“Glimmer of Hope,” by Matt Talbert Terminal Wasteland? Each of us convinced of our unlovability Each of us inverse possessed of sensibility Blind to darker templates of old brands from long ago On a boat that had no sails, no oars, and’s full of holes Worked with sightless striving to prove right our deepest fears…
Category: poetry
Carpe Diem #1691 Troiku Month (20) The Snow Of Yesterday
Chevrefeuilles is the host of Carpe Diem and asks us to use the following haiku by Gozan to create a Troiku. the snow of yesterday that fell like cherry blossoms is water once again © Gozan (1789) the snow of yesterday waters new seedlings today — tomorrow’s juices that fell like cherry blossoms faint as…
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, June 26th 2019 … sun bathing with link to dVerse OLN
Sun Bathing Sunlight’s magnet pulls our clothes off as if metal. Skin burned in toaster. Our beach blankets lie close enough to cool wet sand to feel the wind’s chill. All-sized birds sunbathe; regardless, clothing optional – tan lines or no? Surf’s constant shushing is sunbather’s lullaby — soft blanket’s cradle. Sunscreen is poison; sunlight…
dVerse — Laurie Lee poet passage alchemy — Animal Kingdom Commodity
image link Laura is the host of dVerse today. Laura says: The Challenge therefore is to CHOOSE ONE of the extracts of [Laurie Lee’s] prose … and with your own alchemy, turn it into poetry. I chose to follow your tips, Laura, and used unexpected adjectives in a quatrain form with 9-syllable lines (one has…
dVerse — Haibun — Summer’s Growth Bath
Merril is the host of dVerse today. Merril says: So today, I want you to conjure the magic of nature in your haibun. Think about the words, too, as of course, you do in poetry anyway. With the almost-daily rains, every herbaceous being grows lush with green. Where the bearded iris have two blossoms other…
Dark Angel for earthweal
At age of five became I blindBad nerves to blame that made me screamCursed I our God for act unkindYet all, my friend, ’twas not as seemed The act upon heaped thoughts unkindTurned out to have a brighter themeThrough haunts did stray the other fiveTo caves of dreams with golden seams Each night I searched…
#FF — Terminal
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Terminal Left doctor’s office with the news, I won’t wear out this pair of shoes. Another Spring I’ll never see, Way station to eternity. If you’re to say goodbye to me Please do it now, flight leaves at three. So many things I want to say To you, my love….
Tao-Talk 