Abigail’s challenge for us today is to write a didactic cinquain. Cats: curious, independent purring, watching, playing — my heart is happy — companions.
Category: poetry
Valentines Day Limericks
image link Fandango’s FOWC is durable and the Word of the Day Challenge is smitten. These two Valentine’s Day limericks are dedicated to Fandango, curmudgeon of the day. On Valentine’s Day she was smitten When her beau did woo with a kitten Lips extend for kissing Kitty clawed and hissing Maybe card and a ring…
MLMM — Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, February 13th 2019, cherry blossom
Chèvrefeuille is our host of Heeding Haiku. Chèvrefeuille says: This week I read the first cherry blossom forecast of Japan and the first cherry blossoms have started to bloom in Japan. The cherry blossom forecast stays on until end of May 2019 by the way. This week’s theme / prompt is therefore CHERRY BLOSSOM…
Tell The Story — 2/12/19 — Sing Along
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…
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…
