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,…
Category: poetry
writing community
image link Fandango’s One Word Challenge is trail. Word of the Day Challenge is camaradarie. These two words immediately made me think of the writing community here at Word Press that is such a joyous and supportive community. I love you! OK enough of the mushy. Here’s another form that ends up being in a…
Now you see me….
gif link Fandango’s One Word Challenge today (oops yesterday) is leave and the Word Challenge of the day is dismal. I should have just skipped the challenges, but it’s done now. I decided to do something short and sweet, well not that sweet as leave and dismal are kind of like the day outside was,…
Off They Go^
image link Tonight’s dverse poet’s cafe topic is fire and it can be in any form. This one may be in a form but no guarantees. two extinguished travelers searching for shelter where warmth could be and found each other * kindling of combustible memories tossed into the pyre ignited by unvalidated emotions consumed…
d verse monday — haibun on waiting
image link Imelda is hosting at dverse tonight. Her prompts are waiting and the form haibun. This is the second try for me on haibun and it’s probably the most challenging form I’ve done yet. I’m very interested in any critiques on this. It would be appreciated as I want to get better, especially at…
Oblivion
image link A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme. She sinks into oblivion Each instance his name…
Trap
image link Fandango’s One Word Challenge today is trap. Today’s offering is a sedoka . The Sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following syllable counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the same subject from differing perspectives. Trap Arms, bodies entwined…
