POETRY CORNER
(Photo – Debbie Strange)
– 12/12/18
Hosted by Kathabela Wilson
deep twilight
and noctilucent clouds . . .
could there be
anything more magical
than sharing these with you-Debbie Strange
Earth: Our Common Ground – A Song of Short Songs, 2017‘The wound is the place where the light enters you.’
-Rumi~ Kathabela
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(Photo – Dennis Gobou)
Dennis Gobou
Tornado warning!
early morning’s odd coloring
in the kitchen window
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Ray Caligiuri
today
just a ghost
of myselfI’m just a thing
that gets up and goes
bump in the night
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By Debbie Strange
Erin Castaldi
mist ebbs onto
midnight’s stolen riverbank
distant whistling
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Aparna Pathak
high notes
these planets
my stepping stonesicicles
there is someone
she talks to
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Diane Moritz
beach at dusk
thick fog envelops me
like a shroud
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108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia (Photo – Mike Duffy).
Mike Duffy
red fox—
vanishing in
winter twilight ice
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Winter Twilight: Quotes and Credits
Dennis Gobou, Saint Simons Island, GA: “On the windowsill, in order left to right…sake, jelly jars, mead, vinegar, cold pressed virgin olive oil. bourbon, berry vinegar, honey, etc., all with a patina of dust to show character, reminds me of Issa…don’t worry little spider I don’t dust (I paraphrase). This particular color in morning twilight predicted more rain, reinforcing that old sailors’ saying…red sky in the morning, sailors’ take warning.”
Ray Caligiuri, Beaverton, Oregon: “Sometimes, almost asleep in the night I get up and bump into old aphorisms.”
Erin Castaldi, Mays Landing, New Jersey: “When mist is heavy and laden with possibility, sounds in the distantance can seem distorted. This is the time where dreams can become reality.”
Dianne Moritz, Southampton, NY: “While jogging at the beach early one evening, a thick fog suddenly rolled in off the warm ocean and completely enveloped me. A jolt of anxiety coursed through my body and I felt completely and utterly alone. I ran back to my car and drove home shaken, truly an otherworldly experience.”
Aparna Pathak, Gurugram, India: “Fear of the unknown makes the otherworldly, enchanting. These experiences may be hypothetical , philosophical or imaginative. They not only provoke curious poets to explore its mysterious entity but also provide space to use it with imagination.”
Mike Duffy: “In sunset twilight hidden figures appear and merge in the stunning light. Mike captures them with his lens and creative eye before they disappear.”
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♣ We welcome and encourage your response, especially in the form of a short poem, by leaving a comment below.
Winter twilight
coincides this year
with the state of my life.
Seeing it through
Strange’s lens
is comfortably artful.
Many thanks, Kathabela! I’m pleased to be among such amazing poets. Mike’s photos are breathtaking.