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Poetry, Writing

Rock Climbing?

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(Poem 324 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

AI Generated image I prompted on Gencraft.com https://gencraft.ai/p/DjFo1A

AI is unsure why a woman
would attempt to climb
the side of a cliff,
but best efforts to produce
an image result in
laughable camera poses
much more leaning back
toward the chasm than anyone
would be comfortable with
hands in the air all willy-nilly
instead of clinging to protrusions
like her life depends on it
just hanging out in the air
without a care in the world
maybe she’ll get to the top
maybe not, who knows?

@Home Studio – 324th poem of the year

Runner ups for the Rock Climbing photos to accompany my poem:

Poetry, Writing

Angry at the Storm

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(Poem 315 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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When the world
is crumbling
and the anger
has bubbled so far
up inside
that it has nowhere
else to go
face the storm
the raging winds
the turbulence
and oppression
and unleash the primal
scream that calls forth
the ancestors
the broken ones
those who have waited
as patiently as a predator
for their power
to be sought
and there will be
a reckoning.

@Home Studio – 315th poem of the year

Runner ups for the Angry photos to accompany my poem:

Poetry, Writing

Are You the One

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(Poem 253 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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Bandits and warriors,
dukes and commoners,
servants and generals,
guilds and entrepreneurs
all managing to thrive and
survive amidst less than
ideal circumstances.

Little does anyone suspect
that a bodyguard in male
garment could actually be
a woman equipped to
both protect and transport
with confidence and success.

Neither does anyone believe
that a modest, unassuming
girl, who is not the most
beautiful in the land, deserves
to be revered for her patience
and intelligent approach to life.

One is a business woman,
a free thinker, every bit as
capable as any man she
meets, a martial artist, a
wife, a loving granddaughter,
a faithful supporter of those
who care for the needs of
the people—Princess.

The other is an undervalued
girl who is mistreated by
her family, disrespected
by her sisters, seen as a
pawn by her father, but
who loves fiercely, holds
fast to kindness and hope,
and persists by the side of
the emperor with a gentle
unmatched grace that lifts
her to her rightful place
with honor—Empress.

@Home Studio – 253rd poem of the year (After watching the Chinese Drama Are You the One)

Liu Guo Nan, Cong Xiao, Are You the One. Wang Chu Ran, Zhang Wan Yi, Jaywalk Media, 12 Aug. 2024.

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Poetry, Writing

The Women of House of the Dragon

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(Poem 229 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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The women of this world
create a complicated
kaleidoscope of mothers
and sisters who must
begrudgingly tolerate the
men who share their space.
From the bawdy pirate queen
with her many wives and
loyal crew of rowdy marauders,
to the gentlest soul Helaena,
unwilling to harm another,
but unafraid to speak the truth.
From the queen who ever was,
whose unwavering hope inspires
a new world of dragon riders,
to the queen who agonizes
over the decision to sacrifice
her own flesh and blood for
the sake of a kingdom of peace.
From the Lady who searches
the moors and her soul for the
dragon she believes is destiny,
to the White Worm who knows
the underbelly of hunger and
thirst and clawing her way from
the trench to the castle better
than most can begin to fathom.    

@Home Studio – 229th poem of the year (after watching House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8.)

Condal, Ryan and George R. R. Martin, creators. House of the Dragon. HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros., 2024.

Runner ups for the women of dragons photos to accompany my poem:

Poetry, Writing

Knight Flower

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(Poem 203 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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By starlight she scales the walls
to right the wrongs of evil men,
fully masked, cloaked by night,
emboldened by years of inequity.
A virgin widow determined to
defend the oppressed and forlorn,
she must fight her own instincts
by day and bide her time under
the withering weight of custom.
A knight for the suffering meek,
a flower who must learn to bloom.

@Home Studio – 203rd poem of the year (Based on the Korean drama Knight Flower.)

Jang, Tae-yoo. Knight Flower. Lee, Hanee, Lee, Jong-won, Kim, Sang-joong, Lee, Ki-woo, Base Story, 12 Jan. 2024.

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