Adding this to dVerse‘ Open Link Night. Check out dVerse and read great poetry. This poem is written in the time where humans were hunter-gatherers. Warning: The content may be upsetting or objectionable to some readers. Night Hunters Golden disk, wolves howl — Night’s risk, hunting, humans prowl. Ten wolves chasing, humans, two, I ran…
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Santa Agua
Image by enriquelopezgarre from Pixabay When I attended college in Spain, I was blessed enough to stay in a “dorm” room at the Palacio del Santa Agua. The palace was built as a public monument to life-giving water when an 80-year drought had afflicted the area. During the drought, the mango fields withered and even…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/7/19
The “D” for today is honoring the celebration of China’s Dragon Boat Festival, which begins today. Learn more about this important festival here. It began way back when, to honor a poet, yes a poet, who many feel is the greatest Chinese poet of all time, Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan CROSSING THE RIVER, by Qu…
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The ivy-covered cottage rests Set in the clearing of green dale Where oxygen so thick lays low Black ink with woe will tell this tale Of the spirit in the mirror’s Love for witch and thirst for freedom. How she dabbled to release him, With uttered spells and…
dVerse — George Harrison — Beware of Darkness
image link Dark Horse ”All things must pass”, you, dark horse said,Crown on your head,Hero unsung,Fab 4, among. Ghost in the flesh, you dared to care,To craft and share,Your shadows talkedYour stumbled walk. You reached for us, our paths of dust.Listen we must.Your wheel rolled on —Farewell! Anon! Watch out now, take careBeware of falling…
dVerse — quadrille — dragon — rising
image link De Jackson is the host of dVerse today for Quadrille Monday. De says: Just pen us a poem of precisely 44 words, not counting the title, and using some form of the word dragon. “Ancient Japanese lore describes Koi fish swimming up a massive waterfall called ‘The Dragon Gate.’ If they reach the…
Tale Weaver – #225 – Reflection – May 30th — Journey into the Mirror
“Woman Looking into Mirror” by Elizavella Designs I chose to write a poem in the triquatrain form, which was created by Robert L. Huntsman. Journey into the Mirror Walking through a mirror’s door, vortex of what’s come before Swirling twixt the times, the places, and the seasons Depending on who you think you be,…
