Some say mandalas are the footprints left by ancient astronauts flying Vimanas. To see the base of a Vimana overhead it appears to be a flying saucer, yet from the side it is like a flying pyramid.   We’ve learned in recent years that sand…

Monsters lurk behind the door. What lives beyond it? Am I safe?

HOUR 12 (my own prompt – more of a wrap up really) Reflections From An Old Poet   Rhyming came easy to me Words flowed, descriptions vividly told many tales My first poem was in Kimmy K’s autograph book. (she had to tell me what…

Hello there! Bet you never thought you would hear from or see me again. So sorry to disappoint I’ve had a lot of time to think about you in the years since we last spoke not all of it bad, yet, not all of it…

     Because of your aphasia, I read your mind and speak for you. I’ve become your daddy I am now your husband  and your daddy:   Adjusting the shower  As it fluctuates  From too cold to too hot,   Wrapping your skinny body In…

You stand at the window, whipped cream hot coffee satisfies breakfast. Morning light beckons thought. Across the flowered meadow, aspens quake, shiver in morning breezes.   Ready to bolt, deer pause in shadows, hesitate, sniff for danger, wander and taste wild strawberry, seeds, wild lettuce….

Older and Wiser Closet. Buffet. Vault. Wardrobe. Repository. Sideboard. Ambry. Bin. Locker. No matter what you call it, I don’t use it. I don’t hang up my clothes. My whole life I’ve been a piler. No matter what my mother said or did, I made…

Once upon a time, my dear, People didn’t have TVs or video games (pause for gasps). What did they do of an evening? Read? Talk? Yes, a little of both but after 1935 People who had a radio listened to Fibber Mcgee. What is listening,…

What does it mean to “come out of the closet”? Coming out is about being ready, able, and unafraid. To be who you truly are. Who you have always been. To tell people, “This is me.” “Take it or leave it.” Hoping those you love…

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