—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of
Julie Dickson
SNAKES
Her braided hair
snakes entwined
I’ve seen her before
tattooed on many
Do they choose her
to fend off suitors,
love-immune, that
closed-off heart?
Stay away you,
lest I turn you to stone
and soon you’ll be cold
as my wounded heart
hand extended
a warning to any
Her braided hair
snakes entwined
I’ve seen her before
tattooed on many
Do they choose her
to fend off suitors,
love-immune, that
closed-off heart?
Stay away you,
lest I turn you to stone
and soon you’ll be cold
as my wounded heart
hand extended
a warning to any
brave to come near,
yet it is I who fear you.
yet it is I who fear you.
Does a babe
swaddled tight
in a burnt-out house
lie in wait
for its mother
to rouse from sleep
not knowing
death
has torn through
their village
her cries
too weak to be heard
over gunfire
mortar blasts
like the one that destroyed
the roof
moonlit sky
illuminates mother’s still face
she cries
eyes closed shut
against bursts of light,
acrid smoke
exhausted
she sleeps near the corpse
that will never wake
CIRCLES
Sun eclipses pasture,
dark shadows the field,
covers livestock grazing;
none stop to gaze up.
Arial view, celestial crop
circles mingle, crisscrossed
lines delineate cart paths,
plow marks like scratches.
Rows of bright yellow,
whether tulips or daffodils,
loaded wagons to market
run between cow corn carts
headed to silo conveyor—
wheat sways, gentle rustle
symphony of fragrant farm
adds to late summer song.
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Tonight’s LittleNip:
Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’e listening.
—Allen Ginsberg
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—Medusa, with thanks to Julie Dickson for stopping by with today’s fine poetry and photos!
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—Medusa, with thanks to Julie Dickson for stopping by with today’s fine poetry and photos!
Medusa discovers she has a grey hair!
A reminder that
Amatoria Fine Art Books presents
Oswaldo Vargas, Miqo Anang, & Patrick Grizzell
plus open mic tonight, in Sacramento,
Amatoria Fine Art Books presents
Oswaldo Vargas, Miqo Anang, & Patrick Grizzell
plus open mic tonight, in Sacramento,
5:30pm; and Mahogany Urban Poetry
meets tonight in Sacramento, 7pm.
For more 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.
Find previous four-or-so posts by scrolling down
under today; or there's an "Older Posts" button
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by typing the name of the poet or poem
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left-hand side of today’s post; or go to
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom of
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to find the date you want.
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!
For more 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.
Find previous four-or-so posts by scrolling down
under today; or there's an "Older Posts" button
at the bottom of this column; or find previous poets
by typing the name of the poet or poem
into the little beige box at the top
left-hand side of today’s post; or go to
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom of
the blue column at the right
to find the date you want.
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!
