dVerse — Haibun Monday — Back to School?

Ignoranus in Michigan Last year at this time we wondered if there would be a vaccine to protect adults from hospitalization, lingering death, and possible chronic health effects from catching Covid-19. Schools prudently shut down face-to-face classrooms and went virtual – and proved it was a viable temporary solution for educating students. This year, a…

dVerse — MTB — Solilo-Quoi on August 26, 2021

new sunflower video, taken during my “stroll outside”   As I sit in cool air after a stroll outsidethe steam rises from my frame like it does from a pile of dung in winter.I thank my lucky stars, a.k.a. “Fates”per Henley about his “unconquerable soul.”It feels like a reward of sortsfor having survived so many…

dVerse — Poetics — please see beyond the veil

Turkeytail Fungus Feel free to walk any woodland pathUntil you see tell-tale rounded capNever sure what specifics will be:Gilled, shelved, clung, lurking; short, tall, or wee.Indispensible kingdom cousins. Many times shy, they hide their planetary-matted panorama;Not brutes like fauna nor flashy like flora, fruits their brave flower.Quietly they act as finisher; then begins’ ways they…

TSM 174 — lulled

sun is warmmusic lowglass of winelulled to sleep I love this image.  It brings instant relaxation.  Form:  slimverse. Carrie is today’s host for The Sunday Muse.

dVerse — Poetics — Dragon King

민화. Korea folk painting. Folk art works on Lee Joungjoo #민화   ere twas man / astronaut designthrough Fuxi and Nuwa / puppetsto meld feathers / and scales; made them be both in / yet not of this worldformed of purest yang / nine by ninebackwards are evil / six by six mixed scales to tangle…