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Crystal Ball

Now smooth and round, I was once the center of a rough and un-tumbled rocky crag. For centuries I lived in darkness deep in a cavernous earthly vein. No light flowed to meet my gorgeous essence so I sat accepting all that was me. I don’t remember my Jurassic birthday, but I remember the day I was ...

Datura

Beautiful poison
Inspired by  love and death
Irresistible.

Illustrations add pizazz to poetry collections, cookbooks and children’s books. Many writers don’t include original artwork because of the expense involved. Today’s technology, however, can create sketches from photographs.

I took the original photo of a Datura flower ...

Pan

I had lunch today with Pan.

–A birthday party;

he comes each year,

to eat oats and honey.

–Life’s nectar,

and to tell me that all is okay, all right, blessed.

Though reassuring, I don’t believe his devilish lies.

“It could be better,” ...