John Sloane, “North Country Christmas” UPDATE ON 2/10/19: I have been working on on the rubaiyat after receiving excellent feedback. To all who have contributed feedback thank you very much, especially Nora. I decided to change the title for one. For another I added another stanza, which meant some lines had to be switched around. …
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d’Verse Return
gif link Sarah is hosting d’Verse this evening. Sarah says: Tonight, I want you to write about a harbinger. My offering tonight to meet the prompt is in the form of a double etheree. Each night you stay after work like I do and meander to my work area. You pretend to seek my…
d’Verse Quadrille to Winter’s Pheasant
Mish is the host of tonight’s d’Verse and gives the following prompt for tonight’s quadrille: So I give you the word “steep” to infuse into your poem of 44 words. Steep drifts shelter the pheasant outside my window. He stares in at the greenery and wonders at the mirage of summer. * I…
d’Verse — Shed Diamante
image link lillian is the hostess at d’Verse this evening, where she says: The prompt for today: write a poem (any form; rhyming or not) that includes the word “shed” or a form of the word. The offering today is in the form of a diamante. Shed rid, cast-off sloughing, extricating, losing remove,…
d’Verse — Confessional
image link Anmol is our host of d’Verse this evening. He has challenged us with: So, the Poetics challenge today is to write a confessional verse in the style of any of these poets or write something which plays with the ideas expressed here — to put your regrets, your guilts, your sins, your humanity,…
#d’Verse — Quadrille to Change
image link De Jackson is the host of d’Verse poet’s pub this evening. De’s prompt follows: The changing of the guards. Spare change. Positive change. Change your clothes. Change your attitude. Change your life. Changed. Changeability. Changing. You could even go a little creepy on us, and write about a changeling. Whatever you write, just…
d’Verse — house ramble and find
Lillian is the hostess this Tuesday with d’Verse poet’s pub. She instructs: So – here’s what I’m asking you to do today. Walk around your house and look at all the things hanging there: on walls, in closets, on your refrigerator door, etc. Pick something that “speaks to you” and use that as the basis…
