image source link Flim-Flam Cheeto There is an orange cheeto flam-flimDestroying the world on a whimThe tariff’s are jumpingThe stocks they be dumpingHe snatches them up with grim grin. Esther Chilton says: Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you – your new word is: GRIM
Category: poetry
dVerse Q221 — Arrival
ArrivalEach arrival you push yournull rival away, timing right;call far, bring birdsong;hew dull brown to green;awake asleep; dandelionsnavigate lion winds; puffstessellate landscape tomatch cloud-patched sky.Energized, we frolic, ournetherworld forgotten; youtreasure, Sacred You, Spring! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us to write a 44-word poem using the…
A2Z 2025 — Day 4 — Doves
Doves Mourning doves are plentiful in my yard. I wrote a poem on them awhile back. you may call them turtle doves; monogamous pairsyet menage a trois at times, during courtship gameswhen wings whistle on take-off, flying fast and straightthey live thirty years or more and stay through seasonstheir streamlined yet pudgy forms, of silk,…
dVerse — MTB — Open, Season
Open, Season Bulbous, about-sprouting from ginger experiment planted,fascinates, as likensto libidinous rising.Open manifest of urge to life stirs. Brethren, called to Spring’s calllikewise burst in round and pointed ways.My gaze fixedon their green sex. Who saysit’s confined towarm bloodpumping up and up? Tiny eggsand spermput to dirtbed sleep.Warm wetdreamsawake,open.Come,life! Muskegon (my home town) boy, Iggy…
A2Z 2025 — Day 3 Cottonwood Catkins and Cosmos
Cottonwood Catkins There were no cottonwood trees growing here when we moved here in 2011. We had some of what we thought were sycamore trees in pots and planted them. Both turned out to be cottonwood. They’ve grown very quickly. This pic was taken on 032925, where the catkins are out. Some people don’t like…
FFF 63 on a Wednesday. “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” by U2 from Zooropa
Sleeve designed by Works Associates of Dublin under the direction of Steve Averill Out of the immeasurable discography of U2, Zooropa tends to get overlooked. Not casting judgment for those who are unfamiliar with the album, as it is understandable. With The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and All that You Can’t Leave Behind – among…
A2Z 2025 — Day 2 — Blackberries and Bluebirds
Blackberries Along the yard and out in the back there are hundreds of blackberry bushes and thousands of berries that grow and ripen on them. They grow on their own and can be severely pruned but come right back. The pathways have to be cleared of them regularly or the paths become unpassable. I usually…
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