Sushi for Magpie Tales #55

Magpie Tales 55 Each week Willow posts an enigmatic image to draw out writers' words. This week:

Sushi

fork-pricked flesh
on the wrong side of pane

a nightmarish smear
of yellow and crimson

the cutting edge shifts
from KP to ER

sushi rolls linger
on the wrong side of pain 
 

Image courtesy of Willow at Magpie Tales.

 

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Mirage for Haiku Heights

Haiku Heights offers:  Ananya suggests MIRAGE as theme for Week 32 of Haiku Heights.

veiled by mist
her doppelganger
...sweet and light


 

Altered Digital Image.

 

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Searching Memory for Big Tent Poetry

Big Tent Poetry prompt:  You can make up your own personal holiday or celebrate an actual event that is meaningful for you.

hyacinth 

the flavor of spring

snow covered

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

    A spaced out doodle on Bamboo Fun

while I try to remember what spring rites might look like.

Ten degrees and more snow today.

My memory gets thinner and colder and maybe even older.

 

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Flare for ABC Wednesday

F for ABC Wednesday




Flare of frustration.

I can't be sure that the problems occurring with my Internet connection came from the current solar flare or malfunction of some unfindable byte, bit or thingy on my computer. Frustration flips and flops as my e-mail indicator shouts MAIL and nothing's there, blogs are slow as spring's arrival and frequent cutoffs are the norm of the day. My new 'free month of Netflix' stumbled, burped and failed off and on while I tried to watch Freakonomics.

Did you experience problems with the flare? Or was it just my day to fumble, fumble and re-fumble?

 
 
 
 
 
 

A Fractal.

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Tanka for Magpie Tales

Willow at Magpie Tales offers an enigmatic image to draw words from writers. This week:

black holes drawing in
mock-ups rimed by jagged rims
synapses splinter
shift about with passing time
fragments line the faulty trail

Willow image.

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Haiku for One Single Impression

One Single Impression via Sandra at If, offers the following word prompt: Top

wintry peak

flurries down the pike

springtime peeks

A sketch.

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Titled for Big Tent Poetry

Big Tent Poetry prompts: (my interpretation) What's in a title and where could it be hiding?

Muse on the Loose

times fall out of favor

ennui springs forward

daily rhythm shifts

in hums of glut or gloom

the north of summer warm

cuddles south of winter

greening west of spring

dries the east of autumn

varietal ink lines

those quartered titles

some are bound by printer

others doze in ponders

running with scissors

scratches byte after byte

the novels' greedy quill

belies a lack of substance

 

 

Titles in italics are in print.

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E for ABC Wednesday

 ABC Wednesday

The Eyes Have It

pen and ink cat eyes

fractal eyes

fractal eye

fractal eyes

fractal eyes

eye of bond

AND

I have many, many more.

What is it about eyes that fascinate me?

Are you an eye-watcher?

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Tanka for Magpie Tales #53

Willow at Magpie Tales offers an engimatic image for a weekly prompt. This one is #53.

Crystals

fractured icicles
circle the man of the moon
glide back to the sea
days sweep by in hourglass tides
drying pools to sparkling salt

 
 

A Willow Image

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A Pop of Hot for Big Tent Poetry

Big Tent Poetry prompt:  Think about what’s getting you down. Use poetry to cure it.

A Pop of Hot

I flip the heat to high
strip off the fleece hoodie
fling down knitted gloves
remove thermal suits
wool socks and down booties

to the shower I trot
run the water hard and hot
towel dry and skip around
til the sweating stretches
from the inside out

redressed in fresh layers
reset the thermostat on freeze
in that day filled with dread
I put cheer on the back burner
while holding summer in my head

A processed sketch

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Haiku for Magpie Tales #52

Magpie Tales #52   Each week Willow offers a delightful image for prompt. This week:

frigid feet
wait for spring color
string art trees

 

Image by Willow

 

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Delete for ABC Wednesday

ABC Wednesday D

This might be my favorite key in the whole wide world.

I'm trying to decide how to transfer it to the sewing machine to eliminate unstitching, to my brain to avoid paths that lead to sorrow or regret and to dust bunnies and stuff that make my home look like a derelict dwells here.

In the meantime, I notice that it looks almost new while the helpful white letters are worn off the other black keys leaving no clue as to what might be produced. The seven-year-old, who dislikes typing on my keyboard, listened to my rapid typing and declared, 'No wonder there aren't any letters - they smoked off!'

Do you love your delete key or do you find it definitely not necessary?
 

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Tanka for Big Tent Poetry

Big Tent Poetry offers a Wordle for prompt. angle, handle, rotate, blade, remote, grind, function, alert, cabinet, float, resistant, darkening    




resistant to peace
blades drop good sense on its head
darkening angles
grinding manners to a halt
malfunction alert comes late

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A fractal.

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Atlantis for Magpie Tales #51

Magpie Tales          Willow offers an enigmatic image prompt each week. Prompt #51:

lava stones

wet and double dark

Atlantis

 
 
 

Image by Willow.

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Consultants for ABC Wednesday

C for ABC Wednesday

Consultants

How many consultants does it take to chainsaw a fallen tree into pieces?

One brother, one nephew and one grandson consult about the best way to chop this dead tree.

I couldn't hear what they said but it makes me laugh to see them huddle before the next cut. 

If only I had the audio. Can you imagine what the conversation might concern?

Digital Photo.

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