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,…
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Sunday morning haiku
image link Getting ready to build the morning fire, I stood up from the wood burner and looked outside. I saw a brown lump out by one of the fenceposts that isn’t usually there. When you spend a lot of time staring at a particular place, you immediately notice if something is different. I walked…
Beads and how the world turns
image link The Word of the Day Challenge is traditions. Fandango’s FOWC is revenge. Today’s offering is in the form of a villanelle. As an introduction, I wanted to talk about how I was inspired to write this. On Saturday, I went to Hobby Lobby to take an art print that my older son got…
Blog Break Today
I have 3, count ’em 3, new books that I’m itching to get to, so today will be a break from reading blogs and writing posts. Have got to make Christmas cookies either today or tomorrow also for a cookie exchange on Sunday, so it will be a busy real-time weekend. Will try to catch…
Night Brew
image link Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (#FOWC) is special. The Word Challenge of the Day is enrapture. She walked the fields and down by the stream all morning, then into afternoon, looking, smelling, and listening for her ingredients. With the ones she already had in her spice chest, there were only a few left to complete…
Well of Feelings — A Blitz Poem
I went and volunteered a shift at the cat shelter with my son and his wife this afternoon. The orientation was last week. One training shift down and three more, then I’ll be an official regular volunteer. The crew on Sunday evenings are so friendly and laid back. It’s also very clear they are passionate…
Meeting the Bear
image link Jilly at dverse poets pub is the hostess this evening and has asked for a poem with repetition. This one is in the form of villanelle . I saw a Disney-produced — yes, I hate Disney, but — movie a couple of years ago, called, “Bears”, which is a documentary of a mother…
Tao Talk 