Author Archives: Pearl

sky opens its vault, coin-bright brisk pelting wish drops, all a fountain and gasp-laughs: run for tree, rain-shade cover hand clasped through soaked sheets of wind tongues loose as waves, jagged breath, snag it on running, not on how all is surface, shape soaked through, color clung to it, saturated, don’t mention the lightness of […]

Not hosted here this time. Ringing of the bards is adult only this week as it is hosted by Wet. Naughty requirements. Deadline is today for submissions. And they do mean submission. 😉

(cross posted ) The Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist sounds pleasing, having heard a few read excerpts at the writers festival. It’s structure and aim seems clear, with 14 people assessing quality and importance of work and then giving writers cash to do more. It seems to more promote what to read as well. I’m […]

(cross posted ) You know fibs? Fib poems are structured on the on the Fibonacci sequence which is the basis of the golden rectangle, perfect proportions. So the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, adding each of the last 2 numbers together. Phi is the golden ratio of 1.618… and part of […]