Sunday, October 23, 2016
DAY 23 - THE LAKE NEAR ME
The lake shimmers autumnal blue;
a piper stalks near the shore,
his doppelganger reflecting
his perfect self
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Day 23,
October Golden Gems
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Saturday, October 15, 2016
OCTOBER 15.16 DOE-EYED AND INTENSE
DOE-EYED AND INTENSE
Graceful and
awkward both,
these tallest
of all the
jungle's
denizens
Have many
contrary
characteristics -
they're so tall,
they practically
have to do
the splits
to get low
enough to drink
But those
long legs also
make it possible
for them to run
as fast as 35 mph
for short sprints,
and lope at 10 mph
for a long way.
Their remarkable
long-lashed big
eyes are not just
beautiful, but allow
them to see the
furthest of any
animal on earth
This one shared
a long gaze with
me at the Philly
Zoo in August.
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Day 15,
DOE-EYED AND INTENSE,
October Golden Gems
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Monday, October 10, 2016
OCT.10.16 - LUNA LURKS
LUNA LURKS
It's only Fall but the clouds are
pregnant with snow, and the air
smells Arctic-cold
But Luna is harvest-tinged, a pale
gold as she peeks from behind
the laciness of tree branches
No matter the season, she keeps
her secrets to herself.
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Day 10,
LUNA LURKS.,
OCTOBER'S GOLDEN GEMS
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sunday, October 9, 2016
OCT.9.16 - HARVEST SKIES
Oct.9.2016
HARVEST SKIES
Striations from peach
to pumpkin
fill the sky
smearing the horizon
with colours to reap
This time of year
is rich with bounty
and we are blessed
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Day 9,
HARVEST SKIES,
October Golden Gems
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Saturday, October 8, 2016
OCT.8.16 - MY OFFICE
Yes, it's every bit as messy as it
appears; and I wouldn't have it
otherwise
My mind seems to need the clutter
to spark any type of creativity
- so I let it be.
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DAY 8,
MY OFFICE,
October Golden Gems
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
OCT. 7.16 - GEESE FORMING
It's late for these stragglers
but I hear them honking
wildly overhead
These last few geese who
don't seem to know how
to fly in formation spend
day after day
Landing and taking off
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DAY 7,
GEESE FORMING,
OCTOBER GOLDEN GEM
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
OCT.6.16 - LIGHT THROUGH THE LEAVES
Underfoot, a carpet
of dry leaves
crackles as we walk
uphill towards
the brilliance
slanting through
the canopy overhead.
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DAY 6,
LIGHT THROUGH THE LEAVES,
October Golden Gems
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
October 5.16 CLOUD BURST
At end of day,
from behind the fir
the last blush of sun
fades slightly
around a slate cloud
A cloud fair bursting
with rain, just waiting
to pour over the land
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CLOUD BURST,
DAY 5.16,
OCTOBER GEM
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
OCTOBER 4.16 THE BEAN
In hopes of getting caught up ...
Oct.4.2016
THE BEAN*
Last year at this time
we were right here
and I took photos
of this piece
of magnificence.
It has another name
But Chicagoans call
it simply, "the bean".
*Cloud Gate
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DAY 4.16,
OCTOBER GEMS,
THE BEAN
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Monday, October 3, 2016
OCTOBER 4.2016 - FOUNTAIN PENS
I write
all the time; I am, I can say
a writer, mostly a poet
And my favourite writing
instrument is a fountain pen
To find a place that honours
these pens in such a way?
Bliss.
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Fountain Pens,
October Gems 4
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Oct. 2.16 I LOVE NYC BUT, CHI-TOWN HAS ITS OWN CHARM
Yeah, I've always been in love
with the Big Apple, I confess
But I'd ever been to Chicago
and had no idea how awestruck
I would become over
that spectacular place
What a skyline - and the rivers!
The art, the places to eat, oh my
We even saw the Cubs at Wrigley
Field in the playoffs ... cool
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Oct.2.16.,
October Golden Gems
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
OCTOBER 1.2016 - GOOSE STEPPING SADLY
They're said to be monogamous
you know - Canada Geese
So to see this lone guy wandering
the paved area surrounding
the reflecting pool outside
City Hall; it's heart-breaking
He looks lost, or maybe he
has lost - his mate.
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Saturday, September 24, 2016
SEPTEMBER PEBBLES DAY 20
GULLED
Sand so hot that day
it was unbearable
to walk on
Gulls, so graceful
in the sky - ungainly
on the ground; this
poor guy seemed
planted, unwilling
to move, to soar
Sand so hot that day
it was unbearable
to walk on
Gulls, so graceful
in the sky - ungainly
on the ground; this
poor guy seemed
planted, unwilling
to move, to soar
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Gulled,
September Pebbles Day 20
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
SEPTEMBER PEBBLES DAY 19
PERE LA CHAISE 2014
Riffling through vacation
photos, she finds a shot
of one of the sweetest
white scottie-dogs
He's standing on the grave
of someone she knows not
In a famous cemetery
in a famous city, in France.
