Bantams in Pine-Woods

Bantams in Pine-Woods Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftan Of tan with henna hackles, halt! Damned universal cock, as if the sun Was blackamoor to bear your blazing tail. Fat!  Fat!  Fat!  Fat!  I am the personal. Your world is you.  I am my world. You ten-foot poet among inchlings. Fat! Begone! An inchling bristles...

The Pasture

The Pasture I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I shan't be gone long. You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother. It's so young, It totters when she...

Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge #77

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #77 Year&New https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-76-yearnew/ Days are fresh and new, Why is New Year's Day special? Each day is special! Starting a New Year is like a new beginning, Years are fresh and new. D.B. Mauldin Join me at: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorD.B.Mauldin/

Paying Attention

Paying Attention Coming home to visit my parents' graves, I enter the house where I was born. My mother sits at a table, sewing, her eyes a deepening blue. My father comes in from the fields. Until now I have never known that intent young man, that slender woman who lean toward each other and...

Makari’s Mission Chapter 10 Sneak Peek

Makari's Mission Chapter 10 Sneak Peek https://www.patreon.com/posts/makaris-mission-3947942?login=mauldinfamily1%40yahoo.com I had no idea what had happened to me, but once I had time to sit and consider I realized it was either the delohi-saqu had unleashed her powers on me or some sort of defense Kado set up. Anyone who made eye contact with Auren with the...

Rare Full Moon on Christmas

Here’s good news to all who love a holiday delight. Santa Claus will have a rare treat to guide his sleigh with this year – bright light powered by a rare full moon on Christmas Day. It will be the first full moon on Christmas Day since 1977. The Moon will be entirely illuminated by...

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Sonnet 8

Sonnet 8 Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy: Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly, Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy? If the true concord of well-tuned sounds, By unions married, do offend thine ear, They do but sweetly chide thee,...

T’was the Night Before Christmas (Rendition)

T'was the Night Before Christmas (Rendition) My wonderful husband, who is family oriented, loves to surprise us ever now and then. He has a very creative mind. This week he surprised us with his rendition of 'T'was the Night Before Christmas'. I thought it was so good and I wanted to share it with you....

Filed: Misc.

Filed Misc. The contents of a hanging file folder spill out like an overturned glass of wine A pack of Sow and Grow seeds, 300 mg that sound like a maraca when you shake it A receipt for a Paul Klee poster, Blossoms in the Night, $27.07 including tax procured from the San Francisco Museum...