mishmont's Profile

Penname:	mishmont
Country:	United States
Favorite book:	May Sarton's various Journals
Member type:	Author
Member Since:	Nov 19, 2006
Bio:	Born and raised in LA, schooled in philosophy and psychology, empowered the lives of three wonderful children, (my major gift to humanity) moved to a sheep farm in Oregon in 1985 with my second husband, my one true love.

User Writings


Title/Name	Date	Ranking	Reviews	Type

Alzheimer diary	May 25, 2007	5	827	Novel
My experience of living with my husband of...

Animal perspective, nano	Nov 4, 2007	131	39	Novel
What are the animals thinking? drawn kicking...

Vultures	Apr 22, 2008	1515	5	Poetry
vultures

Not Dumb Sheep	Dec 17, 2007	487	6	Poetry
Sheep dumb: NOT

Dark Night	Apr 15, 2008	1096	5	Poetry
Transitions

Tribute to Dom and all our Soldiers	Feb 16, 2008	238	8	Poetry
Welcome back to Dom and thanks and appreciation...

Encroachment	Feb 18, 2008	332	7	Poetry
Encroachment, ours

Feeding Fish	Jun 28, 2008	980	4	Poetry
My poems of nature come from direct experience.

Leaving my farm	Aug 26, 2007	132	10	Poetry
We may have to leave our beloved farm.

Bittersweet, Mating Moths	Apr 17, 2008	416	8	Poetry
April

As you drift	Feb 19, 2008	441	7	Poetry
drifting

The Word	Jan 7, 2008	742	5	Poetry
deciding

Little Lamb	Jan 21, 2007	32	16	Poetry
A premature lamb has died on our sheep farm....

Ne me Quitte Pas	Oct 19, 2007	112	11	Poetry
Remind me

Trapped By Love	Apr 11, 2007	24	17	Poetry
Love requires

I sit in a box (haiku x 2)	Jan 25, 2008	583	6	Poetry
Trapped and expanded

The Writer (mixed haiku)	Jan 4, 2008	251	8	Poetry
Mixed haiku structures

Disposable?	Dec 30, 2007	154	9	Poetry
A very difficult turning point. Dave is now...

Not Every Tree Lives	Jul 5, 2007	41	13	Poetry
Not every tree lives

Twilight, fading	Jul 9, 2007	226	8	Poetry
Fading as the twilight

The Apple Tree	Jul 14, 2007	117	10	Poetry
Boughs bow.

Comes the Fall, Haiku	Aug 7, 2007	207	8	Poetry
Comes the autumn

It Is Done	Sep 7, 2007	350	7	Poetry
In the spring we are leaving our beloved farm...

Stay beloved, haiku	Nov 16, 2007	320	7	Poetry
Wanting to not let go of my husband who is...

Autumn Haiku	Sep 26, 2007	90	11	Poetry
Autumn twilight

Heart	Jan 13, 2008	917	4	Poetry
Duh, how long did it take to realize this?

Dare you take me? (siwuku)	Jan 1, 2008	291	7	Poetry
siwuku -- five syllables per line, ten lines...

I will never go, haiku	Dec 14, 2007	882	4	Poetry
I will never go

The Hawk Will Fly Again	Oct 5, 2007	195	9	Poetry
Renewal

Autum Twilight With Chainsaw Haiku	Oct 6, 2007	384	7	Poetry
Contemplation interuptus.

Blow crazy wind	Dec 14, 2007	1176	3	Poetry
Blow crazy wind

Break (haiku)	Jan 11, 2008	1632	New	Poetry
Opera moves,rocks, if you will

Woman of Color	Nov 4, 2007	246	10	Poetry
There's been a mistake

Curious...Haiku	Dec 18, 2007	637	6	Poetry
Time and death.

My Mother's Gown	Nov 26, 2007	734	5	Poetry
I had a dream once

Dense Tom?	Nov 26, 2007	805	5	Poetry
Does this cat know what he is doing?

Still Autumn	Dec 4, 2007	991	4	Poetry
leaves on carpet

Each Cat Has a Bed	Dec 6, 2007	128	11	Poetry
Cats, hey, what can I say?

I Deny Your Hold (Chaiku Contest)	Dec 17, 2007	316	7	Poetry
I deny your Hold on me, time

Doth the Trumball	Dec 23, 2007	910	4	Poetry
Reworked this and added to fit Chaiku

Before The Abyss (double siwuku)	Jan 21, 2008	418	6	Poetry
siwuku -- five syllables per line, ten lines...

Snowflake on my hand, haiku	Jan 30, 2008	653	5	Poetry
haiku

Why die? Haiku/chaiku	Feb 4, 2008	978	4	Poetry
Why die?

I'll Go There With You	Feb 9, 2008	272	8	Poetry
Following my husband into his dementia.

Vessel	Mar 2, 2008	221	9	Poetry
A poem

No Martyr Me, no Angel	Mar 6, 2008	392	7	Poetry
I have taken the second step toward admitting...

Enter Not Lightly	Mar 9, 2008	1285	3	Poetry
Enter not lightly

Vicks Vapo Rub	Mar 12, 2008	347	7	Poetry
Competing for worst poem

Orbs and footnotes	Mar 19, 2008	232	9	Poetry
Worstest poem contest

Conversatin with a lost Angel	Mar 23, 2008	1179	3	Poetry
Taking notes, absorbing the life of these lost...

Animal perspective, hawk	May 10, 2008	402	7	Poetry
I started to write this as part of the shorts...

Culprit	May 16, 2008	139	9	Poetry
No need to critique poem, just give me a solution!

Eros rising	May 25, 2008	57	12	Poetry
Eros rising

Oh Noble Earwig	Jun 6, 2008	183	10	Poetry
saving the planet

My Face	Jun 11, 2008	592	8	Poetry
Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore.

Hot	Jun 12, 2008	299	8	Poetry
Erotica and humor. Hey aren't we human after all?

Do you see me?	Jun 13, 2008	792	5	Poetry
Who knew writing erotic poetry could be fun?

Back Again	Jun 17, 2008	922	6	Poetry
No feedback or reviews required, just something...

Crying, Yearning	Jun 18, 2008	282	7	Poetry
Loss and yearnings

The Art of Scrabulous	Jul 3, 2008	1260	4	Poetry
Words and color

Israel...nine light years ago	Jan 13, 2007	285	11	Short Story
Visiting my daughter's family, Rabbi husband...

Tikkun Olam, Repairing The World	Jan 16, 2007	425	8	Short Story
Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, is a Jewish...

Tikkuning by accident	Jan 18, 2007	473	12	Short Story
Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. sometimes...

Sixth Grade Love	Apr 10, 2007	76	15	Short Story
Remembering first love, first kiss. Just a...

Ramblings, Diary addendums	Feb 28, 2008	341	9	Short Story
Wrote some times outside of the Diary, this is...

Are you ready my dear?	May 13, 2007	80	16	Short Story
thoughts of suicide.

Where Did Aids Go?	May 19, 2007	160	14	Short Story
Why am I no longer paying attention?

Drown the mice	Jun 9, 2007	354	9	Short Story
Mother's instructios

Call the Cats to Their Death,dear Daughter	Jun 11, 2007	611	6	Short Story
Another memory

Acceptance	Jul 28, 2007	36	18	Short Story
This is to be a submission to a monthly...

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