An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
One Woman's Quest II 
I love these! I am particularly drawn to the white duck. He is such a pure white accented with his orange beak, it’s as if he came directly from the pages of a children’s picture book.
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That’s what I think too. Hard to tell from the photo but it is actually a goose – like Mother Goose.
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Oh, OK!!
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Excellent pics!
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Thanks.
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Welcome! 😉
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Love the pics.
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Thanks Keith!
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Wonderful pics this week, V.J. The cockatoo on the right spoke to me. He said, “you lookin’ at me?”. Then the one on the left quietly spoke, “Really???” LOL! 🙂
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They were quite the characters. Thanks Lisa.
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I love these! They’re so adorable! Thanks for sharing V.J! 🙂
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Thank you!
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