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  • Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu

    The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: Gluttony* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: GLUTTONY ~ ~… Read more

  • Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu

    The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: Lust* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: LUST ~ ~… Read more

  • Death by Badassery

    Death by Badassery* *A collaboration with Manan, the talented poetess behind Manan Unleashed. Drop by her site and be dazzled by her wit, amazed at the beautiful images she creates and swept away by her heartfelt words. Come meet the bad girls of senryu… Death by Badassery No Angel here screams Smoky wings, pouty lips pressed… Read more

  • Moon’s Mountain

    Moon’s Mountain* *A collaboration with Carol from WritersDream9.Wordpress.com Carol is a skilled poet who excels at crafting haikus, haibuns and tankas that read like a Japanese master penned them. She also creates short fiction, longer poems and haigas of breath-stealing breadth and beauty. Come walk with us under the moon, up a mountain path into nature’s magic. Majestic… Read more

  • Some Kind of Monster

    We check for monsters. Under the bed, we saw eyes– our eyes reflected. Our monstrousness caught– visible in mirror shard– trapped under our skin. Hold your cross up dear, whisper prayers, “deliver us–” our evil’s within. Cross glows, burns our hands– drop it, spin as it falls down, lands on mirror shards. Seven years’ bad luck,… Read more

  • Curse Breaker | Consolation

    Curse Breaker | Consolation

    Curse Breaker | Consolation “You want to hear a story?” Sarn asked his son. Ran nodded, surprised at the offer. Usually Miren read him stories since Miren could read and Sarn couldn’t. So pleased was Ran by this offer that he didn’t see the trap it represented. He accepted his stuffed bear and snuggled as… Read more

  • Curse Breaker | Consolation

    Curse Breaker | Consolation

    Curse Breaker | Consolation “You want to hear a story?” Sarn asked his son. Ran nodded, surprised at the offer. Usually Miren read him stories since Miren could read and Sarn couldn’t. So pleased was Ran by this offer that he didn’t see the trap it represented. He accepted his stuffed bear and snuggled as… Read more

  • Hanging by a moment

    Hanging by a Moment ~ ~ ~ Hung by a moment– suspended from fleeting clouds– the ground anchors me. ~ ~ ~ My head’s in the clouds. Imagination’s strings lift– I float, par’dise found. ~ ~ ~ Reality pulls– against dreams’ strings, tugs me down– so gravity wins. ~ ~ ~ Hanging by moments– clouds drift… Read more

  • Beloved*: A Collaboration

    Beloved* A collaboration with Carol from WritersDream9.Wordpress.com Carol is a skilled poet who excels at crafting haikus, haibuns and tankas that read like a Japanese master penned them. She also creates short fiction, longer poems and haigas of breath-stealing breadth and beauty. She has set her sights on a form I know and love: the sonnet. Together she and… Read more

  • Listening Objects

    Listening Objects ~ ~ ~ Listening objects fill dreams of the present where words shine and transform. ~ ~ ~ They ease from flower to water to that other thing and are collected as sense. ~ ~ ~ Listening objects scattered on the ground have found sense made is sense lost. ~ ~ ~ So translations shift one… Read more