Easy Credit!

Glue trap, movement long gone, gnawing stomach ache, bankruptcy, beyond.   Fandango’s One Word Challenge — credit

windows of the soul

image link   Frozen Cheshire grin while worlds told within the eyes charlatan’s chagrin.   Word of the Day Challenge — chagrin

Alphabet haiku — letter V

vervet image link vole image link Velveteen vervets, vexed vagabonds, verily vanquish villain vole.   Alphabet Haiku Challenge — letter V

That’s classified

Fandango’s One-Word Challenge of the day is classified. I watched a 2017 documentary on Frank Serpico last night made in 2017. It’s been over 45 years since he shook the NYPD and its network to the core. One of the standouts from the many things he said over this show was that it was never…

Life is just a bowl full of cherries

image link   Today’s Word of the Day challenge is doleful.  Having a little fun today with a limerick!   expecting a bowlful of berries sigh, doleful – they only had cherries inconvenient the pits even more so the sh*ts with a book on the throne he tarries

Young Charlotte, or The Frozen Maid

“Sleigh Ride” by Cornelius Krieghoff As a starving person’s focus becomes their gnawing hunger, so does trying to stay warm become the focus of a person who can’t find warmth. Today was one of those days. I give you now the poem that Maine poet, Seba Smith, was inspired to write after reading an article…

deep freeze

Tonight is dverse Open Link Night.  Today’s offerings are what’s most on my mind today — keeping the fire going.  It’s been chilly all day and the fire is on the third try.  Today’s offerings are four lanturnes, described as a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two,…