Did I mention I have some poems up at the lovely Roi Fainéant Press? Issue: Telephone 9
https://roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/post/these-little-suckers-the-second-language-washing-over-me-is-sunset-by-ren-pike
Hello! I started out as @lastrobot@mastodon.online but decided I probably should be on the writing.exchange since I write #poetry and #shortfiction. At some point I will figure out how to migrate. For now I am in two places at once. Wheeeee!
My poem "Making Space: Black holes and other loners, 2019" is published in Yellow Arrow Journal's latest issue, UpSpring. They publish writers/artists who identify as women. Buy an issue. Read good stuff. Feel awesome!! https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-upspring-paperback
Today's #MastoPrompt for #SmallPoems #Poetry is...
The poem can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
these swirling dust days
seek seers of surety
brume stair ascensions
A #linocut #blockprint I made earlier this spring!
Another new bird in the garden, this time the Brown-Headed Cowbird. Kind of a cool look - very goth, very "growing my hair out". #birds #backyardbirding
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Large, brown-backed, orange-breasted thrush with bold white wingbars. Found in the understory of montane forest. Generally shy and scarce. The song is a musical and typically thrush-like, a chatty and cheerful series of whistles and chuckles. The call is a very thin, rising trill. Very similar to Orange Ground-Thrush, but has a different pattern on the head: an orange crown, a plain face, and a complete white eye-ring.
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Small flowerpiercer, male all slaty blackish and female fairly dark olive-brownish. Both sexes show white flash on sides, mostly obscured by wings but usually partially visible, especially with its frequent wing flicks. Bill is upturned with a hook at the tip, typical of a flowerpiercer. Found at middle elevations, around 1,800–2,800 m, in the Andes from Venezuela to Peru. Usually at forest edge or shrubby areas. Can be found singly, in pairs, or following a mixed-species flock.
This makes feel a whole lot more chill about my ever-growing TBR pile.
Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/
I do love news-via-poetry goodness. That's what The Sprawl serves up today via poet Cobra Collins: "It’s time to “clear the air with a leadership election” doesn’t that sound an awful lot like a man trying to sneak back in through an emergency exit?"
https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/horsing-around-jason-kenney
@lastrobot I am all-in for the stern owls :-D
@lastrobot I am absolutely on board with this but being a Brit, perhaps we could swap the bears and cougars for horses and donkeys? The last time a donkey poked his head into my tent the results were not terrifying ;-)
People are rolling down the street with their little campers, heading for the mountains. And now I want a camper!! I want to sleep under the stars. Sleeping-bagged. Nestled in some wee grove. Hear the wind in the trees. Wake up chilly. Slurp instant coffee. Hike trails where bear and cougar lurk!! #24thOfMay
Rides ampersands downhill, sled-style, without the brakes. #Poet. Tech worker. Occasional #gamer. #poetry #writing #writers #fiction #books #novellas #flash @sputta on the bird site. Find my #poems and #shortfiction here: http://rpike.mm.st.user.fm/ (she/her)
Also: @lastrobot on mastodon.online