dVerse — Quadrille — Goodbye Hello

image link De Jackson, aka Whimsygizmo, is our host of dVerse this day. De says: I want you to blow some kisses into your poems today… Whatever mood or form you choose, just be sure your poem gives that Q smackeroo: precisely 44 words, not including the title, and literally containing some form of the…

Chauncey — An introduction

You’ve heard me talk about my dog, Chauncey, who passed away back in 2016.  Up until recently all of my pictures of him were on another (bad) hard drive and on facebook, which I haven’t gone to for at least a month and probably longer.  FB was deactivated until I could get my many pictures…

Heart thaw

image link Today’s Word of the Day Challenge is thawing.   Sol’s beams warm Caress crystals To tears With warm beams Your smile caress My fears Tears to streams Sate river’s slake Fears melt, Puddle, dissipate Burgeoned river From banks to flats My burgeoned heart Holds strong at crack Flowers sprout To herald spring Love’s…

Blessed Union

Pledged with this undying oath Spoken true from hearts of both Wildly improbable and sentimental Yet broken would be detrimental Joyfully do we pledge our troth Kernel of love sprouts burgeoned growth Our meeting and falling not accidental Ordained with grace, true and gentle * The Word of the Day Challenge is oath. Fandango’s FOWC…

Christmas Day 2018

image link shared peals of laughter smiles of surprised happiness warm bear hugs of love

To wish is a beautiful thing

image link   For the Word of the Day Challenge prompt of wish I give you some videos that exemplify the spirit of wishes. The first one, a performance during Thanksgiving 1978, from the film, “The Last Waltz”, has Bob Dylan singing with The Band as backup. The Band had decided to quit touring and…

They Say…

image link They say hearts are meant to be broken. They say once broken it’s tougher than before. They say if you don’t love, your heart will turn to stone. You’ll curl up into a corner, wither, and die. They are talking about romantic love. They are talking about erotic love. * Go out there,…