—Poetry by Sarah Mahina Calvello,
San Francisco, CA
—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Medusa
Crumbling flower steps
Outing to Sutro baths
Foggy ocean tide
~ ~ ~
Rose gold sunset
Lights the barren skin lovely
Echos of what was
~ ~ ~
Around in circles,
Just going through the motions
Making lemonade
Outing to Sutro baths
Foggy ocean tide
~ ~ ~
Rose gold sunset
Lights the barren skin lovely
Echos of what was
~ ~ ~
Around in circles,
Just going through the motions
Making lemonade
Fragmented blue bowl
Reminds me to be connected
In the chaos life
~ ~ ~
Throwing cracker crumbs
Out the window for the birds
The nighttime buffet
~ ~ ~
The existing change
Mustn’t force things too quickly
Flowers bloom and fade
Reminds me to be connected
In the chaos life
~ ~ ~
Throwing cracker crumbs
Out the window for the birds
The nighttime buffet
~ ~ ~
The existing change
Mustn’t force things too quickly
Flowers bloom and fade
Pink sunset lamppost
The distance of wondering
Passing time and clocks
~ ~ ~
Still garden violets
Steady sanctuary site
Dark purple angels
~ ~ ~
Deep pink and blushing
Carefree wondering rose winds
Under red skies
~ ~ ~
These echo of thoughts
The labyrinth of solitude
Calla lily moon
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Today’s LittleNip:
When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
The distance of wondering
Passing time and clocks
~ ~ ~
Still garden violets
Steady sanctuary site
Dark purple angels
~ ~ ~
Deep pink and blushing
Carefree wondering rose winds
Under red skies
~ ~ ~
These echo of thoughts
The labyrinth of solitude
Calla lily moon
___________________
Today’s LittleNip:
When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
―Matsuo Bashō
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—Medusa, with thanks to Sarah Mahina Calvello for today’s fine poetry! Be sure to check in next Saturday for more of Sarah’s poetry.
. . . still garden violets . . .
A reminder that
RCAF in Mictlán: Community Day
takes place in Sacramento today,
11am-4:30pm; and
Sacramento Poetry Center
presents a 100K Poets for Change
fundraiser tonight, 6pm.
For info about these and other
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
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Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
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RCAF in Mictlán: Community Day
takes place in Sacramento today,
11am-4:30pm; and
Sacramento Poetry Center
presents a 100K Poets for Change
fundraiser tonight, 6pm.
For info about these and other
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Poets’ bios appear on their first MK visit.
To find previous posts, type the name
of the poet (or poem) into the little
beige box at the top left-hand side
of this column. See also
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom
of the blue column on the right
side of this column to find
any date you want.
Miss a post?
You can find our most recent ones by
scrolling down under this daily one.
Or there's an "Older Posts" button
at the bottom of this column.
(Please excuse typos in older posts!
Blogspot has been through a lot of
incarnations in 20 years!)
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
at the Placating the Gorgon link;
send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
