POEM: Dogged

This was composed for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge.  The featured line was the last one used in each stanza in this poem DOGGED Sometimes life seems more like December than May Some days the clouds just make everything gray. But as soon as the clouds move out of the way, every dog has […]

RECHARGING THE BATTERIES (with photo)

  RECHARGING THE BATTERIES by Barbara K A CPC COLLAB   Feeling so down when things don’t go as planned, sometimes it’s simply difficult to begin to understand the why’s and the wherefore’s of things that we do and why things go awry when we didn’t mean them to.   It’s hard to put on […]

SATURDAY SHARE: COME ONE, COME ALL!

  Please leave a heart if you like this blog!     This is the blog where folks who decided to “Get Lost in the Lines” come and post their “Collab” Poetry!!! Earlier in the week, a blog was posted inviting everyone to come and give “One-More-Line” to generate lines for this “Collab” Poetry.   […]

Classic Cartoons : UB Iwerks Cartoons 3

Classic Cartoons : UB Iwerks Cartoons 3 Ub Iwerks Cartoon – Marys Little Lamb Ub Iwerks cartoon – Comicolor – Simple Simon (1935) Ub Iwerks cartoon – Comicolor – Sinbad the Sailor (1935) Ub Iwerks cartoon – Comicolor – Ali Baba (1936) Ub Iwerks cartoon – Comicolor – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Ub Iwerks […]

Canto alla Vita Josh Groban (English Tranlation)

Dedicated to the one who, guilty or innocent Lost in this sea Has surrendered to the current And never wins Dedicated to the one who waits for a hope When faced with a sorrow In the cold of a room Dedicated to the one in search of his freedom I sing to life To its […]

TED TALKS 142

TED TALKS 142 Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn’t belong to a robot Manal al-Sharif: A Saudi woman who dared to drive Didier Sornette: How we can predict the next financial crisis Juliana Rotich: Meet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained […]

POEM: Thunderstorm Reactive

This was written for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Our theme this week is thunderstorms and the recommended format the Ghazal.

just push some buttons and bingo…

after two or three days without use of the laptop, the “roomie” sat down, pushed some buttons and fixed it…I didn’t miss Fakebook but I missed Friendburst…and my e-mail and Google…and youTube… getting excited/nervous about Saturday’s gig with the Hired Guns…I hope to come home with $50 bucks, if not more…the bad news is I […]

The Friday Fling Chases Thunderstorms With Ghazals!

  Friday Fling #238 for June 28th 2013 Where I live we’ve recently experienced a run of late afternoon/early evening thunderstorms. One each the past two nights with more predicted, the second cutting my grandson’s final baseball game of the season in half. So from this perspective it’s the perfect time to write about – […]

The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar : Week of Power

Imperial March The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar #60 : Power Power comes from within, and implements change without Prepare to change. Maintain the attitude of Innocence. Retreat for understanding. Cultivate Grace. Think things through. Do not give up Stick to it. Imagine Abundance. Exert Control. Work for Peace. Strive for the Breakthrough. Enjoy Success […]