Frankenberry's Attic

June 2, 2026

But … There’s Still The Weather (poem)

At dVerse Poets Li brings us a new Quadrille prompt, the dVerse specialty, a 44 word poem (not including the title) with one word to be included. This time around the word is “Horn”. ///////////////////////////////////////// But … There’s Still the Weather Weather settled the kitchen table with cracked flowers water stained mail, returned and a… Continue reading

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44 word poem, dversepoets.com, poetry, quadrille, weather, writing
May 20, 2026

The Girl At The Fair (poem)

Melissa prompted us this week with some Marc Chagall paintings at dVerse Poets, offering that we write a poem for one of the four choices she included. I went with La promenade (The Promenade) – 1918. The Girl At The Fair She arrived in a whirl and twirl of her own breeze made of silken… Continue reading

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dversepoets.com, Marc Chagall, poetry, writing
May 9, 2026

A Very Fine Funny Fluffy Movie Friday With The Gang (a sort of movie review)

I leaned across my two nephews while the lights slowly came up and I said to my sis on the other side of them, “Hey Beck, how is it that this place is so dusty?” as I wiped the corner of my eye. Or maybe it was corners suddenly being in a round eye poking… Continue reading

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fiction, Films, humor, Life Happenings, movies, Project Hail Mary, The Sheep Detectives, writing
April 24, 2026

Digging to China (poem)

A Quadrille prompt this week at dVerse Poets, “Let’s get digging”, comes from Punam who asks that we use the word “dig” or some form of it or the D – I – G in other words (like digital for example) in the Quadrille, which is a 44 word dVerse Poets poem, not including the… Continue reading

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dversepoets.com, poetry, quadrille, writing
April 18, 2026

Cricket and the Bird Window (Zuihitsu poem)

A new prompt at dVerse Poets is of a poetry called Zuihitsu. The Prompt is here and explains with a number of fantastic examples. Now whether I’m on the right track with the style of this I’m not really sure, I could be completely off base, but it seems to me that this one does… Continue reading

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animals, birds, Cats, dversepoets.com, pets, poetry, writing, zuihitsu
April 5, 2026

A Letter to Mom From the Floor (poem)

In a prompt at dVerse Poets this past Thursday Laura invited us to think of letters in a poem. ////////////////////////////////////////// Letter To Mom From the Floor They flew at your insistence in a uniformed stewardess’s winged pocket I thought my letters to the far off land of your other family with scrunch faced glue tongued… Continue reading

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dversepoets.com, family, life, Mom, poetry, writing
March 29, 2026

Clouds (poem)

The theme for this prompt at dVerse Poets is from Grace and is of False Spring and here in Northern New York in the Capital Region we’ve been experiencing a Mother Nature who just can’t seem to make up her mind about which way to go with this whole change of season thing as temps… Continue reading

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birds, clouds, Lucy Linus Charlie Brown, Peanuts, poetry, writing
March 21, 2026

The Black Hole – continued (prosery)

Been in a bit of a writing lull lately and feeling a bit under hasn’t helped, just a couple of recent things, but Merril ered up a prosery prompt this week that I liked though a bit of a challenge. Now prosery at dVerese is a 144 word piece of fiction that includes one line… Continue reading

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DHLwrence, dversepoets.com, fiction, prosery, writing
March 7, 2026

Bella Dreams in Catscope? (poem)

We had Laura, at the end of the week at dVerse Poets, with a prompt: MTB: Two and a Half Rhyme where she asks for us to write a 12 line (at least) poem consisting of couplets. And so, for today’s MTB prompt we are writing in two lines stanzas as rhyming couplets thus: Poetry Rules:… Continue reading

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Cats, dversepoets.com, life, poem, poems, poetry, writing
March 1, 2026

Refrigerator Finger Gallery Art (poem)

Heading home day’s light lights a little later now its painting horizon’s short wall and stops considering tired winter encroaching where it had endlessly coldly seemed always to quickly bundle and blow out nightstand candles but begins to allow day’s lighter jacketed child to implore Mom for just a little more time to paint… Continue reading

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colors, painting, poetry, Spring, writing

About Me

HI AND WELCOME TO THE ATTIC, I’M FRANKENBERRY OF SAID BLOG TITLE AND I WRITE OF JUST MY EVERYDAY HERE, SOMETIMES FUNNY, SOMETIMES HEARTFELT, SOMETIMES ANGRY, SOMETIMES FUNNY AGAIN BECAUSE, WELL, WHO DON’T LIKE FUNNY, THOUGHTS ON GETTING OLDER AND SOMETIMES STUFF THAT’S JUST KINDA SHIT. I PEN AND SING THE OCCASIONAL PARODY TUNE AND OTHER SONGS, SOMETIMES I EVEN GET A LITTLE BIT POETIC OR SHORT STORY-ETIC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU’RE JOINING ME HERE I THANK YOU, BUT JUST MIND YOUR HEAD AND FEET AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MY LITTLE BELLA AND CRICKET THE BLIND AS WELL AS THE MEMORIES OF RASPBERRY (RAZZY), MIMI THE QUIRKY, OF BLINK THE LIL’ KIT, GRAYSON THE MIGHTY, SHOES THE BIG ORANGE, SHANA-GIRL, BENNY GOOD MAN BENNY BROWN, MERLIN & BOB. WOULDN’T WANT YOU STEP ON THEM OR ANYTHING … ‘CAUSE THEN I MIGHT JUST HAVE TO THROW YOU DOWN THE STAIRS … DAMNED HUMANS..

-The Cricket

-Bella

-Arthur

-Saphira

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