poetry
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Elements (poem)
I couldn’t as Master tasked decide on earth or fire, water or air which was I his ask for our studies surely test of his best pupil I thought he said once . I said … . Earth is of dirt where life begins in leaves to breathe, breads to eat where to build upon… Continue reading
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This Valentine’s Day Mom (poem)
This Valentines Day Mom In lieu of penny cards and cartoon hearts and scribbles for the girls in class I give pews and prayers, psalms and songs hymned thoughts of you as we kneel and stand and kneel again by rote but not this time . For this Valentines Day Mom a visit’s miss of… Continue reading
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The Crow & The Winter Witch (poem)
So at dVerse Poets this week Kim had an eye check-up for a new prescription and part of the check-up was to read from laminated test cards of different size fonts in sentences and below each of the sentences were sets of four words. She thought these sets of four words would make a cool… Continue reading
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To Cliche Or Not To Cliche, That Is … The Cliche? (poem)
So there was a prompt from Bjorn at dVerse Poets earlier this week and it was this, Meet the bar positively through negation (though I did miss the window of submission to this one … I am often late to the party on a lot of these but still a prompt). Now, I’m sure, I… Continue reading
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Maybe This Christmas (poem)
A prompt from Dora at dVerse Poets to write a poem, with a holiday tint, using “Despite” and “Still” and so many well worked and wondrous examples of Dora’s inspiration and intent. ////////////////////////////////////////// Maybe this Christmas Maybe this Christmas will find what was left behind (in one small sock lost back under tree in a… Continue reading
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These Bangs (poem)
A new Quadrille poem prompt at dVerse Poets to begin the week. A 44 word dVerse poem that, this time around, asks to include the word “Bang”. ///// These Bangs Big ones that begat this life to smaller ones softly floating wispy cloth plush petite over imploring eyes that begat beauty on mountains I sounded… Continue reading
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Christmas Kitten (poem)
So a prompt for the holidays, an Etheree poem (no, I had no clue either) focusing on Christmas trees and themes of such. The full explanation of an Etheree poem and examples and the rest is in the link to the prompt from dVerse Poets here, An Etheree Tree, but it is … … write in… Continue reading
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I Alone … and Cricket the Cat (poem)
New Quadrille prompt, a dVerse poem of just 44 words with a word to include . This time around, in the prompt from Lisa, the word is “with”. And the 44 word count does not include the title by the way. Well, I thought to one of my cats and my well practiced solitude. I… Continue reading
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A Dragon’s Lament (poem)
Earlier this week was a prompt at dVerse poets of Dragons and some history and to write of such. Now I missed the “window” to include an entry to this prompt but I still thought to get to something about Dragons, thus … A Dragon’s Lament I am ‘bout fold up my wings my lament… Continue reading
Frankenberry's Attic 