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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dVerse — George Harrison — Beware of Darkness
image link Dark Horse ”All things must pass”, you, dark horse said,Crown on your head,Hero unsung,Fab 4, among. Ghost in the flesh, you dared to care,To craft and share,Your shadows talkedYour stumbled walk. You reached for us, our paths of dust.Listen we must.Your wheel rolled on —Farewell! Anon! Watch out now, take careBeware of falling…
dVerse — quadrille — dragon — rising
image link De Jackson is the host of dVerse today for Quadrille Monday. De says: Just pen us a poem of precisely 44 words, not counting the title, and using some form of the word dragon. “Ancient Japanese lore describes Koi fish swimming up a massive waterfall called ‘The Dragon Gate.’ If they reach the…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #89 — Haiku Trio; dVerse Open Link Night
image link Floribunda Hotel Dirt pile shrinks, beds grow Red, orange, yellow, and green – Seasonal tenants. image link Dahlia Red velvet spokes Circle their churned butter hub — Summer’s color wheel. image link Summer Miner Rat-a-tat-tat-tat Hollow head drives long beak deep — Green wiggling nuggets. Reena is the host of…
dVerse — On Wandering and Observing –Through the Dunes, to the Lake
Anmol is the host of dVerse today. Anmol says: For this Tuesday’s prompt, I would like all of you to wander around for a bit — take an old familiar walk. I chose to write an etheree form poem about a walk I’ve taken innumerable times over the years. Lake Michigan, and the winding paths…
dVerse — Haibun — Grounding
image link (not the actual cemetery) Frank J. Tassone is the host of dVerse for Haibun Monday. Frank says: What is worth remembering? Why are some events so important that we need to memorialize them, while others we can let slip away? How do we truly honor whom, or what, we want to remember? Using…
dVerse — Ghazal — Reason to Believe
Routine Heartbreak by Ina Mar (2009) Reason to Believe When I look into your eyes and see love’s gentle grace, I don’t want to believe your eyes deceive; they do, and I don’t. As your snug embrace holds me, feeling safe and enraptured, I want to believe it’s love, not just convenience, but…
Tao-Talk 