our appointed place, in our dappled green lane,
where violet-fringed cobblestones, grounding, end;
with ready welcomes to toast, wordsmith, and play
as we grok with cosmical themes, forms, and friends
from sand to spires, from woe to joys explicate
where muses waft, fragrant zephyrs on the wind
cozied where ideas flow, invigorate;
heaven’s ears perk to hear each verse that is penned
our little place where it’s always snug and dry
a place we never have to guess as to why,
elbow to elbow, we verse ourselves and fly
top image: Rainbow Tree by Karen Ilari
Grace is today’s host of dVerse’ Meet The Bar/Poetry Form. Grace says:
So, in today’s writing challenge, I offer you a choice of writing an 11-line stanza poem:
1. Eleventh Power (following the elements as described above)
2. List Poem (free association, no syllabic or rhyme scheme to follow)
You can pen more than one 11-line stanza in your poem. Cheers!!!!
Tao Talk 
What a snug, cozy appointed place it is. Just versing, wordsmithing and letting it fly. A toast to a wonderful community!!!! Cheers!
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Cheers, Grace! ❤
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Brilliant! Beautiful imagery! xo
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Thank you, Carol Anne 🙂
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Love the image and your poetry 🌈
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Ah this is absolutely beautiful writing here, Lisa! I love; “from sand to spires, from woe to joys explicate where muses waft.” 😍😍
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Sanaa, thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed the poem. It’s from the heart.
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Nicely said, or written, I should say! 🙂
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Thank you, Christian 🙂
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Congratulations Lisa! 💖💖💖
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Thank you, Cindy ❤
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You’re so welcome!!
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Beautiful poem Li.
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Thank you ❤
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You’re most welcome
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A wonderful place to be in. We’ll written.
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Lakshmi, dVerse certainly is that place. Thank you.
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We verse ourselves and fly–great idea! (K)
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Kerfe, thanks 🙂
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A soft, cozy gentle verse…even the cobblestones feel soft and colourful…very nice…
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Ain, thank you, glad you felt the gentleness of it.
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Love the word play on this one….they fit together really smooth
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Max, thank you, so glad you like how the words fit together on it 🙂
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And yours is a poetic bunker. We do what we can, as you say.
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If we (poets) don’t survive, there is no chance!
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Bees are probably more important than poets, but I know what you mean 🙂
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🙂 poets are the honeybees of humankind
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Wait till they start using glyphosates on us to shut us up!
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Nice. This form cries out to be about the form itself, and you’ve found a nice balance between writing about writing and writing about the world you’re in. I feel like the prompt has one too many restrictions– 11 lines AND 11 syllables AND a set rhyme scheme AND uplifting. The rebel in me is chafing at it. (or I’m just lazy, sometimes hard to tell)
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❤ Alexandra, I know you're a rebel, and who better to rise to a challenge 😉 Glad you enjoyed my "bunker" (thanks, Jane!) description.
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Hey! We both wrote about flying! Li, I so love this gentle, cozy place you have created. Beautiful verse. ❤️
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Very synchronous, my friend. Thank you ❤
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You are so welcome. 🙂
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This sounds like a perfect friendly weekend getaway! Lovely.
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Thanks, Dale 🙂
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🙂
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This is a beautiful way to describe writing with others. 🙂
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Desiree, thank you 🙂
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Love the thought of flying away with our verse. Wonderful artwork too Lisa.❤️
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Thanks much ❤
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Nicely done for the prompt!
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Thanks, Dwight!
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Overt and subtle movements, a sense of yin and yang here for me, life in all its rich glory.
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Paul, thank you. I’m glad your elbows are frequent visitors to the poets pub.
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Thank you for that Lisa, and my pleasure.
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