As the horse had a limp to his gait Made me fall as I reached for the gate As the horse from you leased Pay med bills at the least Or to court for small claims; test your fate. I went with a limerick, which has, per shadowpoetry.com, a set rhyme scheme of :…
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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #124 — two paths
These lines of Mueller’s poem jumped out at me: I was too young to notice how fear persists, and how the anger that causes fear persists, that its trajectory can’t be changed or broken, only interrupted. Does anger cause fear? Is fear immutable? Is anger? Are trajectories at best interrupted? What if fear is the…
dVerse — almost a Triolet — The greys and whites of March
The greys and whites of March do cling Where sun’s recede has clouds in fief So jealous of the green of Spring The greys and whites of March do cling Despite wheel’s might of change to bring Where heat and hue will sing relief The greys and whites of March still cling The sun recedes…
dVerse — impermanence — Three Chords and the Truth*
The Carter Family Gatherers and Transmitters Jimmie Rodgers Broadcasting Seeds Bill Monroe Father of Bluegrass Minnie Pearl “Howdy!” Millionairess Hank Williams Troubadour of Broken Hearts Ray Charles The Genius morphed country to soul Patsy Cline Queen who hopped country to pop Brenda Lee Rockabilly, Pop, and country darlin’ Charlie Pride Resonant-Voiced Star who shocked the…
#Haikai Challenge #127: waters of spring (haru no mizu)
Spring in the mountains Frozen stream and bright sun dance Warm laughter trickles Intermission done Velvet cloud curtains open Sun’s speech, Spring’s tears Winds chase Spring’s raindrops In spirals around tree trunks — Buds dream of leafing. Midseason’s water Winter and Spring’s tug of war Snow, sleet, rain menu Wormless hunger greets Early robin’s arrival…
dVerse — quadrille #98 — Trauma’s Onion
Trauma, immortally peeling onion of layered human celluloid misery. Re-runs’ battleground images lose their vividness with each viewing. Marinated liver reeks on my onion skin tempting black eagles’ taloned mandate. Angels with light arrows circle, faces outward, protecting my soul – healing thicker pink. Mish is today’s for dVerse. Mish says: Today…
#MM — Saturday Mix — Lucky Dip — pretty peonies
Pretty puffed pungent petals Prancing pirouetting primadonas Pastels, pompous pinks, Peeking, pouncing, Passels praying Proud, precocious Parades primping Precious pronouncements 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 out a Tautogram. The topic is up to you! …
