Beauty from Holly – Motion in Poetry
There is a bird whose wings are the shades of a rainbow.
When he grieves sighs pervade the caves of broken dreams.
His sound is the laughter of children flowing like rippling rivers.
His tongue drips the honey of desert flowers and his eyes are an ocean of shimmering shores.
When he is thirsty he sips viscous dew from feathers painted in his colors.
When adventure calls we lift our wings and fly away.
Art by Timothy Parker
Okay, I’m way behind visiting blog pals! I dislike the reader, and prefer to visit your actual blogs. I need to try and catch up!
Charlotte Hoather’s Art Gown needs me to focus until I get a good start. After all, it will be the first Art Gown that I will be sending to someone to actually wear. She’s my fave soprano, and is the 1 person I know who actually needs gowns.
Drawings are done for the next Gowntoons instalment, on Art Gowns.
I need to work on the post, and AGM Holly’s input is critical. So, I need time for emails, critique and whatever else the 2 of us do.
Time – the most intoxicating perfume of all. With this time I’ll visit you from GLAM or from Art Gowns. I look forward to visiting!
When I return with my next GLAM post, I should be all cleared up….maybe.
Pics taken by Resa – August 2, 2022
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Unsigned, I think I know, but guessing is just guessing.
It doesn’t get more powerful. Words by Holly, and image by Marina equal a feast for the senses.
The brilliance of Holly’s poetic acumen is a match to the Oleander’s beauty.
Sun showers mist the window
pane in veiny tributaries that trickle
down with a warm touch.
Trajectories of icy trails run down
the mountains, an affirmation of
summer, pink buds of oleander.
Remain with me until birds
sing of our disparity, until
reality overshadows illusion
and dew drops blend with tears.
Then we will part.
River Ghosts by Merril D. Smith is on deck in my reading pile. Of course I read a book of poetry – 1 poem every morning with my coffee. I will be savouring her words. Meantime…
Carpe Diem
How is the sky blue
when the world is grey-shrouded,
where sunflowers drip with blood,
and parades are strewn-confetti-terror?
Today, the sun and clouds are a lemon meringue pie.
Celebrate with me. Make memories of bird-dawns and moon-songs,
wine-kisses and laughter. We’ll ignore tomorrow.
A poem for dVerse. I’m hosting Quadrille Monday. The prompt word is celebrate, as we’re celebrating the 11th anniversary of dVerse this week.
Congratulations to Teagan who has finished the 14 Journeys through her “Dead of Winter” serial. You may have already congratulated her, but if not head over to this post on her blog and do so.
Or if you have never been to her blog, go there and check out what it’s all about.
View the 14 sumptuous book covers she has designed for the 14 Journeys!
I’ve had the delight of reading the first three Journeys, 2 of her short books, and have followed several of her free serials. Teagan is an excellent +++ writer!
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Did you know it’s Tweety’s 80th birthday?
I don’t take many shots of cartoon street or alley art.
However, having followed your blog – John Howell for some time, and reading many “Stream of Consciousness Saturday” posts, I could not resist grabbing these 2 mini murals.
Yes, they are a Looney Tunes promo, complete with Q codes to go check out the festivities.
I have blurred them out, as I am not an advertiser.
Then I got to remembering capturing other Looney Tunes characters, that are pure alley and street art.
I managed to find some, but don’t let them into your yard!!!!
I’m going to love you and hug you and kiss you and call you George!
Hey, bet you thought you’d never see Porky Pig en Graffe?
Here’s the heartbreak, I did shoot a Wylie & Roadrunner around 2015, but I can’t find them. I never posted it. So, it’s somewhere on one of my 30 memory sticks, which Foghorn has so eloquently reminded me.
Oh, he wants to say a quick hi, to you. “Hi John! I’m not gonna talk forever. I know when to shut up! So I’m going to stop now. You don’t have to tell me twice. Hey check out my bling! The bat? I live in an alley, you know! But hey, let me stop yakking. Like my bandana? You don’t have to tell me 3 times!”
Pics taken by Resa – 2013 – 2022
Toronto, Canada
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