Unfixed show me how to live! the day I tried… fell on black days [a]live to rise my wave hunted down outshined head down burden in my hand heaven’s dead black rain rusty cage the last remaining light nothing left to say but goodbye goodbye Today is the three-year deathversary of Chris Cornell,…
Category: quadrille
dVerse — quadrille — Guess what I am
Guess what I am Silly: makes toddlers laugh bats its eyelashes at somberness climbs into Terry Gilliam’s open skull sits on the window ledge and swings its legs scrunches your face when I tickle you dances in sunlight with bullfrogs plays badminton blindfolded creates Fierce Creatures whistles out-of-tune clip from “Fierce Creatures” …
dVerse — quadrille #102 — Tapestry
Tapestry Fuzzy crimson splotches Warped blossoms Viral entanglements Crude pills on the weft Tactile levity severed Too many hanging threads Dangling dust magnets I need a good shake Laid on the line Chill breeze Tightening my weave Beaten with purpose Until my surface is flush Mish is today’s host for dVerse. Mish says: Pen…
dVerse — Active Calming
Active Calming Alarm and anxiety’s fingers, like those of ravening zombies, reach through my consciousness, determined to steal light from day. I push to snap their menacing pathways closed to keep them away. Their faces press up against the transparent barrier as they pound without tiring. De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) is today’s host for…
dVerse — Q — Talisman (about George Harrison)
Conjuring refrained wah-wahs Apple scruffs bridge two worlds Sad gnome sheds his beard A clean-slated tap-dancer Twirls through Friar Park Magic mantra circuits of Kaleidoscopic waves Neutralizes shadows even In darkness. No matter how Your head is turned, The love light will shine in. I wrote my quadrille on George Harrison and, “All Things Must…
dVerse — quadrille 99 — sunny and sixty-five
Cushioned kitties rhythmic breathe; whiskers stir, testing air; cat-mouse dreams. Robins bicker over worms pulled by the spring equinox moon. Red maple, yellow willow, brown birch buds swell then crack – unfurling flags. Fox squirrels racetrack trees; fevered play; bird feeders hold no luster. De Jackson (aka Whimsygizmo) is today’s dVerse host. De says: stir…
dVerse — quadrille #98 — Trauma’s Onion
Trauma, immortally peeling onion of layered human celluloid misery. Re-runs’ battleground images lose their vividness with each viewing. Marinated liver reeks on my onion skin tempting black eagles’ taloned mandate. Angels with light arrows circle, faces outward, protecting my soul – healing thicker pink. Mish is today’s for dVerse. Mish says: Today…
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