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…

#MM Music Challenge — Steppenwolf erasure poem

Jim Adams is the far-seeing host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Challenge.  Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“Midnight at the Oasis,” by Maria Muldaur] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the WordPress writing community. My favorite part of…

#MM Music Challenges — true love’s erasure

Jim Adams is the research-loving host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenges.  Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on this “The Race is On” and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression. Lyrics from the song,  “written by Don Rollins and first recorded as a demo by Jimmie Gray in 1961”…