Showing posts with label 33 words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 33 words. Show all posts

Monday, January 13, 2014

Trifextra: Hummingbird Lust


This is Trifecta’s cheeky challenge for this week. They’re asking for a 33-word response to the following snippet:

The first time I saw. . .

Of course there’s a catch: all of our 33 words must be one syllable each. They are giving us 5 words so that’s 33 from us, for a grand total of 38 words.

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The first time I saw…

the bird who hummed

it swept me off with brisk wing beats

i was mad

for its

jewel toned throat,

rust coined weight,

and long limbed nib

that sipped a rose like wine.

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I’m obsessed with hummingbirds and can watch them flit and drink for hours. The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is indigenous to the state of Indiana (and Illinois for that matter) where my prettiest flowers grow. Like Cardinals, the male is more beautiful and colorful than the female. I'll give them that...

Friday, November 8, 2013

Deep and Dark

Vosges Chocolates, Chicago


goddesses personified. 
they whisper on my tongue’s tip. 
their sole purpose 
decadence and enticement.


Ambrosia. Absinthe, Naga, Wink of the Rabbit, Red Fire, Black Pearl…

i dance with them deliriously

one after another.

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Buddhist cosmology tells of Trāyastriśa, or the Heaven of Thirty-Three gods, which rule over the human realm.  This weekend Trifecta asks for exactly 33 of our own words about a god of our own devising that shares heaven with the other thirty-two gods.  Chocolate, deep and dark, is one of my earthly gods.