Wednesday, January 27, 2010


flowers of fire
bloom in short-lived ecstasy
floating in languor

18 comments:

Magdelena said...

From the Water's Edge
The Giant Jellyfish Rose
In Bursts of Colour

Skye said...

Celebration time,
Majestic Fireworks shine,
It is New Years Eve.

Magdelena said...

BTW Happy Australia Day Nobody!

nobody said...

Aaargh!

Well, I'll forgive you for saying that Buff, what with being a foreigner and all, but otherwise a pox on Australia Day! Or a pox on what it's become anyway... I explain at my blog.

Hullo Skye, LTNS.

nobody said...

flowers of fire
bloom in short-lived ecstasy
floating in languor

Anonymous said...

FB

A long whiskered cat
With bright starburst head bobbles
Paws its milk saucer

Magdelena said...

sorry to offend, it was just a wish for a happy day off, regardless of how hypocritical 'Australia Day' is (just like Canada Day)

:(

Anonymous said...

FB

When I was a nipper at school we used to march around the school hall waving Union jacks for Empire day but when empire became not PC they changed it to Commonwealth Day. I was young (and stupid) enough to believe that public buildings were putting flags out for my dad’s birthday. When Commonwealth went the same way as empire they moved it three weeks forward and gave it to the socialists for May Day which just goes to show you that those who decide these things didn’t need a day for us to appreciate how much money they were making out of us but how much we weren’t making out of

Sorry I couldn't get that into 5-7-5

Btw how is the old man Nobby?

nobody said...

Buff! Sorry if I made that sound like a big deal. It wasn't. Imagine me saying it while striking a Michael Palin-esque pose. I do that a lot you know.

Hey FB, still spun out by last week's pic I see. Otherwise, weirdly enough we had no patriotic nothing when I was a kid. There's a lot to be said for it.

As for the old man, it's all onwards and downwards. His wits are going now. He wakes up at sunset goes to sleep at sunrise and otherwise barely makes a lick of sense. His new thing is take random food out of the fridge, put it in a bowl, and pour water over it. Then he leaves it there and goes to bed. It's somehow connected to making tea, which he does a lot of.

It seems there's no point mentioning it to him the next day since he professes never to remember it. And he may be telling the truth. It's always hard to know, what with his penchant for sneakiness.

Anyway he continues, in spite of the fact that neither he nor I know why.

Magdelena said...

Oh gosh Nobody, it sounds like you have kidnapped my father.

His latest thing - which I have put a stop too - was to combine his instant coffee, cream and sugar and toss the whole watery mess into the electric kettle.

What a bloody mess.

Miraculix Augustus said...

Oooooh aaah ooooh aah wow
Boom boom boom taketa-boom
Oooooh aaah ooooh aah WOW

Anonymous said...

Downtown Hanabi,
Bright eyed girls in yukata
chewing squids on sticks

der Schutte

john said...

echo percussion
thunder breaks other places
fear falling through air

Anonymous said...

the phallus inserted
to earths explosive blue lights
the testes burst bright

filth everywhere

nobody said...

Hanabi - Japanese for 'fireworks'. Literally 'flower fire'.
Yukata - a light summer kimono.

john said...

bombs bursting in air
a moment in time captured
a celebration

Doug Plumb said...
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Doug Plumb said...

fireworks go off
battlefield lightens
no where soft