It’s Monday morning and Halloween. You’ve called in sick and we’ve slept in. Rolled in blankets, warm pink links, muffled crows call through the walls wordless candycorns heralding day. Kitchen-bound, terry-robed, I scare us up scrambled eggs; sourdough toast to go with fresh-made cuppajoe. top image link De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host for…
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dVerse — Poetics — Shy Sanjna
Painting of Surya with his two consorts Sanjna and Chhaya Shy Sanjna, married to the sun, soft-skinned, hides in the night clouds’ mist. Her avatar, Chhaya, one who wears glass bangles on her wrists. Her silken locks do lure with scent of honey-myrrh, argan shampoo; down, dinghy-lounging, Nile she went. When flaming Surya, nose so…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — soup can
Andy Warhol uses a tomato soup can to show how fame can be condensed into fifteen minutes but create memories that take on a lifetime for a star; yet they are mostly a throwaway for the rest of the sky. To me Campbell’s soup cans’ innards served as dinner sauce bases for tired grandparents and…
dVerse — MTB — Mid-Season Splendor
Juiceless lemons see-saw the sky Autumn fruits reigning down Bright flattened squash Light figgy bosh Autumn fruits reigning down Yet green grows grass, persistent clown Dichotomy that’s posh As trees grow bare Lawn takes the share Dichotomy that’s posh Seasons tease many-hued montage Summer, fall, here and there Coin toss descry Moment’s reply Summer, fall…
dVerse — Quadrille 162 (2) — Eye Heart Redbud
Heart-shaped leavesof redbud treeare silent bells; lulls,contradiction’s frenziedharvest’s winding down,in autumn’s gustswet from summer’s growing distant end.Too far either way until lavender clusters play.Eyes turn to still-greengrass, cushion for stark, life-seized portendof winter’s monotony. 2nd offering for this prompt Kim is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Kim says:Today I’d like you to take…
dVerse — Quadrille 162 — bells are ringing
French Dress 1871 Bell is a portal. Walking through, when I think “bell”I get caught up in pink Frenchsilk with frills, creamy skin,and heady perfume. Another cache’s trigger pulled,I giggle, after nearly fifty years,while watching SNL’s skit,“We need more cowbell!” Kim is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Kim says:Today I’d like you to take…
dVerse Poetics and TankaTuesday — Troiku to Kombucha
mushrooms rest upon a still sea of sweetened tea working their magic mushrooms rest upon their belief in alchemy spin cane death to gold sea of sweetened tea good bacteria guzzles, farts, and burps bubbles working their magic sugar-free fizzy tonic does our bodies good top image link I am today’s host of dVerse’ Poetics….
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