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This one’s for Molly (Cule), simply because I think she is a great person.

I often took more than one photo a day. And when I do not like a setup, I sometimes reject it and do something totally different.

Today, for the first time, I could not decide which one I liked better. So you shall have both (Inside the posting).

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“Down the street and up the hill came the Duke of Westminster, the Honorable Archibald Fitzhugh, and the Bishop of Bath and Wells, slipping and bounding from shadow to shadow, lean and leathery, all sinews and cartilage, wearing raggedy clothes all a-tatter, and they bounded and loped and skulked, leapfrogging over dustbins, keeping to the dark side of the hedges.”

from Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Yay. I am back.

I found out that posting with under a certain topic brings me more joy.

So for now, the topic is: Random, elating sentences, phrases, quotes or paragraphs from books I read. That all of the books I quote are highly recommendable needs not to be emphasized.

Stay tuned.

word: courageous
form: Epic ballad in iambic pentameter

Fifteen they were, a gang from stories old,
The maidens fair, soft spoken, sharp and bright,
The men were daring, dashing, it is told.

Their souls, they say, were deep and dark as night.
So they set out on this stupendous quest,
Their minds were humming with utmost delight.

And so they went, the fifteen, blithe and blessed,
To do what they were meant to do, and do it right.
To dare what none had dared before, at the behest

Of Flaming Molly, Queen of Pen and Light.
For thirty days, the challenge was quite clear:
“Now go ahead, and take a word – and WRITE!”

And that they did, and now we want to hear
Their stories all. And please – give them a cheer.

word: misogynist
form: cascade

My father.

Did you ever really see me?
Petty excuses and pretty words
That was the only legacy I got from you.

So quick with mild contempt and scorn
And yet, so high your expectations.
Did you ever really see me?

My biggest failure: I was only a girl.
I found out that I’d never get anything but
Petty excuses and pretty words.

But I grew to be strong, to fight back.
I learned to shake off the chains of disdain.
That was the only legacy I got from you.

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tomorrow’s word: courageous

Word: mindless
Form: ponderette (a new poetic form invented by me )

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Tomorrow’s word: misogynist

Word: replicas
Form: Tanka

replica of life

do you see the sun
rising in the east, alone
no birds are singing

each day begins without song
while the sun rises, alone

(for you, Dalaruan)

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tomorrow’s word: mindless