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Per La Chais,
September Pebbles Day 19
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Monday, September 19, 2016
SEPTEMBER PEBBLES
DAY 18
CLASPED
In the hotel lobby,
an abstract art-piece
catches the eye
More because
of the Swarovski
crystals encrusting great
swaths of it than
any artistic merit
One has to step back
from the desk to realize
Hands clasped, let liquid
sparkles spill freely.
CLASPED
In the hotel lobby,
an abstract art-piece
catches the eye
More because
of the Swarovski
crystals encrusting great
swaths of it than
any artistic merit
One has to step back
from the desk to realize
Hands clasped, let liquid
sparkles spill freely.
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Sunday Pebbles Day 18 - Clasped
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sunday, September 18, 2016
SEPTEMBER PEBBLES
DAY 17
It's just a cup of coffee
a cappucino, alright
not just a cup of coffee
But, still - ordinary enough
you can order one almost
anywhere these days
Still, to have artworked
swirled into the surface
I hope that never becomes
old hat
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Day 17,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Friday, September 16, 2016
SEPTEMBER 16
Day 16
PINK POPPY
Walking the Highline in NYC
a metropolis to be sure -
It's up where the birds perch,
and one can see far out to the
East river
I'm startled by a perfect
pink poppy
PINK POPPY
Walking the Highline in NYC
a metropolis to be sure -
It's up where the birds perch,
and one can see far out to the
East river
I'm startled by a perfect
pink poppy
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Day 16,
Pink Poppy,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Thursday, September 15, 2016
SEPTEMBER 15
DAY 15
LUCY PAINTS
At the airport, abstract art
draws the eye . Perhaps
surprisingly, the oils are
works by the city's
elephant.
LUCY PAINTS
At the airport, abstract art
draws the eye . Perhaps
surprisingly, the oils are
works by the city's
elephant.
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Day 15,
Lucy Paints,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
SEPTEMBER PEBBLES
DAY 14
REFLECTIONS
Sometimes if you just concentrate
on skylines or architecture,
you might miss some subtler beauty
You know how the moon is really
only present as a reflection of the sun?
Some exquisiteness is merely mirrored
within the glass of others - don't forget
to look.
REFLECTIONS
Sometimes if you just concentrate
on skylines or architecture,
you might miss some subtler beauty
You know how the moon is really
only present as a reflection of the sun?
Some exquisiteness is merely mirrored
within the glass of others - don't forget
to look.
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DAY 14,
REFLECTIONS,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
SEPTEMBER 13
ON RENTING A CAR
One thing that amused me about this rental:
it sported a license plate from Texas
and we're from Alberta - in Canada,
because of our oil resources, we're sometimes
referred to as "Texas north" . we got a bit
of a come-uppance when we parked in
Hudson, NY, though. The car in front of us?
A cool, sleek, black Maserati
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DAY 13,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
SEPTEMBER 12
SKETCHY GUY
In a famous NYC art gallery
filled with famous works of art,
hangs one oddly primitive
sketched wiry outline
with little explanation
and even less to say the why
and how of it.
I really love it.
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September Pebbles Day 12,
Sketchy Guy
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sunday, September 11, 2016
SEPTEMBER PEBBLES DAY ELEVEN
ON 9/11
It bears noting, I was just
at Ground Zero, at the memorial
museum there; how hard to
believe fifteen years have passed.
Nearby, a cellist dressed so fine
played -- I think Bach -- busking.
I remember a youngster watching
- the glow on his face, he was rapt.
It bears noting, I was just
at Ground Zero, at the memorial
museum there; how hard to
believe fifteen years have passed.
Nearby, a cellist dressed so fine
played -- I think Bach -- busking.
I remember a youngster watching
- the glow on his face, he was rapt.
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Day 11,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
SEPTEMBER 10,2016 A WATERLILY AND AN ANT
Exquisite mauve-petalled water lily
floats on a pond high in the sky
Caught within, travelling blithely unaware
one brown-black ant.
