Category: poetry

MLMM –Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, February 27 2019 Morning Glory

Chevrefeuille is hosting Heeding Haiku today and says: This week I have a nice theme for you to create your haiku or haibun with … Morning Glory … Create your haiku or haibun following the classical rules (5-7-5 syllables; seasonword; cutting word; deeper meaning; interchangeable 1st and 3rd line; a moment as short as the…

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dVerse — Blaming and Forgiveness

image link Frank is the host of dVerse tonight. Frank says: I found M. Scott Peck’s Further Along the Road Less Traveled in a used bookstore a few weeks ago. It has been a challenge to read. As I understand it Peck describes a spiritual journey we are all on, whether we like it or…

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dVerse — Quadrille — Two Sips

“Soul Infusion” lithograph by Benjamin Creme Mish is the host of dVerse tonight. Mish says: It’s that time again to indulge in our very own dVerse creation, the “Quadrille”. For those of you who have not yet indulged, this is a poem of 44 words, not including the title. It must contain one given word….

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Winter Haibun

image link I had to travel on the highway today to volunteer at the cat shelter and to check on my two fur granddaughters for my son and his wife, as they are out of town.  The winds in the area reached between 50-65 mph — and it’s still at it out there! — and…

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MLMM — Saturday Mix with Sarah — Acrostic

Saturday Mix with Sarah – Lucky Dip, 23 February 2019 is an acrostic poem. Saturday Sun shines diamonds on the morning snow As it slowly sinks into dark pools Time to drink a pot of coffee; I’m Useless today by design. It is a time to Relax — or to Do whatever I please All…

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My Pledge

  Carved from a branch from our village olive tree, stained with the flora of our fields, gilt with the gold from our mountain streams, and blessed by crones who live in our caves, I pledge these to you, as symbol of all that I am. My love, sprung from nature, will reside With you,…

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