What is it about mermaids, anyway?Mythical murderers or sweet singing princessesis there a five year old girlsplashing in a summertime poolwho has not said, “Let’s pretend we’re mermaids.”Scales of iridescent greens and bluestwisting, turning in the Atlantic currentthe gentle manatee their grandparents?Whatever those sailors sawI believe.
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Simply 6 Minutes
I live in a white brick housemy neighbors, in a red brick housewe grow tomatoesSharon, cancerstreet after streetwhite brick, red brickblack shingles, gray shinglesthere is waterthe developer calls it a lakebut it is really just a puddle
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I guess I shouldn’t have eaten the salty hamOr maybe it’s my over inflated egoSure glad my pants have an elastic waistMaybe I should go to the gym to work outOr perhaps I need to exercise my heart Love to salty ham and egos and my business suitLove to sidewalks, highways and crowded elevatorsLove to […]
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And a song gathers her elements Earth, air and fire The back story somewhere in a country far away Sand before glass owning a secret No one cares to ask about Air only there to carry Moonlight and messages In a melody Fire turns into ashes and dance A link to participate: ttps://christinebialczak.com/2024/06/18/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challeng
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When we visited Taliesin (Wisconsin) there was a tray of seashells. The tour guide said that Frank Lloyd Wright advised his students to study all kinds of houses including the whorls and swirls of shells. Shelter, home, is in every environment and species. Wisconsin, the ocean and the desert are different, but shelter can be […]
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Beyond the strip mall with Target and Office Max Past suburban sprawl and exit 80 Fog lives In sidewalk cracks and street light glow Swirling about manhole covers and one way signs Benevolent and weightless as Forgotten midnight whispers Here is the link to the prompt: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/100129212/posts/5218032980
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At the librarya hand written sign readsfiction- 50¢ poetry- free I think “50¢ Fiction” sounds like a good title for a poem or short story, but I have not gotten that far with the idea yet.
Simply 6 Minutes for 3/5/24
I slept in a chair on the dock. I woke up wondering, where does our soul go? I wondered if mine had managed to wander without me. I drank two glasses of wine with dinner. Maybe I left her sitting on the toilet at three a.m. ‘Should you be down here?’ Brody’s voice came from […]
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What if the moon was always full and the mountainsides eternally green? Think of the thrushes and buntings their night migrations pulsing with light. Tides would be high, every sea bass and abalone distant kin to the satellites. While in my sleeping living room shines a fully lit harbinger to the new week ahead.
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