dreaming kwan yin (2021) Whirled Peas Soul curls, warm cushionfor pearl purse respite in hardened world.Soft for a girlwithout fur,naked cur,unworthy,unfurled,unsure.Herewhirledpeas makesmanifest cream,love’s purest scheme.Middlin’s construct, meshwithout outlying extremes,without supreme agendas; with fuzzy, cooperative dreams. De Jackson (aka whimzygizmo) is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday, where De would like us to write a 44-word…
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dVerse — Q234 — Anime Girl
Blue platform shoes. Courtesy Vivienne Westwood. Photo Victoria and Albert Museum, London Anime Girl Stepped from eighties anime,she’s topped,pink mop’sridge falls togreen almonds.Her zygomatsappled rapture.Lipstick smile,bulldog chin,bobble necksouths, slender,to shadow valley.She’s sheathed in pressed purpleelastic sparkle.Her sequins lighttwo matchsticks strike blueplatform shoes. Punam is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday, where we write a 44-word…
dVerse – Q233 — Moon Never Boos
Moon Never Boos Moon never boos night;two partners who share. Night is jealous of sun’shalf-time of blue sphere. Shadow sneaks into dayas things turn and sway, moving to light’s rhythm,slow-motion choreograph. Sun rings mates to flickertwinkling night, water, bright,perpetual balancing game. De (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us…
dVerse Q231 – One Voice
One Voice Mentation works overmuchto grasp how foul memeticsdaft chiseler has strewnto infect our bloodshot world.How, with rancid spell unleashed,may we now contain it, to castwhere deep, iron-encased,unspeakable things dwell?Let us raise our voice,one song, in light. De, aka whimsygizmo, is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us to write a 44-word…
dVerse Q230 – Comes Now a Rumpus
Comes Now a RumpusComes now a rumpuspinned on no compasssound brass trumpetsdispel fear from us.Gathered alumnusprepare in onenessas crucible of fundushath made toughness.Resolve, cuprous cutlass’,survey bulbous buttress’;we steel-smelted puppetsshall refuse interruptuswill forge new twas thus. I have this live album. Bought it after hearing them at our Irish (and Celtic) Music Festival many moons ago. …
dVerse — Q229 — August Ablaze
August Ablaze Field jabbered with color, texture of a thousand cups; workers transport pollen to hives, nests, nightly rests. Dark, juicy clusters wait along borders, on fences; opportunistic vines climb, others bellicose spreaders who exact blood tolls. August in Michigan, ~ ~ ~ ablaze ~ ~ ~ with an unfiltered, purposeful sun. De is today’s…
dVerse – Q228 –Fishcake Promise, aka Fishy Promise
image link Fishcake Promise aka Fishy PromiseYou promised me fishcakes with tartar sauce,splashes of lemon and malt,potatoes and brussel sproutsroasted with garlic and dill.Headed home,I stopped at dessertery,mouth-watering at sugared air.Home: you weren’t there,except for your lingeringwrong smell of certain deceit. Mish is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Mish wants us to write a…
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