Free as a weed in a sidewalk crack. Free as a puppy on the run. Free as dandelion puffs in the breeze. Free as a drop of water in the lake. Free as afternoon lazy bees. Free as a kitten curled in the sun. Free as a turtle on floating log. Free as the scent…
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dVerse — MTB: Stream of Consciousness — To My Son
My subject to write on was my older son, now in his 30’s. We had lunch together outside of his workplace yesterday. We sat in our bag chairs on a spot of grass off of the parking lot. I set the timer for ten minutes and let the stream flow. Then I read…
What do you see # 42 — The Muse
She’d been held hostage in the rustic cottage for weeks. The daughter of a wealthy international businessman, the kidnapping had happened when the family was on vacation in South America. Her captors were brusque but they treated her with care as she was worth a lot of money to them. Every day she made a…
#FF — lullaby
Tourists returned to the village of Hualong, after enduring five years of rigidly enforced international travel restrictions. Three years prior, laissez faire attitudes and practices had killed or disabled twenty million worldwide. The vaccine was developed from a tropical fungus that could be easily mass-produced. Mae could hear them in her upper apartment over the…
FDDA 11 — “Escape from US”
Fandango is the host of Fandango’s Dog Days of August. Fandango says: Today’s theme is “your greatest fear.” Is it death? Disease? Ghosts? Someone? Something? Share a story, a poem, a photo, a drawing, some music, or whatever you wish to share about your greatest fear. If you wish to participate, please write your post,…
dVerse — Old (New) Dream Deferred
Now nudging daisies Home away from home Blue dreams of water When my sails unfurled Or putting along Aquamarine world Wedged in sugar sand Only wave laps heard Sun gleams, moon silvers Celestial smiles I, their wee daughter Toddled my tiller Through duckweed blankets That dipped and quivered Now red right return Old (new) dream…
Haikai Challenge #151: first (autumn) storm (hatsu arashi) / Darkness (Yami)
First Autumn Storm Dense saunal mist begs dark clouds’ rumbled promises – buckets poured gain trust. Grass greens as we hear its thrum, Inhaling cool autumn breeze. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.)…
Tao-Talk 