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30 Days of Halloween Poem Challenge, Inquiring Minds

30day Halloween Poem Challenge Poem#18, 19 , 20

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Skeleton Jig

They hold hands at night

and dance a little jig in the graveyard.

White as bone they say because that’s

all they are.

Skeletons gotta have just a bit of fun.

What would you do on Halloween if you were dead?

Do little a jig, make a little love…get down tonight.

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Road and the Darkness

I can’t say why the darkness consoles me.

No fear exists as shadows flow around

and enscroll my body

in etchings of lonliness

and comforting coldness

which is all I’ve ever known.

I shall walk this long  road in silent  solace and perhaps find my

answer in the ravens which

circle overhead.

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Slipping Mask

The negative of me is the mask that I remove

when no one is looking.

It slips on and off so easily.

I forget at times which one is in control.

Perhaps one day I shall show you that piece of me

But would you run away screaming?

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Fig Tree Camp and the Maasai Day #9 and 10 Continued…

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I promised to tell you yesterday about what my wife what was doing on Day #9 and #10 of her trip to Kenya…

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She has traveled to the Masai Mara Game Reserve.  It is an extension of the Great Serengeti Plain  – its considered the most stunning game viewing spot in all of Kenya: lions, giraffes, zebras, elephants and other wildlife reside here.

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Her tent sits right in the middle of the wildlife at the edge of  it all.

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On Day #9 Hopefully she had a fun festive night attending a traditional Bush Dinner featuring a Masai Dance performance –

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Today, day #10  she would have went out on full game drive and had a nice picnic lunch…and return just in time to the Masai Mara for sunset.

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Here she is…! Day #9 and 10

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Joseph, her Massai friend in Kenya with TIsha

FIRST OFFICAL PIC OF MY WIFE ON HER NATIVE SOIL OF AFRICA!….Well she would call it her native soil anyways…:)

Tisha visited one of her closest friends she met through Facebook who lives in Kenya.  His name is Joseph who is of the Maasai Tribe in Kenya. 

Hey, it’s our Anniversary today Oct 20th,  and she’s on a date with another man…what gives!…:)

Notice the hat Joseph is wearing…yeah Tisha got that for him….she’s a big Detroit Tigers fan.

He came to visit her at the latest lodge she is staying at.  I will post on that topic tomorrow perhaps and let her as well, when  she returns with more pics…:)

Happy Anniversary Babe! Love ya!

30 Days of Halloween Poem Challenge, Inquiring Minds

Hellhounds – 30 Day Hallowen Challenge Poem #17

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Hellhounds –

Known by many names,

Gwyllgi, the Dog of Darkness,

Black Schuck,  the Dog of Doom,

Dip, the little black hairy one who likes

to drink blood.

All hellhounds, demon dogs, omens of death

cast from the same malformed

misbegotten blackened molds.

An acrid, odorous smell precedes them,

brimstone wafts in their wake as they stalk

lost souls in the great hunt.

Paw prints burned into cold dead stone

give away their passage.

Eyes yellow of  burnished  bright gold.

or eyes of red, glowing like hot coals

Eyes that seek and search.

Be you the one?

Lost?

If so ,they shall drag you down and through

Hell’s doors where in your

new home you shall dwell

evermore.

By Philip Wardlow

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Valley, Mountains, Lakes and Waterfalls… Day #7 and #8 of My Wife’s Kenya Safari

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Great Rift Valley Lodge

 

I have recently been in contact with my wife indirectly and very briefly on Facebook when she arrived at her last location during  day #5 and 6 of her trip at the Mt. Kenya Safari Club.

She says she is doing good. Tired but good.  And she told me she had an incident with a monkey.  Incident with a Monkey!!  WTH!   But that’s all I got. No story…guess we will have to wait until she gets back to hear the rest.

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NOW she has traveled onto the Great Rift Valley.  And this thing is big…I’m talking 3,000 Miles long extending from Israel and through Kenya to end in Mozambique to the south.

In addition, her location in Kenya puts her at the higest point where the Rift runs at  6,000 Feet high.

She is staying at the aptly named Great Rift Valley Lodge… and she seems to be getting spoiled…AGAIN. Where the hells the roughing coming in it yet?  Now I’m not asking her to run out in the wild  stripped to her bare nothings to find the nearest cave torub two sticks together for warmth.  Well that would be an experience….hmmmm.

