The great limb of one of the front willows had most of itself cut up by a friendly neighbor yesterday. It didn’t take him long with his chainsaw. He insisted he wanted nothing for doing it, which makes me suspicious, but maybe I’m paranoid. He wanted to carry the logs and piles to the brush…
Category: poetry
dVerse — Limbo
Painting by Helen Acklam M is the host of dVerse today. M says: So today, the prompt is Limbo – a word that has very different meanings. You need NOT incorporate both meanings, or even use the word itself – use a synonym, if it suits you. Since it’s been a long month, try to keep it under 100 words….
dVerse — Haibun — Picnic on the Beach
Picnic on the Beach, by August Macke Gina is the host of dVerse today. Gina says: Our theme for this week’s haibun is picnic! Share with us a memory from a picnic – your haibun must not be fictional but a real experience! Write a haibun based on the prompt, with 1 to 2 tight…
Sunday Writing Prompt “The Vampire Charles Baudelaire” — Helleborus
Today, 5/2/19, I’m linking this poem to dVerse for OLN. The Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery Menagerie is to write poem, story, or create a work of art to the poem in the video. I wrote this one today and it’s a good fit for the prompt. I will also include a collage I…
Saturday Mix – Mad About Metaphor, 27 April 2019 — Batten Down the Hatches
Sarah is the host of Saturday Mix. Sarah says: Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Mad About Metaphor, 27 April 2019! This week we are dipping our toes into the pool of METAPHOR. Our challenge is all about the use of metaphor in our writing. You will need to use the metaphor provided in…
dVerse — Lai form — Truth or…
dVerse has us writing lai and lai nouveaux form poems for a month. This is my second lai, which is wordplay for lai=lie. When asked to write lais Inhale, then big sighs — For real? With truth, my heart lies, Its pathway is wise I feel. With poems words rise — Truth or lie, its…
A2Z April 2019 — X — X
Today’s entry, like yesterday’s, will direct you to a website that is chock full of information about the potent symbol that is X. It’s a Psychology Today article by Leon Seltzer, PhD. What is ironic to me is that, even though there are probably fewer “x” words in the dictionary than any other, the…
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