horns! Cee’s Black & White challenge is horns.

A coyote emerges from the brush and crosses our path in a blur, his powerful limbs plowing through the watery fields as he disappears as fast as he’s come. “He’s on a mission,” Ric laughs. I am sorry I missed the shot – hadn’t expected to see anything this early into our sojourn. Today, we […]

Why wither as fall,frost-fresh, rustlesprairie spirit? We climbto that beautifulbee-bright, wild songlisten, never lonely Rain on our walk,after, wet, makingwater an Eden. *** This week, instead of a challenge, I offered an invitation to join me over at magneticpoetry.com. To read other ‘found’ poems, visit the original post. I love how the words given reveal […]

A month of dating two different men was driving me crazy – not in my nature.   I gave myself a deadline.  Choose one or neither by September 1st.   I hadn’t heard from Ric in days, but my time with John was heating up.  Although younger than me, our wits and sense of humour […]

Art is an act of intentional attention. The poet invites the senses, observes the flow and twist of words, injects emotion, insight. The painter studies colours, the nuance of shadows, looks for focus and textures, creates a tone. The musician listens, attends to harmonies, gathers rhythms and composes. The photographer selects details, alters the lens, […]