Category Archives: poetry

4/24/08 thursday image prompt – weighty voices on hallowed ground

Posted on April 24, 2008 by rick mobbs

Internet, cable, phones – landlines as well as towers – have been out all day and are just now being restored. Someone (accidentally) cut the fiber optics trunk line running north from Santa Fe (New Mexico, USA) and feeding all … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, desert warfare, ecphrasis, hallowed ground, painting, poem, poetry | 13 Comments

4/23/08 stupid war (broadus mobbs)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

It’s a family affair here. My son, Broadus, explained this picture, Stupid War, to me last year when he was 7. (* hmmm… i must have lost his explanation. must look for it.) We worked on the painting together. The … Continue reading →

Posted in art, broadus, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, making up stories, painting, poem, poetry, prosepoem, stories, stupid war, war toys | 12 Comments

4/23/08 nanda (image prompt)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

james17930, author of the blog, Intropolis (and several others!), wrote Nanda, using the painting below as his starting point. . paisley, author of why-paisley?? (and others!) wrote completion . .

Posted in art, completion, dark, image prompts, intropolis, james17930, nanda, painting, paisley, poem, poetry, stories, whypaisley | 1 Comment

4/23/08 sun and moon

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

paisley, author of whypaisley, wrote bird of happiness.

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, love, myths, painting, poem, poetry, sun and moon, whypaisley | 2 Comments

4/23/08 Darfur Fridge (ozymandiaz)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

just in from the incomparable oz, creator of the blog Ocellus, a poem about more than the darfur fridge

Posted in art, blood diamond, children of war, collaborative storybook, Darfur, ocellus, ozymandiaz, physics, picture prompts, poem, poetry, politics, rainbow, steel sculpture, thursday prompt, Uncategorized, vanity, war, war toys | 1 Comment

#22 earth day – seeing eve (pepektheassassin)

Posted on April 22, 2008 by rick mobbs

seeing eve, for earth day from pepektheassassin, author of the blog, myunclepepeksjournal. (Definitely go over and check out the blog!) .

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, Fibinacci, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tapestry, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

triple damn cat

Posted on April 19, 2008 by rick mobbs

Opened the door to see the tail of the cat that’s all I saw scat, just the tail of the cat but the rest of the cat was there somewhere I just didn’t know where (or really care). Till down … Continue reading →

Posted in art, blues, damn cat, egnima, painting, passion, poetry, stolen heart, triple damn cat, women | 16 Comments

Darfur Fridge – thursday image prompt

Posted on April 17, 2008 by rick mobbs

(updated contributions to the collective storybook are found on the Storybook pages.) . …..…..….. . Hiking in the woods I found this rusting refrigerator that hunters had been using for target practice. I retrieved the door and it sat in … Continue reading →

Posted in art, callings, children of war, collaboration, collaborative storybook, crackedheadblog, ecphrasis, image prompts, lucid dreaming, painting, picture prompts, poetry, steel sculpture, stories, thursday prompt, visual journal, whypaisley | 9 Comments

from the vanishing enigma (notwhatitseems)

Posted on April 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

Just recently did she vanish. Magically, mysteriously. We hope for a reappearance. I overlooked her thoughts on the chimera/child/rockhead thing, the painting below. So I’ll add them now. . “I am no writer, so these are my feelings, firstly the … Continue reading →

Posted in art, poetry, stories | 5 Comments

Whoooeeeeee!!! Guess what came in the mail today?

Posted on April 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

A poem from Lakota, author of the handsome blog, naughtylakota (be warned!). She’s been promising one, and wrote the ailing child to tell the story of the painting below. I believe she has tapped into her softer side… .

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, lakota, naughtylakota, painting, poetry, the ailing child | 3 Comments

4/10/08 incongruent (whypaisley)

Posted on April 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is a link to incongruent, a poem by whypaisley, creator of theinkpot, based on the image below- . .

Posted in art, poetry | 3 Comments

work in progress 4/11/08

Posted on April 11, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in aa, art, painting, poetry, sketchbook, stories, Uncategorized, visual journal, works in progress | 4 Comments

4/10/08 image prompt

Posted on April 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

That week rolled by quickly! Welcome to the collaborative storybook. The image above is the Thursday prompt. Jump right in! Your ideas are welcome here. Colors aren’t quite as true but for higher resolution pic click on image below.

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, myths, oil painting, picture prompts, poetry, sketchbook, stories, the writing life | 24 Comments

a little note of explanation…

Posted on April 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

…and a picture… the reflection… is anything as it seems? SIZZLE Sigh, child, and sink into the world you know. Let butterflies appear in snow. So what, if the rains come back to Nicaragua? They always do. Would you add … Continue reading →

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work in progress

Posted on April 8, 2008 by rick mobbs

today’s work.

