POPO2022 day 6 — mushrooms short and tall

in the world of shrooms doesn’t matter if you’re short it’s how you comport in the world of shrooms pulp stalks and steak stumps support hued, gilled, blotchy caps no matter you’re short it’s what’s underneath that counts mycelial oomph it’s how you transport sugars through the chitin mat after the dead turns

POPO2022 day 5 — woman looking at white flower

shoulders and neck rest among curves of white petals still in the garden shoulders and neck rest in triangle composure against leathered green among curved petals a flower among flowers wisp of cinnamon still in the garden dulcet streams of last night’s kiss tease pink from her cheeks

Tanka Tuesday — Season’s Flag

green serves as flag verdant announcement upon which seasons hang spring green to summer lawn, fall’s fade to yellow, and winter’s lack Compression form poem note:  rhymezone categorizes “lack” as having a 90 rhyme rating top image link Colleen is the host of Word Craft Poetry.  Colleen says: Hello everyone. Happy October! My favorite month…

POPO2022 day 4 — peppers

it is the season pepper fruits begin to bloom hottest time of the year it is the season when sun brightens, greens deepen the bees get heavy pepper fruits bloom yellow cautions and red flags bananas and ghosts hottest time of the year white blossoms bursting fireworks in summer’s swelter

dVerse — Quadrille 161 — Monster

Tracks tell our tales, bits, clues of worlds, endless intersects, maps through time; fossilized, covered, interred crimes unearthed, stinking, weepy confessions nobody wants to hear. Yet, in ink’s cloy one’s morbid shadow peers, an uncalled lurid alliance never dared spoken for amygdalic animal fear. top image link Merril is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. …

POPO2022 day 3 — trees

once upon a time they may have footed about but now they stand, still once upon a time they walked tall, leaves shimmering happy, green nomads they footed about ’til every place was seen, their kingdom surveyed but now they stand, still digging deep with mirrored roots, our friendly neighbors

POPO2022 day 2 — libra

fragrant tug of war where victory and defeat eternal stalemates fragrant tug of war entwined with thorned promises lost in the jungle victory, defeat e’er poised on a pointed tip joy, despair wobbles eternal stalemates given no choice but to play bittersweet torment