“Glimmer of Hope,” by Matt Talbert Terminal Wasteland? Each of us convinced of our unlovability Each of us inverse possessed of sensibility Blind to darker templates of old brands from long ago On a boat that had no sails, no oars, and’s full of holes Worked with sightless striving to prove right our deepest fears…
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dVerse — Laurie Lee poet passage alchemy — Animal Kingdom Commodity
image link Laura is the host of dVerse today. Laura says: The Challenge therefore is to CHOOSE ONE of the extracts of [Laurie Lee’s] prose … and with your own alchemy, turn it into poetry. I chose to follow your tips, Laura, and used unexpected adjectives in a quatrain form with 9-syllable lines (one has…
dVerse — Haibun — Summer’s Growth Bath
Merril is the host of dVerse today. Merril says: So today, I want you to conjure the magic of nature in your haibun. Think about the words, too, as of course, you do in poetry anyway. With the almost-daily rains, every herbaceous being grows lush with green. Where the bearded iris have two blossoms other…
dVerse — Quadrille — fret — Resonant Flutters
Resonant Flutters Wee squirts, faces upturned, Rapt ears and eyes agog Elders’ rosewood box hums. Frets vanish, fingers fly, Fever ignites. Grown now, on stage: Showtime. Switch flips, then machine-like Precision – with a smile. Picked notes dance and flutter, Resonant manifestations of passion’s Soulful butterflies. Kim is the host of dVerse today. Kim…
dVerse — To market, to market! — blitz poem
Farmers Market by SUREN NERSISYAN Hub for Passion at the market at the hub hub of resources hub of activity activity of sell activity of buy buy fruits buy vegetables vegetables fresh vegetables healthy healthy grown healthy eaten eaten fresh eaten sweet sweet peas sweet strawberries strawberry cartons strawberry plants plants grow flowers plants grow…
dVerse — Prosery #1 — An interrupted cry
image link Lebanon, a sensitive, observant man, began to notice subtle changes in Lita, his wife of 30 years. Her smile was not as bright when she greeted him after he’d labored 12 hours a day at the fish market. Her eyes did not hold his as long after they made love. Her consistent timetable…
Saturday Mix – Sound Bite, 8 June 2019 — Night Hunters — added to dVerse 6/19/19
Adding this to dVerse‘ Open Link Night. Check out dVerse and read great poetry. This poem is written in the time where humans were hunter-gatherers. Warning: The content may be upsetting or objectionable to some readers. Night Hunters Golden disk, wolves howl — Night’s risk, hunting, humans prowl. Ten wolves chasing, humans, two, I ran…
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