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Day 10,
September Pebbles
Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Friday, September 9, 2016
SEPT.9.16 WITHIN BOSTON COMMON
Within Boston Common, there is an ancient cemetery
This stone, sadly beaten and smashed
Tells the tale of a life cut devastatingly short
Its fate - the stone's - left to leave readers wondering
at the name
Saturday, August 27, 2016
DAY NINE - SPECIAL PLACES
NEW YORK CITY
It has always been thus, a big-hearted city
that has treated me kindly, never harsh, nor rude
Has granted me solace when I've needed some
Let me sleep overnight once in Penn station
As long as I've been coming here, she's been
my safe haven, the one place I feel really fine
It has always been thus, a big-hearted city
that has treated me kindly, never harsh, nor rude
Has granted me solace when I've needed some
Let me sleep overnight once in Penn station
As long as I've been coming here, she's been
my safe haven, the one place I feel really fine
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Awake August,
Day 9
Location:
New York, NY, USA
DAY EIGHT - THINGS OFT OVERLOOKED
Flipping through your baby album
I dwelt on your sweet face as always
But was taken aback by a couple
of pages where I'd shot nothing
but pics of your chubby feet; I hadn't
remembered doing it nor how cute
they were - how easily we forget
thingslike feet, toes - dimpled ankles.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
DAY SEVEN: SEVENTY PERCENT CHANCE OF PERCIPITATION
DAY SEVEN - 70% CHANCE OF PERCIPITATION
The gloomy sky agrees with the weather forecaster;
grey banks of clouds glower at the city.
I open my umbrella to make sure it still works,
and am surprised at how lovely it is.
How is it I've never noticed the royal crests
decorating this practical tool? Purple, pink and gold -
did this used to belong to Prince? Oh, I wish.
I especially like the gilded ropes that link the crests to each other.
The gloomy sky agrees with the weather forecaster;
grey banks of clouds glower at the city.
I open my umbrella to make sure it still works,
and am surprised at how lovely it is.
How is it I've never noticed the royal crests
decorating this practical tool? Purple, pink and gold -
did this used to belong to Prince? Oh, I wish.
I especially like the gilded ropes that link the crests to each other.
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Awake August Day 7,
Mindful Writing
Location:
Edmonton, AB T5C 3L3, Canada
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
DAY FIVE: NO PHOTO BUT DESCRIPTION, YES
At least I didn't step in it this time
With very little sense of smell,
(a bonus sometimes, but not always)
I have, more than once, stepped
in dog poo - and if one of our dogs
poops inside, it's usually because
they're ill - so the poop is diarrhea
First there's disbelief as a cold
pudding-like substance closes
around my foot; then the sure
knowledge as I flick a light on
in the pre-dawn dimness, and even
my poor sense of smell allows me
to get a whiff of the truly disgusting
ill-dog crap, usually pea-green.
With very little sense of smell,
(a bonus sometimes, but not always)
I have, more than once, stepped
in dog poo - and if one of our dogs
poops inside, it's usually because
they're ill - so the poop is diarrhea
First there's disbelief as a cold
pudding-like substance closes
around my foot; then the sure
knowledge as I flick a light on
in the pre-dawn dimness, and even
my poor sense of smell allows me
to get a whiff of the truly disgusting
ill-dog crap, usually pea-green.
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Awake August 5,
Mindful 2016
Location:
Edmonton, AB T5C 3L3, Canada
DAY FOUR: FLEETINGLY SEEN
FLEETINGLY SEEN
In a sea of shades of green:
emerald, jade, moss -
it is surprising how easily
they are able to camouflage
themselves.
But, buff-coloured bodies,
tails as white as milk,
large ears outlined
as if with charcoal-
somehow are here and gone,
in a twitch.
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Awake August 3,
Mindful Writing 2016
DAY THREE: UNEXPECTED IN A PARKADE
UNEXPECTED IN A PARKADE
It is silent and cool in the parkade
when I go to pull out of my spot,
I see the outline of a bird sitting
on a wire outside the structure
I take a photo through my window.
Some trick of optics makes the
crow appear enormous when I upload
the photo to my computer.
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Awake August,
Mindful Writing 2016
Location:
Edmonton, AB T5C 3L3, Canada
I WILL BE GETTING CAUGHT UP ... BUT STARTING TODAY AUGUST 10th
WORRYING ABOUT THE WRONG THINGS
Sipping iced water, my neighbour and I relax into afternoon on our deck. All I see is the rotting boards, the nails popping out, or missing. She tells me how much she loves our pots of flowers - wonders how we get them to bloom like this.
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Awake August,
Mindful Writing 2016
Location:
Edmonton, AB T5C 3L3, Canada
Thursday, July 28, 2016
COMING IN AUGUST - A MONTH OF MINDFUL WRITING
I haven't done this for awhile but am looking forward to it immensely. Outside my family room window,the sky is being shattered by sheet lightning - ferocious amounts that rend the heavens, accompanied by cacophonies of thunder and rain pouring down so hard, it's difficult to discern which is thunder and which is water hammering the roof.
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