October 2021

Coudscape with Gingko

Setting My Own House in Order Is this what I am doing now? Preparing my life to die? Making my own hospice bed? Bracing for the prospect of growing cold? Hmmmmm, no. I’d rather be a dog and bang my teeth against your leg, chase deer through the woods, moonhowl, find sheep skulls and grin…

A #poemresponse Shearing The high pitched shearing, the grinding metal gnash of cutter and comb, it knifes through the crimp of wool and yellow lanoline, it arcs over and against the ewe’s pink skin. We shout the thrill, “Long blow!” — Terry Elliott (@telliowkuwp) October 27, 2021 [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfs1uq-R5xY[/embedyt] [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJBkU1F6f6c[/embedyt]