dogtrax

Blended, like the wood, the deer stood and watched us walk, then it disappeared

Bike tires, frozen and stuck in a glaze of ice; We're stationary

Wicking ink with fibers, like networks, the dispersion of tea leaves us breathless

for DS106

Jazz speaks the story;

think for a moment of music with new hope

This is Jazz

singing the song of life itself the musician creates meaning from sounds

of the Earth instrument

words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Berlin Jazz Festival, 1964 https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2019/01/martin-luther-king-at-the-berlin-jazz-fest-in-1964/

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Dart - daggers; a furtive flow; hidden corners where glimpses go; tiny secret spaces; inside voices, singing songs, deeply, down below

for MastoPrompt

The house, now quiet; the youngest son returning to Boston learning

for Algot

Adoration blooms, and I am the bee sent out to wander, my feet covered with the scent of travel, gathering stories to release upon my return

for MastoPrompt

Ceramic / wood water / stones - made complete with secret compartments

My narratives are subconscious figures; actors, enigmatic

while enveloped within layers of a world, within

For National Writing Project's Write Across America: Baltimore Found poem from artist statement of Richard Cleaver https://richardcleaverartist.com/gallery

Perhaps it's the face forming first, thumbprints and fingertips pressed against a softening surface where clay eyes closed reveal themselves, caught in a moment of thought and wonder, born to a thundering world, but forged in quiet

for NWP Write Across America: Baltimore inspired by the art of Paula Whaley https://www.yahoo.com/video/studio-artist-paula-whaley-144548517.html

Sit still, please, so we might borrow your dreams

the snap of a button on a tintype camera completes the scene

In this space, as past and present collide in memory,

the ferrotypist morphs metal into magic; a moment on a screen

for NWP Write Across America: Baltimore inspired by the work of Elena Volkova https://youtu.be/5tkhkrIDBTE?si=5FNiDINDpAwtSNBV&t=199