by Uchechukwu Onyedikam of Lagos, Nigeria,
and Christina Chin of Malaysia
(Italicized lines are by italicized authors)
—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain
1
the shower
screen door shrouds
with mist
before his reasoning
passion
the shower
screen door shrouds
with mist
before his reasoning
passion
—Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam
2
clutching her chest
gasping for breath
crawling
to the dresser
inhaler
—Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam
3
room door
she calls for help
asthma attack
tobacco smoking
a trigger point
—Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam
4
limp
at the ER
fighting for life
on a drip
reverse blood flow
—Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam
5
husband
called to the bedside
she breathes her last
seated with
the last words
—Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam
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Today’s LittleNip:
People say smoking will give you diseases. What they don’t know is that it cures salmon.
—Anonymous
People say smoking will give you diseases. What they don’t know is that it cures salmon.
—Anonymous
_________________
—Medusa, thanking Christina and Uchechukwu for joining us with another fine collaboration today! For more about tan-renga, see https://www.graceguts.com/essays/an-introduction-to-tan-renga/.
A reminder that
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today in Camino, 2pm; and
Poets in the Vines meets in Lodi, 6pm,
with Jazmarie LaTour & Tama Brisbane.
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Poets and Writers of the Sierra Foothills
features Dianna Henning & Lara Gularte
today in Camino, 2pm; and
Poets in the Vines meets in Lodi, 6pm,
with Jazmarie LaTour & Tama Brisbane.
For info about these and other
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
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(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
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Find previous four-or-so posts by scrolling down
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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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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—
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