Month: January 2025

FFF 56 (was dVerse — Q189 — Rouse Simmons) repost, update, synchronicity

November 23 in 1912, she, a schoonerbearing 5500 Christmas trees, was boundwest, across Lake Michigan for Chicago.Blizzard said no but lumber skipper said go.She foundered at Two Rivers; all sailors lost. November nights, when moon is bright, her ghost yet sails. [44 words] top image link Learn more about Rouse Simmons here. De Jackson (aka…

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#FF — A Tall Tale

PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox A Tall Tale Remember Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat? Few know of The Nottingham Thingamajig. Please, sit back, and I will tell the tale. Once upon a time, Nicky and Finn decided to play hooky from Nottingham Middle School. Who wanted to sit in a classroom with too little heat, too…

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dVerse — Tuesday Poetics — art in nature (tanka)

Meadow Argus / Photographed in Solomon Islands / Michael Sammut furry mandala starry eyes of universe rest on tattered leaf transformation’s mystery an answer without question Melissa Lemay is today’s host for dVerse’ Tuesday Poetics. Melissa says: write an ekphrastic poem to one of the given photographs taken by Michael Sammut.

dVerse — Haibun Monday — Hold Tight

photo taken Dec 2023 Hold TightA struggle in 2024, a struggle since 1993, when I stopped smoking cigarettes and stopped starving myself. Letting go of a pack a day and fasting left a vacuum that filled with food. Hikes and bike rides, step aerobics and Lake Michigan body surfing, couldn’t – and can’t – keep…

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#FF — My Grand!

PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields My Grand! Car windows down, asphalt sizzles post-rain as she winds her way along the old subdivision’s narrow road. Surrounded by newer subdivisions with their imposing proclamations of excess, Primrose Lane and its residents are proud of their modest ranchers, mature trees, little free libraries, and mostly-senior residents. As Mari…

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