dVerse — Poetics 432 — Squirrel Hunting in the Mountains

Armed with a Canon’s telefoto,sturdy-soled hikers, and a canteenI march forward, led by sun-crackledcottonwood and half-ground beech.Squirrel hunting in the mountainsmeans tracking under treelines,craning for oak-nestand pine-needled apples.Mid-winter Sol stirs their bellies;groggy they crawl, head first.Aboriginal-headed, the many-pelted,silvered, burnt-oranged, blackedcoat warms me, but wool worksas I trudge white tracks backto build a mighty slide show….

M3! #61 – 120120 — The Secret Garden, Concert for George, You’ve Got Mail, Ophelia, A Hard Day’s Night, Everything Will Be Fine

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! The Secret Garden (2020) Starring: Dixie Egerickx, Richard Hansell, David Verrey, Tommy Gene Surridge, Julie Walters, Maeve Dermody, Colin Firth, Isis Davis, Amir Wilson, Fozzie, Anne Lacey, Edan Hayhurst, Rupert Young, Jemma Powell, Sonia Goswami, and many more Director: Marc Munden Genres: drama, family Synopsis: Set at…

dVerse — Quadrille 117 — Waltzing with Fractals

What are yeabiding ingredientin fractal mirrors?What secrets fundmental meander?What makes sunrisea cherished friend?Where do souls plug in? And why?How waltz we with amoeba and stars?What stays when passthis bag of bonesbeyond the dust?   top image information:  The repeating patterns in a snowflake are a classic example of beautiful, geometric fractals. Now MIT scientists have…

dVerse — OLN — Gone

Gone Gazing out, a stripped landscape gazes back. Houseplants, relieved, grateful to be in, still grieve. Garrulous jays, glass-muted, grouse at feeders fit for wrens. Ghosts of gatherings past haunt grey day; misted memories. image:  “November First,” by Andrew Wyeth Sanaa is today’s host for Open Link Night Live.

#FF — Fall Adventure

PHOTO PROMPT © Susan Eames By fall of 2021, the pandemic is gasping its last. Everything fun was back on the table. Bart pushed himself away from the keyboard with a satisfied grin. “Honey, you’ll never guess where we’re going for our anniversary.” On December tenth, they were riding a snow tractor to the lodge…

dVerse — Poetics 431 — Waiting

Waiting “Waiting is.” Heinlein once said. Well, anticipation suckswhen you’re waiting for signs ofwords, followed by actions, towelcome us back to living. Warm, strong arms and maskless smileswander, carefree, in my dreams.   image:  “Awaiting His Return,” by William Ladd Taylor (1854-1926) Laura Bloomsbury is today’s host for dVerse‘ Poetics.  Laura says:1A. Write a poem…