Dectina Refrain: Tinged Living Lessons
Happy end of the year, everyone. Happy December.
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December 11, 2024
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WDYS Prompt 266 for December 9th
"Overinformed about everything But not for retention purposes Unless we can feel for another Will we attain a life of purpose" … And this will be the final frontier!
December 10, 2024
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Oh, Boy! Do I Have MORE Books to Recommend. Here Are A Few From My Supporters
To Catch A Poem by Ingrid Wilson.Photo by Selma Book Covers Screenshot by SelmaBrowse the Slideshow, please. And now I'll recycle Comptess Anna de Brémont's Poem. THE CHRISTMAS WREATH Oh!…
December 19, 2023
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Manifest Magic For Another, If Only For One Day
Kindness still matters, and even more so during the holidays.
December 15, 2023
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Masticadores USA Published My Christmas Sonnet: Hay? Surely Not Common Hay
Hello, lovely readers--It's comin' on Christmas... A warm thank you to Editor Barbara Harris Leonhard for giving my poema nesting place in her magazine on the World Wide Web. For…
December 10, 2023
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Thanksgiving: Time For Thanks and Giving–TankaTuesday Challenge, No. 9, 11/21/23
"When the gales of coming winteroutside your window howl,When the air is sharp and cheeryso it drives away your scowl,When one's appetite craves turkeyand will have no other fowl,It's Thanksgiving…
November 22, 2023
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Still, I Rise– A Badger Hexastitch #tankatuesday
I Rise, is an encouragement poem for you-- a reminder of the power you carry within. Happy Palentine's Day, Pen Pals... Lovely friends of mine/ your virtues are most divine/
February 15, 2023
You cannot see it, but within, there thrives a happy child. Photo by Selma
It’s A Feeling: A Child Resides Within Us All #ha’sonnet
You can no longer see it, but you can feel it-- the child within. I hope the feeling is of a good memory. Like Christmas perhaps? Please read these ha'sonnets, and perhaps write one too. For your inner child.
February 1, 2023
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A Holiday After The Holidays– #YDWordPrompt for January 21st
Japan celebrated its young with a national holiday. In my area, we had a pleasant halcyon day decorated by young ladies in silk kimonos and young men...
January 21, 2023
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Wakamizu: First Water
Pouring a glass of water on New Year's Day reflects me a buoyant star, bouncing in the water in my glass, and I write a tanka poem.
January 5, 2023
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Hearth Of Hearts: A Brief Introduction To Haiga
Do you know about Matsuo Basho? He was the greatest figure active in Japanese haikai. In crystallizing the newly popular haikai, he played a significant role in giving birth to modern haiku. Please read on.
January 3, 2023
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2023 Is Like First Snow– A Haiga
We haven’t seen this one before— this new day, this new year. How lucky for us to be here to welcome yet another year. 2023! As we stand at the start line, forward-looking, I want to wish you a Spectacularly Happy New Year.
January 1, 2023