On the hill lived a maiden so fair To her father her suitors paid fare Highest bidder most foul Fowl that crowed and then howled Grandpa’s grandkids had feathers not hair! Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says: This week we are seeing double with ‘Double Take’. The ‘Double Take’ challenge…
Category: poetry
dVerse — alliteration (assonance & consonance) — airborne
her wings opened slowly silent creaks needing oil midday sunset flames aglow black-framed confident flaps to fluttering now lifts, carried sideways tilting madly airborne Bjorn is today’s host of dVerse. Bjorn says: Today I would like you to try using different types of assonance and consonance in any poem of your choice. Try to listen…
dVerse — dreamland
Dreams are messages from home. –Clarissa Pinkola-Estes Vines string the pathway of Ethereal mist day, softened Songs of gentian butterflies Silvery wings of faeries Enormous sunflowers Lily pads; leaping leopard frogs Ogling bunnies with twitchy noses Fine fern fronds fondle furry ears Yarrow sway with rose mallow On a spongy marsh ledging Umbrellas glide, held…
#Haikai Challenge #123: first sparrows [twittering] (hatsusuzume)
Pink blanket pulled up Behind frozen bones of trees — Sparrow’s silhouette Snuggling in my warm bed Wakened, with Spring, by his song Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to…
dVerse — quadrille — Katz Quadrille
Katz Quadrille Cabbage calls Honey moons Grapes grope Scoby sirens sing Flour water waits Attuned for Wild whooshes Yowling yeasts descend Bashful bacteria nuzzle up Sauerkraut kimchi cha-chas Meandering mead Charismatic chablis Kiwi kombucha kicks San Franciscan sourdough Fermentation frenzy Build it and they will come To learn more about Sandor Katz and Wild Fermentation,…
The Oracle speaks
bright wild grass full fresh breeze would be let grow deep berry nature never leave make down’s sun stroll rose spirit shine eat say and use rainy thing am out of hot beneath soon life rustle peace he did climb warm wet river rock they breathed his harmony path
#MM — Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip — winter’s music
Hot tea and beer bread heat the morn Cracking ice screeched notes with foghorn Freezing lake channel Sounds seldom banal My flannel’s Song is warm Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says: Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 25 January 2020! For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have…
