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On waters travelled within (a poem)

2016/12/14

Inspired by the Pussy Riot video ‘Organs’, the Ruby Throat video ‘Barebaiting’, and a photo or two on Tumblr. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged blanket, blood, blood type, December 2016, drain, ekphrastic, flowers, location, poem, poetry, song, uncertainty, water, woman. Bookmark the permalink.

Blood tales (a poem)

2016/09/21

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a painting by Shiraga Kazuo, viewed online at http://natalielomeli.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged blood, ekphrastic poem, flush, numbers, poem, poetry, September 2016, smear, stain. Bookmark the permalink.

The dancer (a poem)

2016/09/01

Looks like September will be ekphrastic poem month. This poem was inspired by a painting by Lu De’an.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged basement, blood, dancer, ekphrastic, poem, poetry, scene, September 2016. Bookmark the permalink.

The dressing, removed (A poem)

2016/02/06

A small break from my series of epistles.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bandage, bleeding, blood, discharge, disintegration, February 2016, flaking, poem, poetry, scars, stain. Bookmark the permalink.

The dream is over (A poem)

2015/12/31

Contemplating things that have and have not changed…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged Beatles, blood, change, changes, childhood memory, constants, December 2015, distant dream, dream, endings, fantasy, future, hate, history, human, lists, memories, persistent, poem, poetry, Rolling Stones, trouble spots. Bookmark the permalink.

The incident (a poem)

2015/05/16

True story…
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This entry was posted in Writing and tagged blood, cat, chase, May 2015, poem, scratch. Bookmark the permalink.
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