Poem: "Green Frog Skins"

This poem came out of the February 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by fuzzyred. It belongs to the Iron Horses thread of the Polychrome Heroics series, and it is mentioned in "Up a Creek Without a Paddle."


"Green Frog Skins"


Green frog skins. Green frog skins.
See what they do. See what they do.
They make a fool out of everyone,
And mess up the world, that's all they've done.
Did you ever see such a trap as this one,
As green frog skins?

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Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and snowy.  :D  It started snowing this morning and is still dusting a bit.  It's not deep, just enough to coat the world in powdered sugar.  Very pretty.

I fed the birds.  The hopper feeder was about half empty.  I've seen a flock of sparrows, a flock of blackbirds in various sizes some of which are probably grackles, several mourning doves, and several cardinals including at least one pair.
 

Writing Community

bleodswean is planning to set up a community on Dreamwidth where writers can talk shop.  If this interests you, please join in the discussion.  We're also looking for volunteers to handle individual parts, so if there are things you enjoy doing, then suggest them.  Posts include:

Shop Talk

Shop Talk Part 2

February 16

 

Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics

The February Poetry Fishbowl made its $300 goal, so there will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday, February 19-Sunday, February 25.  Check your budgets, and I hope to see you then!

Follow Friday 2-16-24: Active Communities on Dreamwidth Winter 2023-2024 A-I

These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Winter 2023-2024. They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers A-I.

Highly active with multiple posts per day, daily posts, or too many to count easily
Active with (one, multiple, many) posts in (current or recent month)
Somewhat active (latest post within current year, not in last month or few)
Low traffic (latest post in previous year)
Dormant (latest post before previous year, but could be revived because membership is open and posting is open to all members or anyone)
Dead (not listed because there are no recent posts, plus membership and/or posting are moderated)
Note that some communities are only active during a limited time, or only have gather posts on a certain schedule.


Themes
Follow Friday 12-8-23: Comedy
Follow Friday 12-15-23: Comic Books
Follow Friday 12-22-23: Community
Follow Friday 12-29-23: Active Communities on Dreamwidth 2023
Follow Friday 1-5-24: Computers
Follow Friday 1-12-23: Cooking
Follow Friday 1-19-23: Cosplay and Costumes
Follow Friday 1-26-24: Crafts
Follow Friday 2-2-24: Creative Writing
Follow Friday 2-9-24: Creativity

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Friday Five

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Badwater Basin

... is full again in Death Valley.

Oh, and the wildflowers?  I bet they bloom like crazy, desert ones are designed to capitalize on water when it's available.