ArrivalEach arrival you push yournull rival away, timing right;call far, bring birdsong;hew dull brown to green;awake asleep; dandelionsnavigate lion winds; puffstessellate landscape tomatch cloud-patched sky.Energized, we frolic, ournetherworld forgotten; youtreasure, Sacred You, Spring! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us to write a 44-word poem using the…
Category: music
#SLS — “Black,” by Pearl Jam
Cover of 1991 promotional single “Black” by Pearl Jam Any member of the Jamily (Pearl Jam Devotees) must consider “Black” to be in their list of top PJ songs. It’s like having a favorite Bible verse for Christians. It is essential PJ listening. Anyone in the Jamily knows the song is about lead singer’s, Eddie…
A2Z 2025 — Day 4 — Doves
Doves Mourning doves are plentiful in my yard. I wrote a poem on them awhile back. you may call them turtle doves; monogamous pairsyet menage a trois at times, during courtship gameswhen wings whistle on take-off, flying fast and straightthey live thirty years or more and stay through seasonstheir streamlined yet pudgy forms, of silk,…
dVerse — MTB — Open, Season
Open, Season Bulbous, about-sprouting from ginger experiment planted,fascinates, as likensto libidinous rising.Open manifest of urge to life stirs. Brethren, called to Spring’s calllikewise burst in round and pointed ways.My gaze fixedon their green sex. Who saysit’s confined towarm bloodpumping up and up? Tiny eggsand spermput to dirtbed sleep.Warm wetdreamsawake,open.Come,life! Muskegon (my home town) boy, Iggy…
FFF 63 on a Wednesday. “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” by U2 from Zooropa
Sleeve designed by Works Associates of Dublin under the direction of Steve Averill Out of the immeasurable discography of U2, Zooropa tends to get overlooked. Not casting judgment for those who are unfamiliar with the album, as it is understandable. With The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and All that You Can’t Leave Behind – among…
#MMB 2025 — April — “In April,” by Johnny Flynn, written by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice
Johnny Flynn, photo by Eleanor Janelink takes you to a 2021 guitar.com article on Johnny Here we are at the first (week) of April, all fools for one thing or another. Like Nancy said, there are a lot of songs out there with April in songs or song titles. While scanning for an artist I…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 31 –Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez And now, onto the last, but certainly not least for WMM 2025: Selena Gomez! Up until writing up this post, I’ve only know Selena as one of the trio of podcast detectives on the HULU series, “Only Murders in the Building.” Her character (Mabel Mora) along with Steve Martin’s (Charles Haden-Savage) and Martin…
