The Three Ravens

rainy day music

looking out at a grey sky

bakewell tarts and tea

Whirligig # 390

WORDLE

 

 can't eat dinner

nor drink that delicious juice 

can't sit still 

toss and turned all night

to the rattling window

retraced all the steps

leading to this situation

which started out as a sublime experience

hoping and waiting for a miracle

then finally forced to accept the reality

when the little voice within said

come now

you can only have him as a friend

 

 friend night come wait sublime retrace toss night sit eat dinner juice

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "On Friendship" by Hagit Grossman:

 

 

 

Pied Butcher Birds Duet. Amazing!

 

 our best

 aussie musicians

 the pied butcher birds

 

https://www.realtime.org.au/is-birdsong-music-ask-the.../

 

Earthweal Weekly Challenge

 

 

 

Earthweal Weekly Challenge....Ekphrasis Earth

 mammal in leaves

looking for a friend

like most of us

something very lonely

about an iceberg

in search of an ocean liner

death wish

why do they do it

no one knows

bleak

now i know

why my forebears

hotfooted it out

to white sand and palm trees

thank you

fireweed

pretty in pink

all the trees are burnt

no california dreamin in this one

free as a bird

it's not as good

as it seems

ducks on the pond

have it easier

so this is

just a random result

from the big bang

yeah sure

Sunday Muse # 229

 

uh oh

school holidays

the overpacked family car

poor visibility

my days may be numbered

are we there yet?

the familiar cry

of those poor  deprived children

who didn't have 

smart phones

head phones

and had no option but

to look out of the window

or

read a book

last day of school

teacher lets off steam

never going back

not all who wander are lost

OLW # 137

DOLCEZZA

 

many summers ago
i was stung by an italian bee
on my back in a florence flower market

the flower stall holder told me
it was because i was as sweet as honey
he put ice on the sting gave me a posy of flowers
and kissed me on the shoulder as i left

since that day
i have never had another bee sting
or been kissed by an italian  
think it's time to return   

 

 

 

Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major - III. Finale: Allegro molto, Cell...

Rostropovich 1927 - 2007 

 

 

Sunday Muse # 288

 

hopefully 

this well earned break

this fresh beginning

will solve  our problems

will make for a better life

we board the Titanic tomorrow

Earthweal Weekly Challenge...

 is  that watermelon ice i see in the distance?

not a good omen

 

 

what is on that ice floe over  there?

oh a couple of geriatrics who have reached their use by date

didn't know they were  still  allowed to do that 

i am suddenly realising that this is a dangerous world for a bear

don'r know what i can do about it

our only hope is for some kindly humans

to save us

we must learn to

scratch SOS into the ice

then they will  think we're cute

may  give us a better chance

our almost extinct koala cousins

are having some success with emphasisng

the cuddly cute factor

 although

cuddling a polar bear is not that easy

Alfred Deller - Shakespeare song "Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)"

 

 

 a couple of treasures 

long forgotten 

but not by me

Elizabethan Serenade by Ronald Binge.(Paintings by Vladimir Volegov)

a gentler time

 the lucky few remember

 long gone

Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (official video)

 LYRICS

 

i see the crystal raindrops fall

and the beauty of it all 

 when the sun comes shining through

 

 

 to make those rainbows in my mind 

when I think of you sometime

 and I wanna spend some time with you

 just the two of us 

 

Tanka  

just the two of us

we'll muddle along trying

to survive the rat race

the world's a big ugly mess

we only have each other 

 

 OLW # 136

MLMM # 287 # 288

 WORDLE

 

 summer. heat, waylay, cagey, sand ,ivory, brittle, stalk, lavish, transpired ,scowl . ethereal

 

it wasn't like him to lavish

gifts on her

especially after what had transpired last summer

with all those heated exchanges

he was cagey about the cost of these

ivory sand coloured flowers with brittle stalks

when quizzed

scowling he felt waylaid

he could never live up to  her

ethereal expectations

WORDLE # 288

pirate forehead imagine footpath abrupt volunteer colleague sway sapphire pavilion confess tact

 

 

she  abruptly confessed to her colleague 

but still with tact

she had no intention of volunteering dressed

as a pirate for the charity event held at the sapphire pavilion

imagine

wearing scarves around one's forehead

swaying and waving swords about

on the footpath

not happening

Sunday Muse # 227

Queen Elizabeth II  died September 8th 2022 

 

 the queen is dead

long live the king

dust to dust

ashes to ashes

no one escapes

the grim reaper

not the chess queen

not the real queen

 

 

 may her majesty's  favourite horses

await her arrival 

in the big ascot in the sky

may she rest in peace

 

 

 

Wordle # 286...MLMM

 WORDLE # 286 MLMM

granny
covered
pizza
liars
secret
meld/melds/melded
ambrosia
strangers
shrunk
scalding
obsession
gods

 

it was no secret 

she drew the crowds

her musical gift was ambrosia from the gods

ticket holders melded with strangers 

carrying pizza boxes wandering in

from the street

 her critics (granny types )

obsessed with correctness

launched scalding attacks about her attire

 they said her shrunk jeans

and off the shoulder shirt

were not appropriate

she would need to be covered up

to be permitted to play in the cathedral 

liars

she could wear blue hair 

she could wear red hair 

she could wear a tutu

it wouldn't matter

Dariia Lytvishko

 

Sunday Muse # 226

 what a beautiful fragrance

it must be spring

foxes love flowers

 they love

 plump juicy black swans

even better

 

 puss likes playing

a few bass notes on the piano

from time to time

makes her feel very creative

 more superior and competitive

with the dog of the house

who insists on showing off

currying favour

by presenting her mistress

with bunches of flowers

 

no one knew how chandelier man

managed to conjure up chandeliers

which dropped magically from the sky

 

 not easy to do i expect

however this evening was important

he was planning on proposing to

the sea captain's widow

 

she stood on the shore every day

looking out to sea in vain

hoping for her husband's return

don't like her chances

don't like his either

Bon Anniversaire

 

a ma belle grandmere

you have never left me

i think of you every day

 

i still wear your bracelet

i still pray with your rosary beads

i still use your garlic crusher 

 and your red saucepan

 

i know you loved pansies and geraniums

 

 

 

i know you loved Charles Boyer

and Maurice Chevalier  

 

 you transformed your humble little abode into a palace

a haven of security and warmth

 

 

 i know you would have loved to live in a house like this 

i wish i could have given it to you. 

 

 and of course  what would a birthday be

without you singing  along with Tino Rossi on a 78 disc

 

 

 

 the avocados (your favourite)  are plentiful and much cheaper now 

the chicken is too but no flavour

 the wine is no longer corked

people eat food from tins

and takeaway

the world is different now

you wouldn't like it

je t'aime ma belle memere

tu me manques

thank you for years of enrichment

colour kindness and love

Friday Writings # 42

 

 Open Link Weekend # 134