poetry
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Shared (poem)
New Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets this week, and one more for the year, this one from Mish and the word here is “Hibernate” ////////////////////////////////////////// Shared Cricket the Cat can trouble sleep too with me not sure which causes the other if at all possibly blind antsy cat angst or my equal dreading closed… Continue reading
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The Holiday Postcard Tableau (poem)
The prompt this time here was from Laura and of a tableau. And our tableau has a fixed poetry style entitled The Tableau – created by Emily Romano in October of 2008 Poetry Style: 1 or more verses 6 lines per verse 5 beats/syllables per line Poetry Rules: title should contain the word ‘tableau’ poem… Continue reading
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Sweat Pants (poem)
Lillian had a prompt at dVerse Poets earlier this week titled “Come Sew With Me … Sort Of …” where she gave a wonderful little glimpse into some of her life’s days and her family and how a great deal of these days were impacted by her sewing machine. Her prompt then, in relation to… Continue reading
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The Mathematic (poem)
So, Mish, at dVerse Poets had an idea this week to get poetic about numbers, of which you can find the explanation here. ////////////////////////////////////////// The Mathematic The Mathematic turned to poetry beauty up his numbered dull with colorful thoughts or ugly pretty found bursts of emotion and sight till he saw poets could count… Continue reading
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The Sound and Shapes of Stars (poem)
So, a new prompt from Laura at dVerse Poets is to get Chaucerian with a Roundel. This is something I’m sure I would remember if I were to be transported back to my College days, and Doc Sipple and Doc Bower but then, in that transporting back, I would most surely get distracted and totally… Continue reading
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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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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
