some might say today
was a wasted day
no chores completed
no errands run
no phone calls returned
but listening to the cat
purr while I brush
her coat is
enough for me
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Author: Candace
I am a reader, a writer, and a snapper of photos
Blue Ribbon Bovine
not a hair out of place
soft, silky, luxurious
a rich chestnut brown
special “shower” stalls
special shampoo
pedicures and facials
pampered and prodded
cows
at a spa? at a fair
for a piece of shiny ribbon –
preferably blue
and the everyday folk
who come to ogle,
clothed in their best plaid
shirts and pressed denim jeans,
gnawing on turkey legs,
look raggedy
in comparison
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July PAD Travelog
calm – a Haiku
in the midst of storms
kitten sleeps without concern
calms a frightened soul
Longing
by George Tooker
I long to let my hair flow
free, caught by the breeze
cascading like a waterfall –
To feel the sun kiss my shoulders
while your lips kiss mine –
To dip my toes in the
consecrated water of the
constant ocean –
To kneel in reverence on
the sandy alter of its beach –
To leave this monochrome life
behind and shine like
shards of sea glass
But I am bound to my sisters
by time and tradition
I will not leave
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Time Squared
Time is suspended
Captured in a crystal ball
We hold our collective breaths –
Waiting
Anticipating
Hoping
The world counts the final seconds
Old is past
Unknown awaits our presence
Crowds cheering
Kissing
Hugging
Singing
Goodbye – Hello
Night People
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Everything has a beginning
formed from misty nowhere
gathering silence into speech
Runic people who found their
place beyond the known world
and dispatch counsel of hope
and peace – without words,
without talk – in the
middle of the night
And in the first light of
morning they retreat again
lingering only in my head,
my heart
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Sunday’s Whirligig word list – misty, world, talk, head, again, place, silence, beyond, people, nowhere, beginning, everything
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Toads photo prompt
Is It Raining
is it ever going to stop?
dai after day gray
clouds empty their cargo –
drip, drop, drip
showers, downpours, storms
tomato plants treading water
squash squished
ballfields flooded fit only
for a family of paddeling ducks
flop, flop of windshield wipers
accompanies the swish of tires
on wet pavement
an opus to sooth me to sleep
wide awake
in my dreams
predicted by arthritis
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for Stream of Conciousness Saturday – use the word is to begin your post
Fading Maple – Shadorma and Elfje
unfurled leaves
faded to yellow
no shelter
for vagrant
bird or wandering squirrel
maple slowly dies
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yellowed
maple leaves
curled and drying
no shade for birds
lifeless
Stone Secrets
You keep your secrets well
Circle of giant stones
Centuries of buried history
Held close, revealing little
Man has pursued you
Dug and scraped
Measured analyzed
Worshiped and cursed
Questioned and fantasized
Millenium chasing millennium
But only the sun and moon
Know for sure
Party Lights
Oh, brother
what a party!
music blasting from
a tower – dancing to
the strumming,humming
banjos, the fiddles’ music
bowing, growing, reaching
to the sky where stars
boogie until breathless and
slack planets seek
sanctuary behind the
shimmying moon
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