Dark berry border menagerie of beaked joy spoils my appetite; but one conscience rests easy in today’s fresh autumn air. Every year I say I will go out and pick ripe blackberries and raspberries. Every year I might pick a couple on a stroll through the yard. 99+% go to the birds and that’s OK,…
Month: August 2024
dVerse — Q206 — Royal Sisterhood
Royal Sisterhood In aerial mines of manna, probosces probe goldenrod profusion. Humming along fencelines, tigered she-workers, suspent by unstained glass wings, harvest nuggets in baskets; after, on repeat, they bend for home. When cooling breeze calls tired sisters, beelines converge en route to their royal abode. “Bee and Goldenrod” photo by Ted I am today’s…
The Oracle Speaks — Brother Time’s Caramel Pie
Brother Time’s Caramel Pie Lingered over the window, a child’s heart desires, corduroy belly growling, some delicious caramel pie. Angel magic sails, from fat-fired sacred star, blush that colors morning air — and brother time — with joy as boy devours it. Magnet poem poets kit Reading The Oracle’s offering today, my mind visualizes a…
Friday Favorite Feature 43 — Wordsworth quote
The following quote was on a postcard I received in the mail today as part of POPO2024. Since I hadn’t put a Friday Favorite together, the quote is it. Read it and really think about it. Then allow yourself to feel it. Would love to hear your impressions. While with an eye made quiet…
dVerse OLN — little patters (tanka prose)
“and don’t forget Chessie” by Viennese artist, Guido Gruenwald Little Patters rain patters through dusklike long-gone feet of toddlers’playtime before bedmemories of clean Pjs,oft-told stories, nodding heads The image I chose today to accompany the tanka has sentimental value. My stepdad worked for the C&O Railroad for many years and retired from there. I happened…
#FF — The Grass is Greener Part II
PHOTO PROMPT © Mr. Binks The Grass is Greener Part 2 She pumps one bullet into his twitching body for every bird that has opened her legs to him, reloading after each series of empty clicks. In her mind. She napkin-dabs her lips and pushes away from the table. She knows he thinks she’s heading…
dVerse — Poetics — Plots and Rolls
image link Plots and RollsThe carnival anchorstemporarily on a city plot just behind wherethe brewery is built.It’s where we book clubidiots (book reference)discuss plots while carnies maneuver too.Inside, they roll barrelswhile we roll theories outabout, _Anxious People_;outside the ferris wheelrolls and rolls to sunset. Melissa is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics. Melissa wants us to…
Tao Talk 