dVerse MTB/Forms — Blue Forensics


VanGogh’s “Blue Wheatfield with Cypress”

Blue Forensics

What acts cast this pall upon the bloody world?
Weather sprite tricks or via faux-king twit I heard.

Normal season’s passing or terminal affliction?
A healthy ecosystemic or sick viral acquisition?

Which infusive spilled fluid is chosen, preferable?
Meltstreams for crops or gunsiphons unutterable?

Bright skyball trajectoring sun or nuclear missile?
Task: plant seed cellpacks or innocents in prison?

March of lion to lamb or death-marched trenches?
Carpets of violets or carpet-bombed kids’ tresses?

Impatience for germination or drowning in tragedy?
Monotonous drab or fearful reflections on mortality?

Laura is today’s host for dVerse’ Meeting the Bar / Forms. Laura says:
And so for today’s MTB prompt we are writing in two lines stanzas as rhyming couplets thus:

Poetry Rules:
Write at least 12 lines of poetry in couplets
separate the poem into couplets of 2 line stanzas
the couplets must rhyme but only using half or para rhymes [see examples below]

Poetry Options:
write about a specific or imaginary couple written from the perspective of they or we
or choose the notion of two as a topic

10 Comments Add yours

  1. “Bright skyball trajectoring sun” I love this description. We both wrote about the sun in one way or another.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Thanks and awesome, Melissa. It was sunny there for a few days but now back to dismal grey.

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  2. merrildsmith's avatar merrildsmith says:

    The world is in bad shape all around–your final line says it well. It’s dismal grey here, too–though it’s supposed to be warm and sunny next week.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Thanks, Merril. Good luck on warm and sunny next week.

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      1. merrildsmith's avatar merrildsmith says:

        You’re welcome, Li! ☀️

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  3. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

    Hard to believe every choice they make is the wrong one. I love that Van Gogh. (K)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      almost as if they are badly programmed machines

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  4. rothpoetry's avatar rothpoetry says:

    You did very well with the prompt, Lisa.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Dwight, thank you very much. I’ve been running like a chicken with my head cut off all week. Today finally got a chance to settle down to write an important poem. Laura always gives the best prompts. Thank you, Laura.

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  5. judeitakali's avatar judeitakali says:

    Foreboding words. I’ll definitely go with the crops🙏🏾

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