Early Purple Irises: A Poem and a Couple of Pictures
Comments below the poem. Early Purple Irises “Is it May? Is it May?” My early irises say. Their yellow beardlets blown White by icy...
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Michael Thomas Thoughts on Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, and Ramblings-It's All Here in...
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Apr 2, 20232 min read
A Newly Revised Poem and Pictures by Kellie
I don't know that I am prepared to call my friend Patrick Gillespie my "editor" yet--I don't know if he wants to be--, but we have been...
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Mar 25, 20232 min read
Some Ol' Timey Axentyouation
Prickly green gumballs! If you think it is hard to get a picture of one crow sitting anywhere, try getting three of them to sit still for...
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Mar 23, 20232 min read
What Luna and I Saw as We Walked in the Park
Today, I am in the midst of writing about nothing. I have no projects. I have no inspiration. I have nothing I feel like reviewing or...
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Mar 14, 20233 min read
What Dreams May Come (Part II)
To answer the question that will be obvious to fans of William Shakespeare, Yes! I often use words and phrases in lines from Hamlet for...
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Mar 11, 20233 min read
See What You Think: Three Poetic Versions of One Idea: A Morning Kiss
Okay, I am commenting again at the top, so my readers know there is something going on. There is! Today, we are going to look at three...
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Mar 4, 20233 min read
Poems of a Different Color and Flowers Because I Took the Pictures
My faithful, regular readers are going to wonder what I am doing writing a comment at the top of the page. Well, today, I am providing a...
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Feb 26, 20233 min read
The Moon Diver Again: Revised With a Little Help From a Friend
A month ago, on January 31, I posted a poem called The Moon Diver which I had been trying to complete since last summer. Well, fellow...
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Feb 23, 20232 min read
Tiny Purple Flower in the Fence at the Rodeo Arena
Comments are below the poem. Tiny Purple Flower in the Fence at the Rodeo Arena Kings and queens don expensive robes Of royal violet hue,...
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Feb 19, 20232 min read
First Flower of the Spring: A New Poem and Two Pictures
The comments will be below the second picture. Enjoy! First Flower of the Season First flower of the season, Fragile fay, You’re like a...
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
The Moon Diver: A Poem That I Started Last Summer and Just Finished
The Moon Diver Have you heard of the Moon Diver, A foul mischievous imp, Who puts lines on ladies’ faces And gives healthy fellows a...
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Jan 28, 20231 min read
A Dream Song: For Nature
A Dream Song (For Nature) Stark black limbs segment The blazing green eye Into fractured shards Of cool purple sky In lucid wet dreams...
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Jan 22, 20232 min read
A New Snapshot from an Old Poem: There Is No City
There Is No City Four days and there is no city, Only a dusty gravel road, Sagging green bushes, wilting flowers, And stifling sterile...
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
The Cave Opening
The Cave Opening Some say a mouth. I say a maw. You have no lips Nor jutting jaw. I feel your breath, But do you breathe, Or do the rocks...
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Jan 5, 20233 min read
We Once Felt a Fire
We Once Felt a Fire Will we kindle muted passion In a world of dampened sadness Or flicker in a tired fashion Into apathetic madness? Or...
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Jan 3, 20231 min read
Poor, Poor Hawk, Vicious Hawk
Poor, Poor Hawk Poor, poor hawk, vicious hawk, Tan terror of the sky, You look a sleeping, peaceful dove In brown leaves where you lie....
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Dec 31, 20222 min read
A Cardinal Poem with a Bit of an Edge
Singing a Note of Warning I see you perched and nestled tight Above the wispy powdered snow In one small beam of waning light Hid in a...
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Dec 21, 20222 min read
Fly Away, Cardinal Brothers: A New Poem and a Picture of the Two Gents
Fly Away, Cardinal Brothers How goes it there, my crimson friends? Your crests are spiked; your feathers fluffed. You’ve held that pose...
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Dec 19, 20223 min read
Something to Write About: A New "Flash" Poem
Something to Write About We went out walking yesterday, My dog and I alone. My wife declined to go with us For reasons of her own. I...
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Dec 11, 20222 min read
Two New Snapshots in Verse and Two Snapshots with My Smartphone
When this becomes regular to all of us, I will no longer need to write it, but my comments about the snippets of verse and the pictures...
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