a woman in labor before gathered two support clumps — one hovering, warm, within her reach; one outside, passing the whisky she has one ninja love grain; our text message dings ring hollow Image info: A nurse holds a newborn baby wearing a face shield in an effort to halt the spread…
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dVerse — Poetics — The Migration Habits of Snow Geese
When at last an ache of joint-swelling freeze crosses the line,I shall fly as the snow goose, to warm, moist watery climesthen bow my weary head in grizzled grey grace to the sun.I’ll waddle muck, then float, weightless on duckweed ponds.I’ll enjoy each still dawn and sunset with other snowbirds,creaks drowned with soothing menageries’ rise…
dVerse — Prosery — Portal
If you are a dreamer, come in. –Shel Silverstein, from Invitation At ten, it was screamed epithets and the rhythmic crack of dad’s belt on her back as she curled on the filthy floor. At twenty, it was the sound of her drunken boyfriend’s fist crunching fine bones in her face. At thirty, it was…
dVerse — MTB — A Blessing and a Curse
The idea in our culture of body solely as sculpture is wrong. Body is not marble. That is not its purpose. Its purpose is to protect, contain, support and fire the spirit and soul within it, to be a repository for memory, to fill us with feeling – that is the supreme psychic nourishment. It…
dVerse — Poetics — The Warm Sky Woke Above
The Warm Sky Woke Above (The Flip) The warm sky woke above; Below the cold earth dull; From tightly constrained, To an appealing refrain, Of peaked heights, heat, and valleys of flora. The heart of day, like life, did thump in Synched beat with rising sun. The summery bouquet was rainbow; The…
dVerse – Quadrille 125 – Bacchus’ Blush
Breathe, wine barrels! Bamba the bodega! Corked Chianti and her sister Chablis decant; earthy fermentation fortified rosy grenache. Herb(aceous,) iced Jeraboam’s kabinett, revs Lambrusca with magnums of merry merlot. Nebbiolo! Oaky plonked port, reserva for Rioja – sancerrely semillon. Tokay! VinSanto yields her zinfandel. Poem origin story: I googled wine terms and found a wonderful…
dVerse — Poetics — out to dry
shirt arms flapsignal helpcool lips siptea and watch towels snapracing windhard fiberson smooth skin dainties blushnear jock strapson the line still strangers oh cee deelines them up,fresh, clean, andclipped just-so birds choose whichclean target to dive-bombone load per the two catssuperviseto make surethey’re hung right image link De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s dVerse…
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