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At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to So for today’s prompt we are turning our attention to compound words and revisiting a prompt that Grace posted in October 2021 that is the Compound Word Verse. (See here). A … Continue reading →
Photo by Anna Filinova on Unsplash Three brides All The World's A PlatformMy pulsea catch in my throat,oh those sleek sculpted bodiesthrobbingsighingI'm overcome,like a station masterI want to whistlestop, go, waito what the heckjust go, go, goand tomorrowwhat will they wake to,consumedfirebox emptymemories … Continue reading →
At dVerse Kim is hosting Poetics with an invitation to read Mary Jean Chan’s poem ‘The Window’ and re-read and explore Chan’s poem, particularly the use of line breaks and caesura to build rhythm and evoke emotion, and the three-word movement: … Continue reading →
At dVerse Dora is hosting Prosery (prose of 144 words sans title) with an invitation to include the line “… and the iridescent image swims through a mirror that flows.” from ‘King of the River’ by Stanley Kunitz. dVerse Poets … Continue reading →
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 78, Tread With Trepidation, Yvette has invited us to write a syllabic form about treading with trepidation. Photo by Vincent Santamaria: https://www.pexels.com Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) don’t talk about Smaug he’s far less fearsome than … Continue reading →
Image by Saurabh Sinha from Pixabay Note: IO here means Intelligence Officer (an oxymoron); this is an attempt at something different after reading ‘The Interrogation’ by Vanessa Manko, Granta 118. On the occasion that I said I really did want … Continue reading →
Image: from freepik.com FallingIt takes timethings dawn slowlyperhaps it comes sidewaysin a word, a memory, the feel of rough, thick barkfallen to the trailyour trunk exposed,or preparing a mealpeeling vegetablesremoving leavestill they’re nakedpresumed ready,but I was never that readyto be … Continue reading →
Image by Sunrise from Pixabay Don’tFull frontal juicy firecracker love, joy and painno warning as wounds bury themselves in my flesh,the pain of joythe joy of pain,there are times when rejection can feel sweetwhen love can overwhelmraise countless self-doubtsbring clouds … Continue reading →
At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Open Link Night the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: Jarrah trees in the Beelu National Park, Mundaring. Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) how they talk softlynotice how slowly they walkover … Continue reading →
Photo by Rene Böhmer on Unsplash not daydreams of coursethough nothing wrong with whimseywhatever moon bringswith her power to draw outall that is tangled within~ Dreams are the facts from which we must proceed* ~ yet to make some senseI must dig and … Continue reading →
At dVerse Li is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about weather in any way, shape or form, as frame or metaphor. dVerse Poets – Poetics – Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Photo: from the guardian.com December 2017 … Continue reading →
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 76, Celtic Autumn, Willow has invited us to write about a the Celtic autumn using the Celtic syllabic form – I chose the Seadna (shay’-na) as per below: The elements of the Séadna are: I got … Continue reading →
