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• From the Prose Poetry of Miss May Ziadeh, Chapter “Intimate Pages”

  I have an idea for the blog to share my own little lines of literary critique of May’s writings (besides my book review of her poetry book, Fleurs de Reve Flowers of a Dream, 1911), the kind of attentiveness she valued in her own reviews and critiques, ’tho would’ve rarely in her time and place […]

  07/25/2022 8:00 pm

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• “In the Deep, Unexpected Dark”

  May 18, 2022 In the Deep, Unexpected Dark —for May Ziadeh I cried my tears. I cried your tears on your behalf. I cried in the places where your tears melted and trickled towards mine. I felt your fears and my themes passing through me and on… I looked into your years, and wants, and […]

  07/04/2022 8:00 am

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• Tell Me About You

  There might have been a small overflow of posts from 10 yrs ago or more come up in your email from the blog this weekend from when I was updating my WordPress plan…These were posts mysteriously restored and not an avalanche of relevant news, my apologies. I wrote this About Me yesterday to share on […]

  06/20/2022 5:22 pm

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• Capricious by May Ziadeh

  A poem written by May Ziadeh under her pen-name I. Copia from her first book of poetry, Flowers of a Dream, Fleurs de Reve (1911), translated by me from the French into English. When I’d come upon this book of poetry of hers online by surprise last May, I’d decided to read just one poem before bed and […]

  06/09/2022 8:47 am

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• “Love Exists” by Amy Lee (Guy Sigsworth Remix) Began with Italian Lyrics

  Since I’d first heard Amy Lee (well-known as the lead singer of Evanescence), I always hoped she would someday do a solo album because I’d loved her voice and enjoyed it much more than the band’s music personally at the time, and then many years later I‘d found she had done a solo album with […]

  06/03/2022 8:42 am

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• On the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou

  

  On the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou A Rock, A River, A TreeHosts to species long since departed,Marked the mastodon,The dinosaur, who left dried tokensOf their sojourn hereOn our planet floor,Any broad alarm of their hastening doomIs lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, […]

  05/30/2022 1:58 pm

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• A Dream from This…

  

  I begin my dream I will hope to fall into, with the scent of the beach soothing me, surprising, such sweet suntan lotion warmed by the sun by my hands, in a book I’d found, softcover… and step into this photo I took tonight, the simplicity of night, white flowers, like jasmine flowers, the evening […]

  05/26/2022 8:33 pm

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• Not My Door, But I Got My Classic and My Bright Bookmark

  

  I finished reading Villette by Charlotte Bronte (1853) last night, felt I could remain within its mists even after the book ended, a ponderous read that I feel safe within… I took these photos on the spot yesterday early afternoon walking around after reading, was still in the middle of Villette. 📷 … Not My […]

  05/21/2022 8:30 am

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• These Hands…

  In the post, A Note Found and a Bookmark and A Great First Art Show, I’d found some surprise things inside books, like a handwritten paper, so I decided to make up my own writing prompt with an idea I’d had…Whether you try this imaginary exercise or another, these free writes can be plenty of […]

  05/20/2022 11:17 am

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• A Flowing Poem, Picked from an Anthology: “Upon Julia’s Clothes” by Robert Herrick

  A poem to enjoy from the second anthology I’d been reading through, The Norton Book of Light Verse edited by Russell Baker. UPON JULIA’S CLOTHES Whereas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, me thinks, how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes! Next, when I cast mine eyes and see The brave vibration each […]

  05/14/2022 6:47 am

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• A Missive

  I am sending you my smile…there was no envelope great enough. 💌

  05/05/2022 8:52 am

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• I. For Blossoming

  

  04/15/2022 1:43 pm

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• Many a Thing…(A Trip to the Antiques Shop)

  

  Tues. Apr. 12, 2022 photo from Tues., Apr. 5th—“Pants by Peeko 🐱,” a perfectly good hemming this time, Peeko helping on his own when I got the pants ready (just ‘loungewear’, shown in previous post.) He was proud of both the task and his own joke: sitting like this holding the pants in place and […]

