Artsy Fartsy Thursday

Artsy Fartsy Thursday
Arsty Fartsy Thursday

Artist: Serenity Rose

pencil drawing

Title : who dis?

2026 PAD Challenge Day 15

2026 PAD Challenge Day 15

my response is:

our forefathers set up hope 
in a nation so young...
it was supposed to be freedom 
for all and welcoming arms 
for those who need sanctuary.

the new government are pirates 
stealing the dream.
piracy of hope seems to be 
unbelievable and profane...
for the reality of this country 
is nowhere near what everyone 
believed it would be.

Wednesday Whispers

Serena Mossgraves
Serena Mossgraves

2026 PAD Challenge Day 14

2026 PAD Challenge Day 14

my response is :

you were always there
when I awoke after 
dreaming violence.

A soft safe space 
to wrap around me
when I shake from 
remembered violence.

I wrap myself in your love 
knowing that I am done 
with violence and am safe.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone
Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone
All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall
All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone
Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone
All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall
All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall
If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?
You! (if you don’t eat yer meat)
Yes, you behind the bike stands (you can’t have any pudding)
(How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?) Stand still, laddy!
You! Yes, you behind the bike stands…

My 2 cents –

okay this song has a story. I started 9th grade 6 weeks late due to childbirth. my best friend at the time (who was dating ny step brother) decided that my first day of school hadd to be special. She brought a big boombox to school and as I got off the bus blasted this song so loud the cafeteria windows shook. it was incredible and memorable.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 13

2026 PAD Challenge Day 13

my response is:

her movements were
       hypnotic 
using only her hips she 
       spoke volumes.

they call it belly dancing 
but she made it hypnosis,
calling me to her,
creating a desire, 
              that felt so forbidden.
I wanted to watch her move 
until the whole world ended.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 12

2026 PAD Challenge Day 12

my response is :

the treasure I buried,
in the time capsule 
wasn't something anyone 
else wanted to add.

others added pictures 
and bits of themselves,
I added words bound bright.

For when the capsule is dug up 
and all of the treasure is found,
I want to speak to the future of 
knowledge forgotten and thoughts 
profound.

Sunday Reviews

Sessions with a Demon by Finn O’Malley

Are you ready for your first session of therapy?

Everyone’s got issues, even demons.
When Ren, a Synergy demon, begins showing favor towards his human assignments, it raises alarm among his superiors. His punishment is one he never anticipated: Weekly sessions with famed demon therapist Dr. Lilith Madson.

A moral debacle ensues when an intriguing human recognizing his invisible presence on the streets and forces him to realize Lilith may have a wicked agenda of her own. Whose side will he take? The human with the all-consuming need for revenge or the delusional therapist determined to wreak havoc?

My Thoughts

Okay I shared the announcement of the sequel last week. so I thought it was a good time to review it on my own personal page. This book is a well written roller-coaster. the characters are strong and the plot is sound. by the end you are simply wishing for more – and more os about to be released.

Monday Poetry

Poetry

2026 PAD Challenge Day 11

2026 PAD Challenge Day 11

my response is:

perhaps it is the universe's joke
played on my life that I keep ending up 
walking down the roads to nowhere.

I end up finding a way to somewhere 
but not in the normal ways.
I have no tether to the right road 
and truthfully I don't know if I want one,
for I have learned more from being lost 
than I ever could if I followed some plan.

I will gladly walk those roads to nowhere 
and find myself lost and learning 
than to follow the plan and be 
                               miserable.

BTW I posted a poem a couple of days ago and I said I was not sure if it belonged in kissed by Verse. I think it does not. I am going to open a new volume for it and this one…