And now for some rambling...

I sent my competition submission off to Writer's Digest today. I don't think I'll be as lucky as I was last time because this time I sent a poem. I couldn't gather enough time or motivation to write a short story. Sad, but true. So I'm not so sure about the chances of a poem winning the grand prize. I think a story would have more of a chance because there's more substance to a story. Know what I mean? I think it'd have to be an amazing poem to win grand prize. I don't mind winning a top place in the poetry category though. I'm just not holding my breath for the $3000.

In other news...I don't like to complain, but when I do complain it will always be about the weather. I come from a desert climate, which suits me just fine. I don't care for rain or clouds or partial clouds, and anything below 90 is cold. Which brings me to Knoxville. It's a lovely place, but it's May and only 75 degrees. My hometown in Texas has already reached 100. You see the shock I'm going through here? I realize I shouldn't be complaining, but I am very cold natured and prone to grumpiness when the sun isn't fully visible. I walk outside and it's not hot. My skin isn't melting off my bones, and that makes me want to kill someone.

Please forgive my ranting.

Collage for Hilda

Rose, harsh rose

marred and with stint of petals,

meagre flower, thin,

sparse of leaf,

more precious

than a wet rose

single on a stem --

you are caught in the drift.

Stunted, with small leaf,

you are flung on the sand,

you are lifted

in the crisp sand

that drives in the wind.

Can the spice-rose

drip such acrid fragrance

hardened in a leaf?

~Sea Rose by Hilda Doolittle

It seems I made this ATC subconsciously with Sea Rose embedded in the deep of my mind. I didn't realize, until just now, how well it corresponds with the poem. Don't you love when that happens?

Ooh la la!

This week's Mixed Media Monday challenge was to create something using a transparency. I thought this ATC I made last week would be perfect! It incorporates a lettered transparency sheet, collage scraps, and an Eiffel Tower sticker.

She's here!

Introducing Ms. Minuet Biscuit - my first Blythe! She's a lovely Victorian lady who has traveled a long distance just to be here. That's why her hair is a bit frazzled.



And don't you just love her little parasol? How dainty!

Cheers to many adventures that await us!

Haiku

In response to the sci-fi prompt at readwritepoem

A dark, metal cloud
hovers over desert land.
Still, no rain comes forth.

I have different ideas of what this means. How do you interpret it?

More mail pretties...

A loverly package from Blue Bird Lane
Stop by her shop for delicious paper products!



Pastry tags and...




flower tags as a special gift!

the light rose
at a peculiar slant today -
blinded the birds
and they did not sing,
blistered the petals of roses,
and near the ocean
the hearts of lovers
stung with sea salt.

the vine of spring
grows deep inside
our throats now.
it blooms and suffocates
with rich color and
wild honeysuckle.
the abundance is
sweet and painful
so the summer sun rises
to burn it all away