Assassination Christmas
Bizzare. It’s Christmas. I just finished watching The Bourne Supremacy and made my mother some chicken soup, since she’s got what looks like a tooth abcess — swollen jaw and pain and on an antibiotic...
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Lililth in the Darkness East of Eden
If you’re familiar with Kalilily Time, then you know who Lilith is. The image above is from here, a treasure trove of Lilith images. Lililth was said to be banished by god into the darkness east of...
View ArticleSorting Socks
I have over three dozen pairs of socks. And that’s not counting the ones without mates. I can’t imagine how I ever accumulated such a stash, but it’s typical of my reluctance to get rid of stuff....
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Mag #211
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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spring waits
spring crouches in shadow, waiting to pounce, at a moment’s notice, as the last frost slinks, defeated, from the shameles sun
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when I was 20
I am looking through my pages of poetry, some written when I was in grade school, but I’ll spare you those. I wrote this when I had just turned twenty and was home from college during a part of the...
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Mag #213
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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Who is Jake Trussell and why…..
Why do I have him listed with Kerouac and Kafka in a poem that I wrote when I was twenty years old? Even the information about him in the last available copy of his chapbook that I just bought for $10...
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what a difference a Sharpie makes
Version 1 Sharpie version This is a piece of fabric I bought, thinking it would be fun to build a piece of wearable art around it. But then I noticed and hated the typical male-fantasy portrayal of...
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Mag #242
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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my Hallowe’en addiction
For as long as I can remember, I have dressed up for Hallowe’en. I start in September deciding on and building a costume. Last year I was a mad scientist. The year before, a Lady Bug. The year before...
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The Gypsy Coat Tale
I gave my writing circle the prompt “the coat was shabby.” And I gave them a challenge to use strong verbs and specific nouns. As I began to write my response to that prompt, I decided to put it...
View ArticleSorting Socks
I have over three dozen pairs of socks. And that’s not counting the ones without mates. I can’t imagine how I ever accumulated such a stash, but it’s typical of my reluctance to get rid of stuff....
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Mag #211
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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spring waits
spring crouches in shadow, waiting to pounce, at a moment’s notice, as the last frost slinks, defeated, from the shameles sun
View ArticleClik here to view.
when I was 20
I am looking through my pages of poetry, some written when I was in grade school, but I’ll spare you those. I wrote this when I had just turned twenty and was home from college during a part of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mag #213
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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Who is Jake Trussell and why…..
Why do I have him listed with Kerouac and Kafka in a poem that I wrote when I was twenty years old? Even the information about him in the last available copy of his chapbook that I just bought for $10...
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they tickle my brain to words
Corinne Geersten composes “images of wonder and quirk,” and my ol’ blogger buddy Betsy Devine knew that I would be interested in Corinne’s “Call to Poets.” I am absolutely intrigued by every one of her...
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