The Czar’s Black Beauty Butter crinkled platform A million waterdrop prisms Beckon bees with nuggets Pouches burst with pollen Aerial maneuvers skim grass Dandelions faces open wonder Bumble imminent. Then…. Airpuffs lift, gentle grandmothers She grows from an idea and a miracle Until one day she’s plucked, ripe, tuned To a summer’s song – sizzling…
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dVerse — prosery 13 — Chuang Tzu’s Butterfly Nightmare
“Argh…. unh….” He groans as the corkscrews are twisted, their points aiming for his liver and kidneys. In a nightmare, it is the awareness of what is happening rather than the act itself that brings agony. Paralyzed, nonetheless Mo is able to wake up – to pitch black. Was there a power outage? Bathed in…
Haikai Challenge #138 (5/9/20): fawn (kanoko) and dVerse OLN 051420
i Pit stop trailside, I Walk through the tall grass, then squat – Soft brown eyes meet mine. Tan fur, curled and spotted, rests. My bizness done, we part ways. ii Mother looks both ways, crosses country road at dusk – fawns dawdle after. She shows the way through the fence And where to…
dVerse — sonnet — Corona Spring
Corona Spring It’s Spring! They sing and dance amongst the green; Their eyes, they bounce; their noses suck the air; Bright hues their senses eat — beyond compare! Bullfrogs and birds and bumblebees convene. None will dispute this year’s the best heard keens Of chattered chips and hoots and croaks with dare; Amalgamate of sound…
dVerse — Sustained Solitude in Covid-19
Sustained Solitude in Covid-19 It’s an old body with a new jacket That was chosen without consent. It’s a cool absence of warm auras, Missing three-dimensional smiles. Non-human flora & fauna besties Constant life-affirming presences. Periodic staving off of surrealism And fear that this may be the end. Bjorn is today’s host of dVerse. …
dVerse — quadrille — Guess what I am
Guess what I am Silly: makes toddlers laugh bats its eyelashes at somberness climbs into Terry Gilliam’s open skull sits on the window ledge and swings its legs scrunches your face when I tickle you dances in sunlight with bullfrogs plays badminton blindfolded creates Fierce Creatures whistles out-of-tune clip from “Fierce Creatures” …
dVerse — Lake Michigan between Ludington and Manistee, MI, USA
These photos were taken on one day in July 2013 at Lake Michigan. Bob and I had driven his motor home north, heading towards Ludington. I was the map captain, and I noticed a small park not too far north, between Ludington and Manistee. We followed the map and discovered a perfect little park. Set…