Posted in art, journal, painting, poetry, sketchbook, works in progress | 7 Comments

murals and LARGE art

Posted on April 8, 2008 by rick mobbs

A recent comment (from Paul) proposed the idea of scaling one of the these images up to, say, 5 meters x 10 meters. I haven’t been thinking in terms of street murals but I like the idea. The largest backdrop … Continue reading →

Posted in american gothic, american gothis, art, art for film and tv, backdrops, john kretschmer, murals, painting, poetry, stories, the in crowd, works in progress | 1 Comment

the collaborative storybook

Posted on April 7, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am trying to find a graceful way to publish in one place all the stories and poems and myths contributed, and to create an easily read storybook. I first tried posting all the pictures and responses on one page … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, collaborative work, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, making up stories, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tell us a story!, visual journal, works in progress | 3 Comments

about image prompts

Posted on April 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

I have added this page – the collaborative storybook to have a place to post the myths, stories and poems arriving in response to the image prompts I put up here on a weekly basis. Look for a new image … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, making up stories, myths, painting, poetry, stories | 4 Comments

an open invitation to write about a painting, or two…

Posted on April 3, 2008 by rick mobbs

Last week, feeling on the moody side, I posted an image without an accompanying poem or explanation, asking if anyone would like to make up a story to go with the image. Jo of floresence and Oz of ozymandiaz responded … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, myths, painting, poetry, stories | 13 Comments

trials of the ugga bugga man

Posted on April 1, 2008 by rick mobbs

or, one person’s ceiling is another one’s floor, or, the worlds we carry do get heavy sometimes. Maybe, I’m glad the snake is friendly? I am finding that as much as I love this blogging experience, and the people I … Continue reading →

Posted in art, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, love, myths, poetry, stories, tell us a story!, visual journal, works in progress | 15 Comments

a moody little drawing

Posted on March 31, 2008 by rick mobbs

a moody little painting sits atop a moody little piece of writing

Posted in art, dark, love, moody little thing, myths, oil painting, poetry, stories | 5 Comments

a moody little piece of nonsense

Posted on March 31, 2008 by rick mobbs

Water is the sound of small boys throwing stones and chunks of iron and old bones into the ocean. Water is the sound of bones dissolving. Water is a black sound. Is there a blacker sound? “Who goes there?” asks … Continue reading →

Posted in awakening, bleak, blues, love, myths, poetry, stories | 5 Comments

collaboration #2, on ‘standing in the shadows’, a poem by oz on a painting by rick

Posted on March 30, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am honored that the very able and gifted Ozymandiaz (ocellus) responded to the invitation to make up a story about the painting below with the poem below that. Please visit his blog for more great stuff. (I would like … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, johemment, lucid dreaming, myths, ocellus, oz, ozymandiaz, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories | 7 Comments

johemmant’s story (florescence) a collaboration

Posted on March 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

This post is a collaborative effort. Johemmant, author of floresence, wrote the wonderfully evocative story accompanying the painting below. Please visit her blog to read many more wonderful and beautiful things. h (jo’s story) We were resting after a long … Continue reading →

Posted in angels, art, collaboration, dreamtime, ecphrasis poetry, florescence, jo, johemment, myths, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories, the writing life | 8 Comments

johemmant’s story (florescence) – standing in the shadows

Posted on March 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

Jo, the wonderful author of florescence, has written a story to accompany the painting in the post below. I am charged by the collaboration. You can find the storypoem here. I highly recommend a visit for everything else there, as … Continue reading →

Posted in art, awakening, calling, collaboration, florescence, jo, johemment, light, love, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories | 4 Comments

a picture for the moment – standing in the shadows

Posted on March 28, 2008 by rick mobbs

something for this rainy day. would anyone like to make up a story?

Posted in art, bleak hope, blues, faith, healing, hope, light dark, love, medium, oil painting, poetry, stories | 9 Comments

notes upon the windowsill

Posted on March 27, 2008 by rick mobbs

well, nobody asked, but I’ll try to explain it anyway, if only for myself. I can’t remember if the post below – She sits upon a windowsill – started as a journal fragment or as a line that jumped into … Continue reading →

