Tag Archives: red

Champagne and Curls

Posted on July 5, 2020 by

Written for:  Sunday Muse #115 “Champagne, 1920s. Atelier Manasse was a legendary Austrian photo studio that captured the golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The studio, active in Vienna between 1922 and 1938. … Continue reading →

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The Sisters and The Fox

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

Written for: Sunday Muse #109   Scarlet roses interlaced swirlsof blonde hair, a contrastto her pale, fair face. In plucking her flowers, thorns pierced her fingers, prickling them with beads of bloodand grime. Her snow-hued sister chose white roses for … Continue reading →

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Sly

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

Written for:  Blogging From A To Z – “F” She was sly as a fox, but not a red one so people saw through her. http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/what-is-blogging-from-to-z.html

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The Saddest Color

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  Seeing Red!  (posted by sarahsouthwest) “Tonight, I want to celebrate the colour red. What a powerful colour it is – it always sends a strong message. Let’s think for a moment about what … Continue reading →

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Mars

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – Mars  (posted by Frank J. Tassone) “Write a haibun that references Mars” As a child, I was intrigued by Mars purely for the color–a red planet. If there were people living … Continue reading →

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deep pile carpet

Posted on February 5, 2020 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #162 – “deep pile carpet” carpet so luxurious, lost my ring and was furious The carpet was deep pile red, like a bloodstain. deep green carpet installed parakeet escaped they still look for him A man … Continue reading →

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Volcano

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #88 – And the Word Is . . .  (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) So many words to choose from but today I have chosen – Extinction Definition of Extinction 1 : the … Continue reading →

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canna lily

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1721 Canna Lily “This month we are creating a bouquet of field flowers and today I have another nice flower for you, which not always is seen in wild nature, but often in gardens, but it … Continue reading →

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autumn evening

Posted on November 15, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1541 – Evening (modern kigo) Back to our Autumn month “the leaves are falling” … Today I have chosen two nice haiku by Jane Reichhold taken from her “A Dictionary of Haiku” section Autumn, subsection Celestial. … Continue reading →

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Closed Heart

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1240 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue (Barnett Newman) “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue” is a series of four large-scale paintings by Barnett Newman painted between 1966 and 1970. Two of them have … Continue reading →

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