not-quite Journaling, 64
The dark can be delight.%20-%20Magaly%20Guerrero%20(1).jpg)
1/9/2024: The opposite is true too: delicious delight can be found in
dark things--in dark personalities, in dark stories, in dark situations, in
dark poetry… Also, being able to enjoy one’s own darkness makes even the
tiniest glimpses of light feel like a treat (particularly these days).
Oh,
promise me,
an
elderly lady is up to no good.
1/10/2024: Because sometimes, funny
book spine poetry writes itself. Those two books have been stacked that way for
a while, and I hadn’t noticed. It was a giggly surprise (and I’m always
extra thankful for giggles).
You
have enough
rizz (charm, allure, sex
appeal) to entice
any
bee
with a pulse.
1/11/2024: I wrote this
in response to a “Bad Flowery Poetry Meets Worse Pick-Up Line” prompt. We had
to recite the poem to the person (or in my case, flower) that inspired
it. Yep, I stood in front of my writing group giving dubiously sexy looks at a
picture of a hibiscus. It was absolutely ridiculous (and so much fun). I
laughed until my face hurt.
- for Poets and Storytellers United (Friday Writings #109: Rizz).
I constructed a spine poem over the holidays. I always have an hour in the library while Mrs. Jim is attending her book club meeting. I do hope that you will publish some of your spine work. I don't like going to sleep in the dark, that is what night lights are for.
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a nice New Years Day. We did as Mrs. Jim's birthday is January 1 and her favorite niece and her hubby came to visit over New Years Day. They both are retired, as is half of our kids and spouses, if they have one. (Tim has been divorced for years and a daughter is a widow, brought by the COVID--but they all had other family to be with so we would have been alone except for the other daughter, she had a small party New Years Night at a local restaurant.)
Now, I wish for you to have a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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Am looking at all those Terry Pratchetts lined up.. haven't read a single one! The world is incredibly dark right now, but someday I really hope delight will emerge from that darkness and things will become bright. Meanwhile, this elderly lady (me) is also up to no good :)
ReplyDeleteLove the book spine poetry! And floral sexiness!
ReplyDeleteI love you rizz poem. Flowers are so erotic. I'm imagining the bee. A friend once told me I danced like a bee going for honey.
ReplyDeleteI have always been on the dark side but all my life I was told by teachers, and sometimes my mom, that I needed to find a lighter side. So I tried, especially in art. When I go real sick with lupus, I was in my 40s, I found that I love the dark side of me. It is a balance that so many refuse to embrace. Dark, light, and the in-between. My mom always told me to laugh everyday, even if you don't feel like it. To you my friend.
ReplyDeleteThat's the prettiest dang pigeon I've ever seen. She has a lot of rizz. I love that book's title. I bet that lady has a lot of rizz too!!
ReplyDeleteIt took me a minute to see the two books on top, I was too busy reading the Terry Pratchett titles, as you know the hubby and I love Sir Terry's works, as well as yours :P
ReplyDeleteWhen you laugh the world laughs with you!!!!
ReplyDeleteI read that elderly lady book and it is quite entertaining. What did you think about it?
ReplyDeleteThis piece was most enjoyable Magaly, and thank you for introducing me to spine poetry. In my 6 decades of writing lyrics/poetry I had never heard of it, but I know there is always something new to be learned… 🙂 ✌🏼🫶🏼
ReplyDeleteGreat photograph of the pigeon.
ReplyDeleteI do like the book spine poetry.
My good wishes.
All the best Jan
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Love the spine poem and the idea of you flirting with a hibiscus pretending to be a bee....you quite possibly are more insane than i am LOL.....Rall
ReplyDeleteHibiscus Has Rizz - you are so right! I never thought about them in that way.
ReplyDeleteLove the Rizz poem. Any bee would be fortunate. I haven't done spine poetry in a while. Thanks for bringing it up. And yes, 'the dark can be delight.'
ReplyDeleteAnd I absolutely love the dark poem. 🖤
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