to play hide and seek! Are you ready?
Mixed media on canvas by CD-W
to play hide and seek! Are you ready?
Mixed media on canvas by CD-W
I’ll talk of my pearls,
my rubies and gems
of gowns made of lace
and gold finished hems
I’ll talk of my island
surrounded by glory
of exotic birds
my elite territory
Oh, and my face
it’s perfect with beauty
What’s that you say?
I’m sounding too snooty?
Okay then! Alright!
I’ll tell you the truth
there are a few flaws
in this “fountain of youth”
That trademark I have
I’ve kept it well hidden
I shouldn’t be bragging
and boasting’s forbidden
I’m really a writer
which means I’m a mess
my hair I just tussle
my clothes, I confess …
… are simple like leggings
my t-shirts un-white
appearance means nothing
what does, is to write.
Okay,! Right now
I’ll stop pecking the keys
Oh, crap. One more thought
(Damn writer’s disease)

photo is from a great article entitled “The Seven Habits of Highly Neurotic Authors”
daily post prompt: Trademark
I just had a birthday
but they say it’s been a year
so I am here
standing strong
a thumbs up and a cheer.
Fifteen years ago, I wrote an entry in my journal about turning 45. Soon afterward, I copied the pages and turned it into a piece of art. I painted a journal (the image is flat) then made it three-dimensional by coating a separate piece of card stock with gesso. I glued it so it would protrude from the canvas.

In the original journal, I wrote how, inside, I was the same person who played guitar at sunsets, had intimate conversations with perfect strangers, and questioned everything about life.
Today, I have more answers. But I will always question.
What I positively know to be true is this–a line from a song:
I have seen His/Her face many times.
And for that, I am forever grateful.
And, as my 28 year-old son once said at the age of two,
And he said this when no music was playing. A lesson to live by.
Are they trying to make it sound (no pun intended) like cacophony is a bad thing?
Here’s an example of cacophony: “To be, or not to be- that is the question” (Written by Shakespeare and he turned out pretty good)
So, I guess “cacophony’s” not so bad.

(painting by me)
daily word prompt: Cacophony

I would loathe to be a waterfall
shed constant tears or’r worries wall
A heart of sadness would entail
a final curtain call

But I’d sit on top a streaming run
in early morn ‘fore day’s begun
to feel the soothing water flow
awaiting for the sun

Each day that passes I’d proudly stand
to watch the torrent, water fanned
and listen as it plays the tune
of nature’s gift well planned

But to live beneath the fountain’s pour
unbroken moments of encore
inhale the mist of motioned life
I’d want for nothing more
photo 1: credit by Jim Warren Art
photo 2: credit
photo 3: painted by self (after another artist who’s painting I unfortunately can’t locate to give due credit)
photo 4: credit
I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, probing, eyes – I wonder if It weighs like Mine – Or has an Easier size. I wonder if They bore it long – Or did it just begin – I could not tell the Date of Mine – It feels so old a pain – I wonder if it hurts to live – And if They have to try – And whether – could They choose between – It would not be – to die – I note that Some – gone patient long – At length, renew their smile – An imitation of a Light That has so little Oil – I wonder if when Years have piled – Some Thousands – on the Harm – That hurt them early – such a lapse Could give them any Balm – Or would they go on aching still Through Centuries of Nerve – Enlightened to a larger Pain – In Contrast with the Love – The Grieved – are many – I am told – There is the various Cause – Death – is but one – and comes but once – And only nails the eyes – There’s Grief of Want – and grief of Cold – A sort they call “Despair” – There’s Banishment from native Eyes – In sight of Native Air – And though I may not guess the kind – Correctly – yet to me A piercing Comfort it affords In passing Calvary – To note the fashions – of the Cross – And how they’re mostly worn – Still fascinated to presume That Some – are like my own –

photo credit of Emily Dickinson, my FAVORITE poet.
Daily Word Prompt: Enlighten
I like my mad
it suits me just fine
Don’t try to take it, or break it
it’s mine.
I’m Tarzan on a swing
Foreman in the ring
my ire shoots out
like a natural spring
I like my mad
it keeps me sane
Don’t try to grab it, can’t have it
That plain?
I’m the big Head Cheese
master of the seas
call me Poseidon, Zeus
or Hercules
I like my mad
it’s something to do
not bored, this chord
strikes a charge or two
I’m a fine deal breaker
head dough maker
truth be told,
an emotion faker
I like my mad
what’s wrong with a vent?
Just bent not knowing
where everyone went.

photo credit
In retrospect
if you inspect
my spectacles
I expect you
to be respectful
and circumspect
since my perspective
is spectacular
on any spectrum

daily word prompt: Expect
A meager end of one’s desires
Helpless, falls within the fires
Softly heard the silent pleas
For targets reached with greater ease.
Bemoan the loss of relinquished goals
That lay defeated upon the coals
As sparks take flight and seconds clash
They cruelly wither and turn to ash.
Rising yet above the flame
Release of who or what to blame
To plant again a seed accrued
From hopes of life and dreams renewed.

(My poetry made into a painting)
Daily Prompt: Release
Small town Mississippi
visitin’ a friend
stayin’ in a shotgun house
tilted on one end
Main Street short
railroad long
light’nin’ bugs flicker
with their own torch song
Blues man playin’
me ‘an cook staff laughin’
holding’ our bellies
at this white girl dancin’
White girl dancin’
White folk glarin’
Happy don’t care
jus’ keep on starin’
“Mississippi’n Me”