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Poetry Corner – 16 Crows

Poetry Corner – 16 Crows

16 crows perched upon a string, not a feather moved, not even one. 16 pebbles rolling down a stream, None to move them, no one to see. 16 leaves falling through the air. No one to catch them, no one to care. 16 eyes watchful and quiet. 16 crows perched upon a string,...

Poetry Corner – When the Princess Has Been Saved

Poetry Corner – When the Princess Has Been Saved

When the princess has been saved, when the dragon has been slain, when the universe has been knit - shred by shard - together once more, what then? Then my dear, we do it all again. Perhaps there is a prince in need of rescuing, or a lonely dragon in want of a friend,...

Poetry Corner – What the World Really Truly Needs

Poetry Corner – What the World Really Truly Needs

The world seems to be a rolling hill of embers on the verge of spontaneous combustion,  but that's not what the world needs, what the world needs is to sit down and share a cup of chamomile tea with its neighbor, to enjoy a prickly pear with its aunt,  it needs to...

Poetry Corner – Fortune Means Nothing Without Happiness

Poetry Corner – Fortune Means Nothing Without Happiness

For everyone it would be good fortune to find an amethyst within purple mountain majesties, but fortune is found in the most unique of ways.  Wouldn't you be fortunate to find a Jacaranda flower grown from a mustard seed, or see tulips from the spring bloom under the...

Poetry Corner – Cello Song

Poetry Corner – Cello Song

A Parallel universe, where happily ever after is a black cat and a Raven,  where a cello song is a sign that it's time for key lime pie, and where the largest brambles are made into the smallest cedar chests to store delicate sunflowers. Copyright © 2022 Juniper...