Month: January 2024
24 Seasons of Syllabic Poetry No.17 Part III: Early Cold

waiting to spring forthgrowth hides from the naked eyepain of winter coldfaced in expectant stillnesstime itself seems slowa sense of space to be filledhonouring the pastwith purity of new birthinto an evolving worldinvisible firstsswelling sighted in secondripe fullness in thirdpain of loss and birth of newas life forever moves onA chōka and tanka as the […]
24 Seasons of Syllabic Poetry No.17 Part III: Early Cold
#JusJoJan24 – calendar ~ 1/30/24

Linda picked the word calendar on this our 2nd to last day of the joy that is #JusJoJan24! I don’t wanna put the cart before the horse, but it looks like we made it… Left each other on the way… Earworm alert… She writes & I copy paste: Your prompt for JusJoJan January 30th, 2024 […]
#JusJoJan24 – calendar ~ 1/30/24
Anh lại gần, em nhé

A poem by E. E. CummingsTranslator: Trần Trí TuệPhotography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Anh lại gần, em nhé (Em sẽ thét, đấy anh Chỉ một lần, được không) Vui ghê anh nhỉ Anh vuốt nhe em Vuốt lâu không anh Lâu thật lâu em tôi Cứ tuỳ tiện, anh ơi (Anh bắt đầu, em nhé […]
Anh lại gần, em nhé
Random Haiku🔷💙 Theme No. 95

Birds singing…
Random Haiku🔷💙 Theme No. 95
One Of The Boys

Inspired by What do you see #223 playful and joyoussecond only due to birthhis name is uncle
One Of The Boys
The Language of Love – 30 days of Poetry excerpts

When I think of love I think of hearts being colored in red or children being told stories before they go to bed When I think of love I think of pastures filled with butterflies or teachers teaching children how to make tie-dye When I think of love I think of how excited my grandma […]
The Language of Love – 30 days of Poetry excerpts
Growing Heirloom Cucumbers | How to Choose Cucumber Seeds for your Vegetable Garden

With well over 100 different varieties of cucumbers around the world, there are plenty of choices for the home gardener to choose from. Cucumbers are often pickled or eaten fresh, and the varieties offered today cater to these practices in the kitchen, with cucumbers that were bred to do well in pickling, have good taste […]
Growing Heirloom Cucumbers | How to Choose Cucumber Seeds for your Vegetable Garden
“Is this real?”*
(January 29, 2024)
A mistake posting
I will rack brain-housing-group
To make this all “real”*
*(Early pre-dawn fumbling, I keyboard existential “Is This All Real?” and wrack my “wreaked” brain to try to erase. But, wait: another option…)