I will give her a  break…she has been roughing it enough already I’m sure…she needed this.

So with out further adieu check out some of the area she will be exploring in the Great Rift Valley.

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White Rhino in Lake Nakuru
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Nyahururu Falls

 

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30 Days of Halloween Poem Challenge, Inquiring Minds

The Dark – 30 Day Halloween Poem Challenge #16

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The Dark –IntheDark

I’m in the dark.

I look at it, as it looks at me.

Silently it sits.

The minutes  draw out to what seems hours.

I move left, it moves to follow.

So I stop. It stops.

The sound of heavy breathing, like the bellows of a fire

emit from its mouth. My heart speeds up.

It seems to be waiting for something. But what?

I raise my hand as if to wave. It waves backs.

Oh you fool,  it’s just your reflection in the mirror.

Calm your breath, its your own lungs you hear

expelling in your ears, your own movements which

track from across the room distilled from the dim

photons which bounce back to your misguided

eye.

“You idiot” I tell myself out aloud.

“Yes, you are” it answers back.

by Philip Wardlow

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30 Days of Halloween Poem Challenge, Inquiring Minds

Spider Crawling – 30 Day Halloween Challenge – Poem#15 – HALF WAY!!

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Spider Crawling

Did  you know  they crawl  mostly  at night?

Spinning  their webs to snare their prey in the day.

They like warm places.

They dwell in dark recesses .

Sometimes as you sleep they select

an ear or a nose.

A slight tickle may make you fidget  as you dream

I suppose.

They just wish a home to feel safe in.

So let them crawl;

over blanket, over pillow, on cheek,

over lips, to the darkness within.

by Philip Wardlow

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Now she’s just getting Spoiled – Day#5 & 6 of RhinoGirl’s Trip to Kenya

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Fairmount Mt. Kenya Safari Club – That’s where my wife  is at this very moment.  And holy shit! She’s  kicking back in luxury…!  What the Hell…

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I’m sitting on my couch eating pizza watching the rain come down in 55 Degree weather…and she’s here.  DAMMIT all.

Just kidding ,,,but look at this place.  It’s a sprawling luxurious mansion smack dab in the middle of nowhere surround by tons of wildlife. Seemingly lots of giraffes must blanket the place looking at the next picture below I’m guessing.

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I also did a little research and it says this place used to be the once private retreat of actor, William Holden back in the day. He used it as a hunting lodge and retreat.  ( Booooooooooooooooo! )

I think it’s ironic (is ironic the right word)  now that its used for Safari goeers to stay and  only SHOOT pictures instead of guns. I like that they are giving back to the area with their tourist dollars instead of taking a “prize”  home with them.

The original intent of the place has changed for the better.  So kudos to progress in Kenya for that.

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SO I am sure my wife  is resting comfortably  here.  Because that what this place  is for, a little way station on the dusty road where you can sleep in a good bed and sit by the pool and look out at MT. Kenya and sip some wine.

BUT my wife never relaxes you see. Before she left for Kenya she set up a meeting with a place called Ol Pejeta Conservancy in the local area for an interview for her Blog she writes. She did tons of emailing and calling and corresponding to get this set up.

She got the email from the director just two days before she left to go to Kenya that the meeting was a go.  It’s a big coup to go there and do what she will be doing.

But I won’t  say anymore. I  will let her tell you the whole story  when she returns with pictures and the interview she conducted with the staff there who do great things for the Rhino. I will tell you this, for her it’s like walking on the moon with who and what she gets to meet there.

So long story short, she won’t be resting and kicking back much…right now I can picture her sitting up in bed  running through her interview questions for tomorrow’s meeting at the place.

May you have grand time tomorrow my dear.

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30 Days of Halloween Poem Challenge, Inquiring Minds

Take Me – 30 Day Halloween Challenge – Poem #14

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Take Me –

If I should die before I wake, I pray thee  Lord my soul to take…

Let me wander free of me,

Let me wander far of field

of the flies and maggots

which fester upon

my  rotting flesh.

My mind is not my own

as I walk this earth I once

called home.

Take me, for I do wish to remain

a husk of hunger

never knowing peace.

Take me so I may

finally fall  asleep.

by Philip Wardlow

Inquiring Minds, Poetry/Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week

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Only when all the angels have fallen and the demons have awoken from  their dark sleep will the world know true peace.

By Philip Wardlow

 

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