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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.


Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.


image for blog


March 14, 2026 at 12:03pm
March 14, 2026 at 12:03pm
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Prompt:
On this day in 1970, Ursula K. Le Guin was the first woman to win the Nebula Award for Best Novel with her work, "The Left Hand of Darkness". Let's have some fun with her title. Write a short story or poem or simply write your blog entry using The Left Hand of Darkness somewhere inside whatever you decide.


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Shadows with Long Fingers

Shadows--patient, ancient--stretch their
long fingers without hurrying, without
judgment, not cruel, not empty, for
their darkness is their only form
of listening,

and they gather used-up colors from the day,
folding them into the cacophony of life with
restless hopes of the living, and then they
place the moon over worn-out people
like a lantern,

and next, they spread the stars into the depths
of the night, so the return of the light follows
through God's sacred rhythm of mercy
and can come upon the earth, after
the left hand of darkness.




 


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