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   L'aura del campo 'é a lua, é a lua, na quintana dos mortos' ♣ Federico García Lorca ♣  L'aura del campo. A breeze in the meadow. So it began the last day of Spring, 2005; on the 16th day of the month of Light of the year 162. This is a supplement to my daily journal written to a friend, my muse; notes I do not share. Here I will share what the breeze has whispered to me. PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS! I L  V COMMENTS!On a practical note, in answer to your questions: IN MEMORIUM VerySara  passed away November 12, 2005 Please visit her port to read her poems and her writings. More suggested links:  These pictures rotate.   Kåre  Enga~ until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go. ~ Elizabeth Bishop, The Fish |
| Grace in the arms of Haiti Embraced by the arms of Haiti, Grace twirls in a whirlwind of eddies. She's Mexico bound. Yet she stops to bathe on the beach in Jamaica, dances to the beat of the waves against trees, passes on by with a flick of her tongue. She's westward bound on a mission to prove the Aztecs and Mayans wrong. The world doesn't end according to legend. It ends when she says so. © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.208] (16.agosto.2021) |
| Those rat-tailed folk... Anger stoked by your deception, tears tarnish clear mirrors of coping as an unwanted perception of what he hears, not what you say, vanishes hope like wisps of smoke to harass those rat-tailed folk that nibble at his fears; his conception of peace eroding as you speak © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.207] (16.agosto.2021) 12 lines PPC#11 Prompt: smoke, mirrors, perception Kill Ovens gloves off, pavlov enters to ring his bell his halo veiled as a coven of doves seek refuge above the kill ovens then scatter for there's plenty of love where flesh fuses and bones burn to ash just not enough crumbs to feed their hope or their children © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.206] (16.agosto.2021) 12 lines PPC#10 Prompt "Love is hidden": halo veiled pavlov enters kill ovens For
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An entry "Oklahoma Weather and Gender-Fluid"  by Prosperous Snow celebrating  inspired this edited response:I have an opinion!  1. Gender has always been fluid or rigid depending on culture. The basic biology of secondary sexual characteristics and sexuality (orientation, function) is well-known. Any 13 year old can learn this — and every 13 year old should. But... the puritanical Americans, Victorian English and rigid rule governed Germans define things in unnatural ways. It is unnatural for a friend of mine who was born XXY to have to adhere to strict male norms. He had no facial hair and the equivalence of menstrual periods! And yet, he's 100% human. And 100% "loved by God" to put it in religious terms. My friend who's transsexual had to carry her letter from the Universal House of Justice to get local Baha'is to accept her AS IS. It took time for some to adjust. Others — no problem. Even when some issues are 'clear' the question remains... clear to whom? Every person has the right to their own body. And that includes their sexuality. It would be simpler if people just accepted each other but that's not allowed in some cultures. The future? Hard to say. Tradition-bound black/white anti-science people seeking a dogmatic dichotomous good/evil judgment will spurn any attempt to include people they don't approve of. IMHO, the Baha'i Faith is inclusive enough to embrace everyone. But the reality remains. Some cultures have never had a problem with gender fluidity. Native American cultures and Asian cultures have been more accepting (in general, there are always exceptions). The globalization process will lead to a questioning of all insular attitudes, followed by a crushing backlash1. Anyhoo... I just wrote my blog entry for the day... thanks  2. Thanks for reminding me of Oklahoma. I would've included ticks and poison ivy... because that was my August experience! I will write a poem in response. The second topic of gender-fluidity should fit the weather. Mother Nature or Jack Frost? Oklahoma/Kansas/Nebraska weather (whether or not) can be sooooo fickle. One minute embracing like a blanket of ice. The next day a twist of an angry wind. I'll come up with something and link it to you. Hot-cold fickle face You encase us in ice with a promise that you'll melt our heart. You scour us with the scorn of your twisting tongue then roast us in your oven until we're parched. Oh, Oklahoma. You can never make up your mind. Whether to cover us with ticks or poison ivy matters not, no more than whether we live or die. Our weathered bones will bring forth flowers, their blossoms will entice the bugs. And bugs? Bugs buzz until you cover us with a pristine blanket of frost. fluidity, hot-cold fickle face of Oklahoma © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.204.gz] (14.agosto.2021) Prosperous Snow celebrating thanks for the inspiration. ~500 words Posted in
Disclaimer: Any views, about religion or sacred scriptures, expressed in this blog are my own and not the official views of the Baha'i Faith or any other religion. If you wish to know more about the Baha'i Faith, please check an official website. 105.578 Footnotes |
| Blackberries They came during the darkness when the moon hid behind clouds, stole the enchantment and hid. Their descendants paid the price as strawberry fields lay barren and dry under a cloudless sky. They fled and fleeing ran into the Queen and begged for mercy. She smirked and demanded the enchantment back to feed them and spare their lives. Now their land was verdent, but The Berry Queen had covered it with thorns. © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.202] (2.agosto.2021) For "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)" Write a poem that includes two of the following words: star, night, berry, fairy, queen, enchanted, cursed, moonlight, thieves. Required line count: Minimum 12, no max. |
| Hello there! I was the one you were warned about: the one with mange, the one with fleas; you'll never be accepted if you lay down with me! I do understand. I've always understood: you'll lose status, you won't be loved. And me? I'll keep on waiting to be seen and hugged. © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.201] For
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| Quoting Leviticus Like smoke, thick ashy choke, I barely breathe from hate you spew around: in and out, in — and out. © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.197] (31.juli.2021) Form: cinquain. Inspired by "Invalid Entry" hullabaloo22  PPC#8 Write a poem that personifies an emotion: love, anger, fear, sadness, joy, for example. I suspect this personifies a type of anger. For
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| 79031 In Good Earth — good enough for cotton — brown and green irrigation circles meet at the dusty corner of Main — going east and west — and a farm road going north to nowhere across the flats of horned toads and tumble weed, south to Amherst. One can be Methodist or Baptist — even Catholic — if one prays for rain. © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.196] (24.juli.2021) 8 lines free verse For
 Earth, Texas - town founder William E. Halsell was so impressed by the area’s fertile soil he wanted to name the town Good Earth, which the post office shortened to Earth.Later edit with alternative line breaks In Good Earth — good enough for cotton — brown and green irrigation circles meet at the dusty corner of Main — going east and west — and a farm road going north to nowhere across the flats of horned toads and tumble weed, south to Amherst. One can be Methodist or Baptist — even Catholic — as long as one prays for rain. |
| Yee-haw! Like a louse riding a field mouse herding wild cats, Sal's collie cornered her kids, grinned — began to chouse. © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.193] (23.juli.2021) Won  For
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Music Box baritones sing on and on — sopranos screech and weep and altos drown out tenors — week after tiresome week and the bass-beat never ends — for those who dance stone deaf and the music never stops — for those who rest stone dead © Kåre Enga [178.192] (22.juli.2021) For
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| Peas and flounder Steak, potato and gravy clogging my veins? — and peas? I look at my loved ones. "I'll take flounder, please." © Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.190] (20.juli.2021) For
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