I got the text on an ordinary morning, saying he was in jail. They didn’t know for what only that he showed up on the log. I called his stepmother to find out the scoop. She asked, “You didn’t see the headlines?” “No,” as an invisible hand clenched my throat; Skittering to the computer, I…
Category: poetry
dVerse — prosery 4 — memories with the trees
She was born there in that cabin, at the edge of the tree line. Mama was a God-fearing woman who never missed church on Sunday and who took washing in from the houses on the hill. Daddy was a hard-working sharecropper who grew just enough to keep his family alive from harvest to harvest. She…
Bug-eyed — dVerse OLN
Autumn’s chance meeting Eyeing each other, agog Under cloudy skies Lillian is the host of dVerse‘ Open Link Night. Linking this to it.
dVerse — descriptive detail — Emissary
Peng, whose wingspan covers the sky Alights on Yellow Mountain’s Peak Red eyes survey the village below From whom will he take today? Old Mrs. Yen, asleep on the porch, Broom still in her hand, Will have fewer dreams after today; fewer remembered celebrations, fewer regrets. The seasons pass… One winter moon shines through…
Building with Two-By-Fours
Paul at Paul’s Poetry Playground has introduced me to another new, rather obscure poetry form, called two-by-four, an “eight-word poetic form invented by the American poet and book publisher Lee Ann Brown.” The poem is 4, 2-word lines. Read more about the form at Paul’s page by clicking on the link above. Bad Boyfriend You…
dVerse — Madness — Possessed
Mr. Jones tells about his childhood friend, a boy who lived with his mother, stepfather and brothers and sisters. The boy and his sibs never knew who would be chosen to “ride along” with stepfather, but they all knew what it meant. Years later, the boy, who is now a man, still lives at home…
#MM– Saturday Mix – Resist
They came to take Assange away. Ecuadorian embassy. A small grey man in evil’s grip. He cried out then, “You must resist” The overlords and keep speech free Darkness croaked it would have today Serve fifty weeks for skipping bail Dismissed charge from other country? Melting candles of freedom drip Manning, Snowden, who’s the…
Tao-Talk 