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Some Open Windows And A Little Volume Please
Well, the weather this week has been really nice (up the Albany way in New York) and consistently so, which is even nicer, and has made the ride homes from work an open windowed joy (no, I don’t understand any of you I see in traffic with their windows up tight right now, and no,… Continue reading
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Alternate Take
A quadrille prompt this week from Punam to use the word “alter” in, as the dVerse quadrille calls, a poem of just 44 words. Alternate Take She always assured there was an alternate take not to old news of our contrary states but to love after moment’s sweat would play struck by it some days… Continue reading
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Dark Times (and an old parody song or three)
A new thing here as to our current dire times filled with obviousness and anger, anger mostly fueled by said obviousness and with some older Trump parody tunes that still work at the end for some “umph” I mean, who don’t like some “umph” right? No, NOT that … f’ing people … I hate y’all… Continue reading
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Pantomime Madness in Spring (poem)
A dVerse Poets prompt from Grace for exploring some “Magical Realism”, blending the ordinary with the extraordinary, placing magical or fantastical elements into a realistic, yet grounded, setting. ////////////////////////////////////////// Pantomime Madness in Spring I curse and I sign some nonsensical finger pantomime of guessed import asking myself to ask myself if I am losing my… Continue reading
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She Said (Old T-Shirt Song) … (redux redux)
It was a bit of a week in Frankenland, yes, simple radio commercial/podcast producer guys have those too, not that that is a thing you think about for comparison, but it was a bit of a week nonetheless. All I wanted to do at the end of it was to just sit, as I have… Continue reading
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I’m Ready (part one & two – poems)
Dora of Dreams from a Pilgrimage has a new prompt this week at dVerse Poets to write a dialogue poem so I thought to a second part of something recent, the first part of which I included. I’m Ready (part one) I steal steely crazed glances between the blinds through goggle glasses with cool blinder… Continue reading
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I’m Ready (poem)
This is to a daily poetry thing for this month I wasn’t aware of and that I obviously haven’t followed along with, but day five did come up earlier for me and the prompt is here … a graph of three columns to basically choose one from each. Now I’m sure I didn’t quite keep… Continue reading
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Measure of Life on a Park Bench (poem)
So, there was a poetry prompt from Leslie, who you can find to explore at LeslieScoble.com, to write a poem with the main stipulation being that your narrator be seated on a bench. The rest of the prompt’s details are here, The Bench: A monologue poem including Leslie’s own wonderful take on her own prompt. //////////////////////////////////////////… Continue reading
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The Cul-De-Sac (fiction)
This started as a haibun response to a prompt from Merril at dVerse poets this week and began with a remembrance of a time once spent on a Spring break from college to visit a Joanie and where we were, indeed, laid out hand in hand on a blanket in a darkening cul-de-sac whispering the… Continue reading
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