Dream Imagery

The poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to “write a poem inspired by a vision, dream, or both.” I tried to do the spoon in the bowl trick to induce a dream state, but all I saw was a big orange square of color with a read shadow moving around, so I decided toContinue reading “Dream Imagery”

#NaPoWriMo Day 15: Music in my Dreams

A to Z Challenge Today is exciting for me. A day when all of the prompts and my choice for A to Z work together. Dream Music! Yay! moderato – rather fast melody – succession of musical tones, prominent part contrasted to harmony meno mosso – less motion or speed morendo –  a dying awayContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 15: Music in my Dreams”

# NaPoWriMo Day 4: Dreams and Wishes

I wrote a song called Haunting Dreams that I recorded with Maria and the Aftermath on our album Selective Memories. I uploaded it to HitRecord which is a fun site for artistic collaboration. I think it fits nicely with this theme. Blogging A to Z diminuendo – gradually get softer dolce – play with aContinue reading “# NaPoWriMo Day 4: Dreams and Wishes”

M is for Mawkish

mawkish: adjective – 1. having an insipid often unpleasant taste 2. sickly or puerilely sentimental   Puerilely Sentimental Your teacup rattles as the table wobbles I quickly lift my cup in response The steaming charcoal liquid close to my face Smells of pleasant bergamot But I remember its mawkish entanglement and Center it carefully backContinue reading “M is for Mawkish”

Exploring the Senses – The Sixth Sense

Though everyone agrees on the five major senses, neurologists and perception researchers believe there are more. Some think the main senses should be broken into  sub-genres. Others believe we have many sensory cell types leading to other senses including: balance, pain, temperature, time, body part location, and sensing internal organs. However, when we talk aboutContinue reading “Exploring the Senses – The Sixth Sense”