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Whirly Whirl Anxious Days (poem)
New Quadrille prompt this week at dVerse poets from Whimsygizmo, that dVerse 44 worder to include just one word. The word this time around? “Whirl” Whimsy’s prompt is here ////////////////////////////////////////// Whirly Whirl Anxious Days It hovers, floats above with Birds it fast circles a drowning swirling Pool down to the depths realizing sea monsters it… Continue reading
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Paper Pilot (poem)
So for a Tuesday Poetics at dVerse Poets Lisa / Li talks of getting Crafty. Dictionary.com gives these 3 options as definitions of craftsmanship:the art or skill of a craftsperson.the quality of being well-crafted or well-built.the product or result of skilled labor or craft. Another site gives craft three meanings:an object made with skilla vehicle for traveling on water or… Continue reading
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Molting Verse (a rengay poem with David B)
David, of The Skeptic’s Kaddish, reached out to me and asked if I would like to work a poetry Rengay with him. Now this is something I hadn’t done before, a Rengay, a call and response sort of thing that has a base in Haiku. That’s here for definition. But the fact that he thought… Continue reading
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Raven’s Night (poem revisit for this Halloween Night)
Well, time to close out a week or so then, a week or so’s worth of creepy-esque things of mine leading up to this Halloween Night. I had already planned on finishing up the week with this one but, as a true Halloween night might call and cliche for, it is actually wildly windy out… Continue reading
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Ricky & I (short story – beginnings / revisit for Halloween week)
And another, my second to last one, for this week and me revisiting some creepy or creepy adjacent things of mine on a daily for this Halloween week. Back to April of last year. ////////////////////////////////////////// April 27, 2024 Ricky & I We watched them warily, Ricky and I, and held back at a safe distance… Continue reading
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The Scrapbook And The Man In The Black Fedora (Flash Fiction revisit for this Halloween Week)
And continuing with revisiting a poem or a story every day this week that fit a creepy theme as we approach Halloween. This one from a Flash Fiction prompt, August of last year. ////////////////////////////////////////// August 12, 2024 It’s Monday and, at the dVerse Poets Pub, we are writing Prosery, the very short piece of prose… Continue reading
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The Wind and the “Epistle” (revisit a Six Sentence Story for this Halloween Week)
And another revisit of something for the season this last week of Halloween. ////////////////////////////////////////// February 21, 2025 Earlier in the week I came across someone new to me through Sadje, a friend at dVerse Poets. She is GirlieOnTheEdge and offers prompts for Six Sentence Stories, an idea I liked, like some of the 144 word Flash… Continue reading
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Exit 21B (another poem revisit for the Halloween season)
Thought I’d spend this final week of the Halloween season revisiting some things of mine that seem to fit the mood. When I first moved here to Schenectady, New York, a year ago August, moved in with my Sis and Nephews and some bonus cats, I was still doing a commute a couple of days… Continue reading
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Third Eye Harvest Moon (poem revisit for the season)
Another re-post of something for this creepy season. ////////////////////////////////////////// October 2, 2024 In response to Merril’s “Haunted Harvest” prompt at dVerse poets. “You can take the themes of harvest or haunted literally or use them metaphorically in any way you wish. Harvest grain, organs, fish, or emotions; imagine the grim reaper with a scythe. Write… Continue reading
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