80


Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt.






far across the sky
women linked
by a single thread

and bound by wary wiles
powered shifts within the we
against splits with men

damaged along the way
curses and blathers on
that single thread is cut

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Night for Magpie Tales #139


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this image prompt!

Midnight Snack, 1984, by Curtis Wilson Cost





watchful eyes
expose night's devil
the pie sneak

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Umbrella for Sunday Whirl #78


Thanks, Brenda, for the wordle prompt!





a child of the dark
she inherited thunder
on the right side of light

an umbrella of gold
was her excuse to stand
and to join the deep shift

a child of the dark
she vowed to become ruler
of the light side of night



As always, these are quick writes before viewing others' work. And it's amazing how much similarity  and how many differences can be found at the Sunday Whirl entries! 

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Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Vapors for Magpie Tales #138

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the prompt image!

Sick Woman, 1665, by Jan Steen



thready pulse
stilled by sudden chills
fall vapors

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Monday, October 08, 2012

Fall for Sunday Whirl #77

Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt!





brittle frost broke the fever
fetched by heated sheaths
of summer borne dog days

crusty rustles from the north
trapped the charming willows
without an upfront warning     

the unbearable piercing breeze
exploded and could not mend
those shattered hearts of autumn

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Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Uri for Magpie Tales #137

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the image prompt!

It Must Be Time For Lunch Now, 1979, by Francesca Woodman



shape shifting  
a geller delight
recharging

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Holy for Sunday Whirl #76

Thanks, Brenda, for the wordle prompt!






the ambivalence of holy
hovers in a dazed state
while incense breathes fear
and flaps empty prayers
at souls who scurry to
seek a soupcon of tenderness
and a thimble full of water
the ambivalence of holy
becomes empty of essence

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Mosaic for Magpie Tales #136


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this delightful image prompt.

Flying Down, 2006, by David Salle



mosaic
benoit in free fall
chaos reigns

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Maze for Sunday Whirl


Thanks, Brenda, for the Sunday Whirl!








Ah Maze

storm bolts shook the damp
trapped corners into folds
brought remaining climbers
bundled up and watered

the ash hurtled down
when on that all saint's eve
storm bolts shook the husks
dried and set ablaze 

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Senryu for Magpie Tales #135


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this delightful image prompt!



Venus and The Sailor, 1925, by Salvador Dali 

doo wop bop
mostly in this life
don't dally                 
 

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Artist for Sunday Whirl #74

Thanks, Brenda and Walt, for a fine Sunday wordle prompt!







artists

curtain call
rocking the runway
sensuous saunters
tangled tresses swing
in tune with lilting lyrics

struts in catlike silence
exterior clad in rich color
while peering paparazzi
sigh silhouetted alliteration
darkly daring 

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Food for Magpie Tales #134


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for providing the prompt image!


Breakfast, 1921, Fernand Leger




sculpted eggs
scarves of charred bacon
solid brunch


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Sunday, September 09, 2012

Storm for Sunday Whirl #73

Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle Prompt!






once upon a rugged morning
out of a remote meadow
where splendor shook its grace
and thunder rolled a blessing
a deep shadow with an attitude
rolled down the ridge
across the marble markers
across the backs of silent cows
across the fierce warriors
suffering took a second seat
to that shadow with an attitude

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Monday, September 03, 2012

Wine for Magpie Tales #133


Thanks, Tess Kincaid, for the image prompt!

Summer Night, 1913, by Albert Bloch




redwhiteblue
lofty mountain soles
valley grapes


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Sunday, September 02, 2012

Cloud 9 for The Sunday Whirl

Thanks, Brenda, for the Wordle prompt!





once upon a time
that number showed up missing
smooth and white
refreshed but with a trace of wild
a cloud by any name
its final gear bared
by last year's hasty shift
no evidence, no notice
once upon a time
cloud nine went missing

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Still for Magpie Tales #132


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this image prompt.


Big Room, 1948, by Andrew Wyeth




ticktocktick
thrusts a cold silence
hearth to heart
 
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Whimsy for Sunday Whirl #71

Thanks, Brenda, for this new Wordle Prompt






recipe in hand
whimsy crossed the fence
a pencil swung upon a chain
before the linking came
at dusk, an empty vial
opened to receive rose attar
its essential trace so vital
for soothing the unforgiven
whimsy crossed the fence

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Checking for Magpie Tales #131


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the following image prompt!





Under Windsor Bridge, 1912, by Adolphe Valette




checking cracks  
infra-sculptor's work
evermore


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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Imagine for Sunday Whirl #70


Thank you, Brenda, for the Sunday Whirl Wordle Prompt!




imagine when

a vivid prelude,
insidiously tinted,
affixed a tinny tip
at the nick of a gentle limb
til with a swelling wave
and a slight wayward drift
the mabe split became hard fact 


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Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Over for Magpie Tales #129


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the image prompt!


A Dinner Table at Night, 1884, John Singer Sargent



closing up
a retracting rose
final port


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Sunday, August 05, 2012

Night for Sunday Whirl #68

Thanks, Brenda, for the wordle prompt!





at the deck's pitched stern
links held the port anchor tight
moon shade sneaked on board

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Alpha for Magpie Tales #128


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the image prompt!



image by Zelko Nedic




shadows breed
the dark night rises
...alphas bond

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Poem for Sunday Whirl #66


Thanks, Brenda, for this delicious wordle prompt...






far less erotic
and far more melancholy
than the rosy golden swing
she imagined in her nights
~ that stray fling in tall grass
calls for a pale cover,
a powdering of ash and
a forget-me-now spray
a warning to be tucked behind
like an old judgment stick

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Rune for Magpie Tales #127


Thanks, Tess Kincaid, for the image prompt!

Figure Eight, 1952, by Franz Kline



a lost rune
sprayed upon stucco
mobius


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Monday, July 16, 2012

Vettriano for Magpie Tales #126


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for the following image prompt!


artwork by Jack Vettriano


smoke eddied
in the last sun's ray 
curtain call

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Food Chain for Sunday Whirl #65


Thanks, Brenda, for another fun and wild wordle prompt!





food chain

his trigger finger plants
a spray of grittled seed
that drops like flicks of hail

another crack of  kernels
swells the row with future

relishing his old refrain
he claims humility
with the gravity of pluck


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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Chilmark Mantra for Magpie Tales #125


Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this image prompt...

Chilmark Hay, 1951 by Thomas Hart Benton




golden yield
cast in rustic scene
his mantra


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Sunday, July 08, 2012

Ball of Time for Sunday Whirl #64








drawers of eternity
stacked one upon the other
stung by ignorance
spurned by rinds of soul
years of months
subtracted by
faith-full housewives
and carved into
pieces small enough
to fall unnoticed
with the dropping ball of time


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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Center for Magpie Tales #124


Thanks to Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales for the following image prompt.

Ophelia by Odilon Redon



blossoming
inside the outer
spring mantle 

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My novel, Running with Scissors, is available
as print or PDF at Lulu Publishing and in e-book format at iTunes


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Sunday, July 01, 2012

Sent for Sunday Whirl #63

Thanks, Brenda, for this week's Wordle prompt!



SENT


like a layout
of Tarot cards
tableau'd in reverse
snapshots curl
under her thin touch
old acts easily hung
by one upon the other
in utter silence
when gestures of pain
stood between their skin
their lips soon pursed
with done 

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My novel, Running with Scissors, is available
as print or PDF at Lulu Publishing and in e-book format at iTunes
 
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Evil for Magpie Tales #123

Thanks to Tess Kincaid for her weekly image prompts...





black and white
touches of evil     
real to reel


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