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Waka for Murasaki Shikibu
Since it is the start of Women's History Month I've attempted a waka (5,7,5,7,7) though I might have taken a bit of a liberty with the form.
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The Fox Hunt
This painting is by Wilmslow Homer (1893), fox frightening crows, crows frightening fox. I especially like that it's a coastal scene and the red berries, and the dark glower of crows.
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Looking at Klimt’s Frieze for Beethoven
First attempt at ekphrastic poetry.
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Pluto’s ode to Charon
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This is very lovely indeed.
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
This is very lovely indeed.
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I was going to say that it
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
I was going to say that it would be good to see the tattoo, but took it from the arm reference in the poem that it might be difficult, the soft arm twist part of the poem was really good too.
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I like the idea of sea walls
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
I like the idea of sea walls and shaping the tides connected to the moment, and the anxiety of who knows what the future will hold.
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This made my chest ache in
Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2020
This made my chest ache in recognition. The ache of sadness or guilt for me that I have felt before has something to do with the acceptance part of it, somehow, or acceptance because of a sense of the inescapable, don't know if that makes sense....
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I like this - wondering where
Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2020
I like this - wondering where the breeze has been, what it brings, I like how it encompasses a lot in few words.
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What a lovely thing and a
Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2020
What a lovely thing and a lovely poem about it. :)
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I like this. Poor tadpole.
Posted on Thu, 16 Jul 2020
I like this. Poor tadpole. One gulp and you're gone.
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Love the sipping of Western
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Love the sipping of Western civilisation and the crosshairs of the afternoon. Nicely written exchange before the bell.
Read full commentPosted in Work Lunchbreak Flash, Alfresco at The Colonial Cafe
Beautiful, Di. Lovely imagery
Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2020
Beautiful, Di. Lovely imagery and loved the ant punctuation and lovelorn grasshoppers too.
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Oh, it already does. Botres,
Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2020
Oh, it already does. Botres, son of Eumelus tastes some of a ram's brain that was intended as part of an offering to Apollo. Father is enraged, kills son, Apollo, merciful, brings him back to life, but as a bee eater. Just too minor a tale for...
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