Happy New Year

for war torn countries
may the new year bring an end
to the slaughter and mayhem

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Sunday Whirligig

discovered match blue bottom lap love
lost breath drowning dressed mirror mine








it was discovered
years later
they were an exceptional couple
mirror images of each other
dressed to kill
a brilliant match
a gold mine of potential
successful
living in the lap of luxury
until they lost everything

they boarded a boat
took a deep breath
 and scuttled it to the bottom of the ocean blue
drowning themselves
love eh !

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos For Oboe & Oboe D'Amore

Sunday Scribblings 2

get thee behind me satan
the moon is low
i can't say no
come new year
the jeans will burst i fear
to weight watchers
i will go
ho ho

For unto us a Child is born - Handel

Es ist ein ros entsprungen

For those murdered in Germany at the Christmas Market. May they rest in peace.

Prayer For The Dead

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine
et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescat in pace
Amen






memories of a time
when christmas markets
meant twinkling lights and bonbons

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Silent Night

they rode in silence
the camels made no sound
they knew - everyone knew
something momentous had happened
life would never be the same again

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Tanka

 inevitable
 it was bound to overflow
 we will sail away
 in our little paper boat
begin afresh,a new dawn

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Sunday Scribblings 2

 Hush...British street artist


street art
a magical enhancement
of ugly old iron
council an obstacle
surprise surprise !

Wordle 137 MLMM

 edelweiss ludic capture birdseed heart descendant
ashes curse lantern irrevocable gnash askance

descendant of the famous von trapps
maria ludic wished to break the curse
of family folk singing

writing had captured her imagination
she created an underground zine called the gnash
and refused  to sing edelweiss by lantern light
on a stage ever again
her heart was just not in it

when she declared
she would wear sack cloth and ashes
eat bird seed for breakfast every day
rather than be a part of the sound of music
her family looked askance and disowned her
the split was irrevocable
how do you solve a problem like maria?


 MLMM

Scherzo Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn.

 two  butterflies
flit about in the sunlight
playing hard to get

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Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C - Waltz

we dream of freedom
of flying like the seagulls
together across the oceans
that  separate us but can never
keep our hearts and minds apart

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Midweek Motif Poets United

Symphony No.5 - mvt 3 - Valse - Eugene Ormandy ( Tchaikovsky )

TANKA

we all have dreams
which may never come true
but a small spark of optimism
a glimmer of hope is enough
to keep us dancing

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Schubert Quintet "Trout" D 667 - III. Scherzo. Presto

sparkles of sunshine
dancing on crystal water
ah the magic of youth

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