Frankenberry's Attic

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
February 26, 2026

A Boy And His Cat In A Cone Plastic Hat – (poem re-visit with audio read)

Ok, so a re-post in the Attic here for a dVerse Poets open link night, where you can contribute/link any poem of yours that you would like or you can choose to write something new to whatever that week’s open link prompt may be. Now, I’ve never written anything new in response to that night’s… Continue reading

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audio post, audio read, cat, Cats, dversepoets.com, fiction, pets, poetry, Seussian, writing
February 22, 2026

Can We Whistle? (solidarity) – (poem)

From Grace at dVerse Poets this week she prompted of poems of questions. “Today, we shift the focus from poetry form to craft style. Specifically: poems built around questions that remain unanswered.” So, one here then with just one overriding question. ////////////////////////////////////////// Can We Whistle? (solidarity) Can we all whistle while they work at whistling… Continue reading

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dversepoets.com, poetry, whistles, writing
February 21, 2026

The 3:05a to Somewhen (prosery)

A “prosery” prompt at dVerse Poets from Mish. The Prosery is to write a short, 144 word piece of prose (not including the title) while including a line of poetry. The line here? “Lips forget what they have kissed” from Toni Morrison and “Eve Remembering”. ////////////////////////////////////////// The 3:05a to Somewhen “Are you sure you want… Continue reading

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February 14, 2026

The Flower (poem)

A new Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets from De (WhimsyGizmo) earlier this week. The 44 word poem to include some use of one word from the prompt, in this case, “Flower”. ////////////////////////////////////////// The Flower The flower did not ask be miracle or mourner epiphany or eulogy congratulator or apologist be poem, painting, song just… Continue reading

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dversepoets.com, flower, poetry, quadrille, 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 poetical or short story-etical 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.

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Cricket and the Bird Window (Zuihitsu poem)

A Letter to Mom From the Floor (poem)

Clouds (poem)

The Black Hole – continued (prosery)

Bella Dreams in Catscope? (poem)

Refrigerator Finger Gallery Art (poem)

A Boy And His Cat In A Cone Plastic Hat – (poem re-visit with audio read)

Can We Whistle? (solidarity) – (poem)

The 3:05a to Somewhen (prosery)

The Flower (poem)