The Turning Of The Worm,Painting by Christian Michael The Worm Turns Plot points on a small map, where I travel no furtherthan scattershot; wet in settler’s muck where I wiggle, human worm, blind, underground, catalyzing compost. Churning waste to sleepy dreamer’s gold, I rise, emerge,shadow from shadows, with an urge to breathe; sniff frightened, decaying…
Category: poetry
dVerse Q243 — Be a Bird
Be a Bird Be a bird,hued or drab,warbling or silent,wafting or waddling,building or nesting,migrating or staying put,preening or molting,hunting or pecking,diving or swimming,lightbound or darkbound,predator or prey,hopping or dancingearth, sky, sea;choosing whereverfree be. De (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants us to write a 44-word poem using the word bird.
The Oracle Speaks — Peace Bloom
Peace Bloom Fertile dawn’s a soft squirrel,moon-wandered poetry over lake. Quiet is how peace blooms between,through which wild things tendril,root in garden bright sanctuary. Follow winter as you must;Spring green makes never blossom,sacred, happy, full soon. Bonus poem:blue & lonelyfrosty feelleave me The Oracle speaks through magnet poetry.
dVerse MTB/Forms — Blue Forensics
VanGogh’s “Blue Wheatfield with Cypress” Blue ForensicsWhat acts cast this pall upon the bloody world?Weather sprite tricks or via faux-king twit I heard.Normal season’s passing or terminal affliction?A healthy ecosystemic or sick viral acquisition?Which infusive spilled fluid is chosen, preferable?Meltstreams for crops or gunsiphons unutterable?Bright skyball trajectoring sun or nuclear missile?Task: plant seed cellpacks or…
WMM 2026 Day 4 — Peggy Lee
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images link takes you to a huge amount of info on Peggy Lee and has other pictures there Norma Deloris Egstrom (b. 5/26/1920 – d. 1/21/2002) known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio…
WMM 2026 Day 3 — Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman “Now what kind of an attitude is that, ‘These things happen?’ They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, ‘These things happen,’ and that’s why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.” ~ Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel…
TNG 114 — 236
It’s been a few weeks since playing Judy’s The Number Game. Did you miss me? If you want to give it a try, follow these instructions: Today’s number is 236. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type the number 236 into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find…
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