JP The Wide Eyed Wanderer has tagged me to tell a story about this breathtaking photo she took last year. Like the ball bouncing over the lyrics to a song so does the butter ball hover over the song that is the Grand Canyon. I’m not tagging anyone to write a story, but if you…
Category: poetry
dVerse — Game Night Poetry
image link Sarah is the host at dVerse tonight. Sarah says: Tonight, I want you to choose 3 names from the list of computer game names below, and somehow or other wrangle them into a poem. You don’t need to know anything about the game – just let the name inspire you. Here goes: Minecraft…
dVerse — Rubaiyat — The Poet
The poet, standing crowned with laurel, leaning on a stone, by Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) The Poet is an experiment of sorts. I’ve written it in three different versions. The first version is where the reader speaks of the poet in third person. The second version is the reader addressing the poet directly….
dVerse — Quadrille — Goodbye Hello
image link De Jackson, aka Whimsygizmo, is our host of dVerse this day. De says: I want you to blow some kisses into your poems today… Whatever mood or form you choose, just be sure your poem gives that Q smackeroo: precisely 44 words, not including the title, and literally containing some form of the…
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, February 6th 2019, sundown
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, February 6th 2019, sundown Mindloves Misery Menagerie’s Chèvrefeuille says: Welcome at a new episode of Heeding Haiku With … MLMM’s feature about haiku and haibun. As you all (maybe) know I am hosting my own website at blogger.com and this month we are creating Tan Renga. Tan Renga is a short chained…
d’Verse — Invisible — Walking the Labyrinth
image link Merril is the host for dVerse poet’s pub today. Merril says: Write a poem in any form that references invisible or invisibility. There are lots of ways to go with this, and I’m eager to see what the dVerse community comes up with. I’ve also just thought that an erasure poem might fit…
dVerse Haibun Monday #2 — 2/4/19 Winter Solitude
“Winter Solitude” by Patricia DeWit Kim is the host of this week’s Haibun Monday at the dVerse poet’s pub. Kim says: For this week’s Haibun Monday, write about solitude: it could be meditative solitude, solitude in nature, or just plain old sitting alone in your room solitude. That’s up to you. But you should write…
Tao-Talk 