  04/15/2022 8:56 am

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• Spa Time at Home and a Couple of Phrases to Mend

  

  Feb. 11, ’22, needs improvement 🙂 March 22, ’22 I have taken out my newly-written ghazal poem (on my laptop) ‘tho I’d first thought it might still be too hot to my touch but it wasn’t and was ready to read. Reading it aloud I can see it is almost complete, but just one line […]

  03/22/2022 7:57 pm

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• The Sun in My Cup, Draw What You See, A Morning of a Little Creativity

  

  There’s the sun in my cup of green-oolong tea…😊☕️This is a new one I’d tried and I am glad I remembered how much I love green-oolongs; this one’s called Ali Shan. I really like Ti Kuan Yin green-oolong and Golden Flower. I gave myself an assignment with my sketchbook—Pick something, place yourself somewhere (seated or […]

  03/14/2022 11:57 am

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• Happy Birthday, Edna St. Vincent Millay, 130 yrs!

  

  Here’s a poem Edna St. Vincent Millay (b. 1892) wrote…from her book Collected Poems called “To Elinor Wylie.” It’s a series poem containing sections (six), full of sonnet and one in the middle. I read it aloud in the morning fog today on Edna’s birthday Feb. 22, 130 yrs earth. This sky of rose was […]

  02/22/2022 12:15 pm

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• Evening Sky, Art of The Cat Shown to the Cat, Early Birthday Gift, A Sonnet Sent Off

  

  First, the sky: and then… …Home design day!…many small changes for peace and beauty… I found an artwork the animal🐱shelter had made spontaneously of Peeko with a donation to the shelter (and he was from that shelter too)…He didn’t know what to make of it at first—was like 😯 when I brought it out to […]

  02/18/2022 9:26 pm

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• The Sky Full of Blush with a Very Golden Moon

  

  We had a silent literary salon today—we looked at the sky: through the window, I noticed just how the two pines are entwined and that there are three different greens, one much like the very feathery white-green of winter, and we read📕O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. That’s the evening sky above, with sufficient blush, and […]

  02/15/2022 8:22 pm

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• Gifts…and Cravings

  

  …A Gift the Day After May’s Birthday I loved the very blushing sky this morning—thank you…😊💖 I wasn’t expecting such a gift…🥰😊 * Willa Cather Craving I was ready to choose a next book to read and suddenly I felt I needed to read Willa Cather, although I don’t know anything about the author personally, […]

  02/12/2022 6:48 pm

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• Last Night’s Dream of Thay

  

  Yesterday night, I found out my favorite meditation teacher, Thich “Thay” Nhat Hanh who was also an author and poet, had just passed away at age 95. I’d first found him 14 years ago and soon after I wished for a copy of his book Peace is Every Step, and read it fully. Last night […]

  01/22/2022 10:26 am

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• :)

  

  —Peeko —Jade

  01/08/2022 2:19 pm

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• Hear Edna St. Vincent Millay Read Her Own Poetry

  

  Edna St. Vincent Millay in her private library upstairs at Steepletop, c. 1935 I didn’t even realize I could do that, until now! It was so incredible to suddenly hear Edna St. Vincent Millay reading her words aloud, a poet I’ve read and written of often, and I don’t even remember how I got to […]

  12/29/2021 10:17 pm

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• “This Ring”

  

  While writing poems for my third book, I’ve found it refreshing to look through traditional forms to try to write and include them along with my free verse poems. The first of those forms I tried to write for this book is a ghazal and it’s fit well with that form originating in the Middle […]

  11/29/2021 12:17 pm

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• Meditative Moments

  

  No matter what, my fingers are always trying to grab the blog…so I place them in a mudra… And then I grab it.😊 * Earlier: It Vanished Quick; It Was Already With Me

  10/01/2021 1:41 pm

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• The Moon and Surprise Live Violin Music

  

  July 23, 2022: I heard a song that reminded me of this video and moment. I also heard that these are scams as they are not actually playing the music. I gave them my money; I would give it anyway. Why?—Because they played it for me and I loved it, I said. September 13, 2021: […]

  09/13/2021 1:23 pm

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