From ariestess' prompt:

Rainbow's End
A Torn World poem by Deirdre Murphy

The storm blew in like the monsoons he had known as a child
The water drops warm, the winds wild and unruly
The young tattooed ”soldiers” who had never truly seen war
Came to carry Rijorl and his belongings from his high tree house
Deep into the rainforest, away from his beloved ocean

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I've mostly missed the internets over the last--gosh, nearly a week! I've headed in to work, then back here, and fallen asleep on the couch before I read a half-dozen posts or even play my dumb facebook clicky-games. I think I've seen more Kleenexes than web-pages over the last few days.

I inadvertently complicated the problem by not reading the ( Read more... )

Winter Follies

By Deirdre M. Murphy

It’s dark and cold outside

But that’s what fur is for

The herd is friendly and warm

And Winter is good for sleeping.

But you can’t sleep all day

Even when the sun neglects to rise

Snowy foal slips out to the creek

The aurora lights his path.

The creek is frozen over;

The foal lifts his hoof

He saw his mother crack the ice

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This poem is a sequel to one of my Muse Fusion stories, Wide Sky With Small Critters, and is also a sequel to valdary 's poem Alainya's Knitting. I hope you'll take a moment to check it out!

Alainya's Blanket:  A Summer-Colored Sky

Remember, Muse Fusion is Tuesday, right after the Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse!

A poem for the full moon, and for solstice.  This one also has a tune, though I'm still lacking a way to play it for you except in person.  One of these days, that will change.  Though I did sing it at Barisha's housefilk tonight.

After I laid down for a brief nap and woke up six hours later...

Goddess Cycling by: Deirdre M. ( Read more... )