Posted in art, callings, faith, journal, light, light dark, love, lucid dreaming, poetry, recovery, stories, the writing life, wake up dude, works in progress | 5 Comments

the kiss of the fourth wind

Posted on March 26, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, dreamtime, fun stuff, kids, kiss of the wind, light, love, lucid dreaming, lullabies, poetry, recovery, stories, the fourth wind, the kiss, wake up dude | 15 Comments

she sits upon a windowsill, a little more, a work in progress

Posted on March 26, 2008 by rick mobbs

Very much a work in progress…. She sits upon a windowsill and spies a laughing boy, about eleven, barefoot by the water’s edge beneath the tree’s green reaching hands. The canopy throws its color down and lights the shadows with … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, aan, ann bunting-mock, art, awakening, callings, electric cow, fun stuff, kids, light, love, lucid dreaming, lullabies, poetry, recovery, stories, wake up dude, works in progress | 3 Comments

whereabouts revisited, end of story

Posted on March 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

So we smashed like acrobats, a mess of arms and legs and heads and backs, spinning through the flaming hoops to meet the leaping, happy cats and all those clowns in human suits, and all their senseless chatter. The main … Continue reading →

Posted in art, awakening, bleak, callings, dark, denial, desolation, despair, faith, healing, hope, kids, love, lullabies, nightmare, poetry, recovery, stories, the art of recovery, wake up dude | 9 Comments

whereabouts and wanderlust – the rest of the story

Posted on March 20, 2008 by rick mobbs

Whereabouts and Wanderlust traveled hand in hand. Each one loved the other most and trekked through many lands. Altogether they were happy, blue eyes and blue. Sleeping children brought them flowers, with love, from me to you. And so the … Continue reading →

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whereabouts and wanderlust

Posted on March 20, 2008 by rick mobbs

Whereabouts and Wanderlust traveled hand in hand. Each one loved the other most and trekked then many lands. Altogether they were happy blue eyes and blue. Sleeping children brought them flowers, with love, from me to you.

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, faith, fun stuff, kids, light, love, lullabies, poetry, recovery, sleeping children, stories, the children, wake up dude, whereabouts and wanderlust | 3 Comments

a light dark poem – a rewrite

Posted on March 19, 2008 by rick mobbs

Sweet sweet engine of mercy, bright flying speck in the sun, tomorrow I’ll be riding a donkey, tomorrow I’ll be on my way home. We will go to the invisible carnival. We will ride the invisible rides. We will not … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, faith, love, lullabies, my theology, poetry, stories | 8 Comments

obama’s speech

Posted on March 19, 2008 by rick mobbs

Transcript Barack Obama’s Speech on Race Published: March 18, 2008 The following is the text as prepared for delivery of Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race in Philadelphia, as provided by his presidential campaign. “We the people, in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, anger management, art, awakening, callings, character studies, faith, hope, love, obama, obama's speech, poetry, politics, race in america, racial healing, recovery, tapestry, the children, works in progress | 4 Comments

border studies – undocumented aliens

Posted on March 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

Back in Montezuma, N.M. after 10 days on the road with 18 UWC-USA students, faculty chaperones, and Broadus, 8.5 years, a great traveler, interested in everything. In place of a Spring Break, students at UWC elect a service-learning adventure. This … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, despair, faith, grassroots leadership, hope, illegal immigration, immigration issues, love, mexican border, poetry, politics, stories, undocumented aliens, uwc-usa, wake up dude | 6 Comments

portrait of Nanda

Posted on March 6, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in art, character studies, chiquitica, dreamtime, fernanda sosa, light dark, love, nanda, poetry, portraits, recovery, stories, visual journal | 9 Comments

a dark light poem

Posted on March 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

Mud and bone and fire and water, blood and ice and cloud and slaughter, bloody, holy, hallowed ground, bloody, empty, silent sound. The ash upon the embers, the fire within the cloud, the sound seeking hearing, the truth seeking sound. … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, awakening, faith, love, lullabies, poerty journal, poetry, stories, wake up dude, works in progress | 9 Comments

work in progress 1 poem or 2?

Posted on March 4, 2008 by rick mobbs

1. Sweet sweet engine of mercy, bright flying speck in the sun, tomorrow I’ll be riding a donkey, tomorrow I’ll be on my way home. Ah! The invisible carnival ride, I’m standing in line to climb on. Twirling and spinning … Continue reading →

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make the law dance – the new mexico PeaceWorks conference

Posted on March 2, 2008 by rick mobbs

Make the law dance and the people will love it. Today the NMPWC ends. New Mexico PeaceWorks Conference creating a better world through social justice http://www.uwc-usa.org/cec/peace.htm       Sponsored By United World College-USA, Monte Del Sol Charter School, Santa … Continue reading →

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desolation, hope, and more hope

Posted on February 29, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in "Blindness", "The Road", aa, art, awakening, bleak stories, callings, dark, desolation, despair, hope, light, love, nightmare, poetry, politics, recovery, stories, the art of recovery, the immorality of groups, wake up dude, war, works in progress | 12 Comments