Laura is today’s host for dVerse. Laura says: The challenge is to choose ONE or MORE from THE LIST of words BELOW and include it/them in the body and/or title of your poem. If possible, add a soupçon of hopefulness for Hope is the message in this first advent week! ageless ~ boundless ~ breathless ~…
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dVerse — quadrille — Coloring Musical December
one-dimensional snowflakes, nesting dolls, ornaments, gingerbread houses, sleighs with ponies, children building snowpeople, trees with red-winged bobbles, sleds pointing downhill, skates going “8”s Hynde’s dirge Ukrainian carol Run-DMC’s Hollis Carey’s want Bing-Bowie’s boy Eartha’s baby Kinks-Elvis father blue Warning: Multi-sensory gestures may evoke spirit. De Jackson (aks WhimsyGizmo) is today’s host of dVerse. De says:…
#MM — Saturday Mix — Littlest Lions
Graceful groomers, catnip crunchers Fastidious felines, Meow Mix munchers Leaping lithe, stalking sneaks Crouching carnivore, silences squeaks Day dreamers, dark darters ‘Vian voyeurs, hairball hawkers Quiet companions, furry friends Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says: For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled…
#Haikai Challenge #115: Advent
Manger straw smells sweet Heaven’s choir rehearses Bethlehem’s star ascends Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge. Frank says: Here in the Northern hemisphere the darkness lengthens and deepens until December 21st. Then the days lengthen. Is that not a sign of hope? What better kigo for this week, then, but Advent? This…
#FF — Commemorated Damages
PHOTO PROMPT © C.E. Ayr Verdant land of plenty Rivers of buffalo Where one serves many Rivers, falls, streams Being where they will Fish jump, living dreams Nomadic tribes Travel with herds, seasons Balance earth and sky Invaders from across Where no canoe has been Stragglers tossed Invasive species Spreading white disease Unbottled genies Mountains…
dVerse — Sylvia & Ted — zebra mussels
Seafaring stowaways Dumped by Careless bilge pumps Once foreign, home Quiet freshwater invasion Clams now refugees Tiniest zebras Roaming submerged plains OCD to clean – and glue Small, razor sharp Shell seeds White putty insides Sifting creepers Scour water Green to clear Herons-adored A traveler’s banquet Easy pickins Reside underside Driftwood hide Washed-up skeletons…
dVerse — haibun — Today I’m Thankful
I woke up this morning to a light fog hovering over the field. The temperature is even warmer today than yesterday. Most leaves have been washed and/or blown off of the trees, so the view out back is fairly unobstructed. The bird feeders are full from yesterday. They draw in ever more diverse species. A…
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