Haiku
Prophet in Camouflage
Army green … blood stains — I warn … but child hastes for gun … bullets shred his guts ... Caption Inspired by a survivor’s testimony of the 1989 attack in San Salvador, El Salvador. A soldier was killed. A child, moved by fear or duty, ran for the fallen rifle. The witness warned him not to. The child picked up the gun. The enemy opened fire. His guts were shredded by machine gun bullets.
By Marcellus Greyabout a year ago in Poets
Yde
A bog in Stijfveen — peat hides Yde Girl’s red hair … and neck with slipknot … Caption Yde Girl (/ˈiː.də/ — “EE-duh”) was discovered in 1897 in the Stijfveen (/ˈstɛif.feɪn/ — “STIFE-vane”) peat bog near Yde, Netherlands. Her body, preserved by acidic peat, revealed red hair, a woolen cape, and a slipknot around her neck—signs of ritual death. She now resides in the Drents Museum.
By Marcellus Greyabout a year ago in Poets
Just Give It A Shake
And the 8 ball says: "The outlook does not look good" Check the ouija board..... *** A/N In the 1940s, a clairvoyant by the name of Mary Carter, in Cincinnati, inspired her son with an object she used with her clients – a container with a small chalk slate inside it. She would shake the container and open it to reveal the clients answer to the question, written on the slate. Her son, Albert Carter, advanced the design into an easier to operate device – the Syco Seer. A simple cylinder with both transparent ends, filled with molasses, and two dice with answers written on each face – a TOTAL of 12 answers. When it was shaken and up-ended, one of the dice would drift to the top, revealing a random face/answer.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout a year ago in Poets
