image link It was actually earlier this morning when I was in the state between sleep and waking that I dreamed this, but the haiku was not in word, but in visual form, so would that make it a vision more than a dream? Not sure. Anyway, I received the image of a piece…
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Reena’s Exploration Challenge — Woman in Chains
Reena likes to delve deep with her Exploration Challenges. Reena says: Yes, you got it right. [Women are] about half of the world’s population. How do you view it? Are we really walking together with the other half, or just resisting/battling/complementing each other? PROMPT Woman – Her Journey FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no…
#50WordThurs — Falling
Teresa at The Haunted Wordsmith alternates with Kristian on Thursdays for 50 Word Thursday. Teresa says: Rules: **Find the muse within the photo or line provided and follow where it leads. It can be a story, anecdote, poem. Anything! **Story must be between 50 and 250 words, in 50 word increments. **Link back to this…
dVerse — Pantoum — Day Sailors
image link Another “imperfect” pantoum for dVerse. The pantoum is based on sailing experiences I’ve had. Gliding mute along the water We set sail with gentle winds Ripples on the ocean’s daughter Feeling warm air brush our skins * We set sail with gentle winds Dragon clouds across the sky Feeling warm air brush our…
dVerse — A time to be born, and a time to die
image link Lillian is the host of dVerse today. Lillian says: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 American Standard Version (ASV)For everything there is a season, and a time for every [a]purpose under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 a…
dVerse — Haibun — March Madness
painting by Theresa Mangis Sink Merril is the host of dVerse today. Merril says: For this week’s Haibun Monday, I’d like you to write a haibun about March Madness as it pertains to you and your part of the world, whether it’s spring and spring madness OR some other change of season OR perhaps the…
This is poetry…
My dVerse fellow poet, Rob Kistner, made a comment on one of my poems tonight that was so awesome, wise, and outstanding that I decided to make a meme out of it with one of the pictures I took awhile back at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. Thank you, Rob, for making my night.
