gallivants and the housebound

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i've been all back-and-forth lately and houseguests-r-us and i miss my leisurely dA-ing and i wish i had time enough to sit and write.

on the plus side, though, i've FINALLY been to the Royal Mosque (profuse thanks to Yoba & Mother Of :lol:), and it is vast and wondrous and breathtaking and really, why did we not do this every weekend? lookit what we seen:

Badshahi Masjid - II by ahmedwkhan   Badshahi Masjid - inside view by ahmedwkhan   :thumb165203385:
 


general question: can anyone here direct me to good poetry prompts? i'm already a member of transliterations so i know what they've got going on, but otherwise. if you know a good lot, shoot me a link, please and thank you!

speaking of good poetry and things i've recently mostly fav'd and run (sorrysorry!), have these.

VisionI
Peripherally, I have seen her behind, combing through the blacktop's ocean,
visceral with gravel, pebbles turned to stone statues
of sailors. I have seen the tar mermaid--silken, sweating,
glisten with euphoria and bask in street lights bare.
She moves with the fluidity of forgetting, the soft fading flow of nepenthe.
The wood are gone; confined.
and I am overcome.
II
sunlight doesn't dash and frame you beautiful, caught in the corn, splashing
through our naivetés.  You bring the light and crash across my eyes.  Never
have I seen the green stalks part and bow low before
anyone. And I am bumbling and sloppy and earnest.
I have never kissed before.  Never breathed before.
II
Of course, there is nothing new along this speckled path. The disco-
ball-sun cannot shine and show the shown, and the sway of bowed corn-stalks
can play tricks on the eye. There is nothing new in the knife edge autumn air, nor
the blue above. The ground is trampled and deadened b
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MehreenFreed's avatar
Hey there!
:heart: Great feature. And I am sure loads of guests are coming in. Must be crazy eh? How is life? :lol: Great feature! Also, the badshaahi masjid, man I need to visit that place again.