Q for ABC Wednesday

Quintessential Spring


Cold winds that drove rain, snow, sleet and hail have kept spring at bay. Tiny leaves and winter's residue  announce the spring which was scheduled to arrive about the same time as usual, give or take a day or two, but hasn't arrived in its full-blown state yet.

When the sun shimmers in a blue sky and the nights release their hold on frost, these bitty leaves will stretch and reach before branches sport small white blossoms and produce the sweetest of raspberries.

I am waiting - indoors with shoes, socks, fleece and hoodies. Has your newest season arrived on time?

 
 

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Poem for Big Tent Poetry

The prompt is to write a revision of an older poem.




Friday


stews of gas and glitter
spilling from its pinch
a long-tailed dipper
ladles down the double dark

Orion shoots a maze
straight from the sword
while Seven Sisters traverse
the telltale Friday sky

at the local saloon
full of clatter and glass
a seedy midlife male
hunts a weekend girl



 

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Senryu for Magpie Tales 64

Tess Kincaid of Willlow Manor offers an intriguing image for writers to mull and word. This week:

her strong arms
wrapping the future
retreat burns

 
 

Willow Image.

 

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P for ABC Wednesday

Photos, Programs, Paintings and Post-Processing

This tiny free program    http://sourceforge.net/projects/ascgen2/  produces a photo in text plus it permits a choice of font and letters. Experiments create a plethora of style and color with your favorite font. Some photos translate better than others and it's always fun to see what transpires.

It works very well with faces, but I thought I'd try this particular piece which is the text version of the watercolor painting header. I used the default parameters.

Isn't this a perfect touch of magic?

 

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