energy gatheredcold short solstice days preparefor long eveninghuddle closely face to facecomfort brightens lonely space sanctuary singsholy instruments bring joytell sacred storiesone with one they sound as oneworshippers gather today everyone welcomedeserves is just a conceptto dine in rules outwith judgment there is no placedignity for all Notes:first pic are the solar…
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dVerse Poetics Tuesday (2nd) Alicanta
Alicanto full, she gleams pretty beacon in Atacama promise of richesfevered followers get lostsea of bones moan at midnight I’m the host of dVerse’ Poetics Tuesday writing about a legendary bird found in the deserts of Chile. This image has made me a fevered follower!
dVerse Poetics Tuesday — Apple Blossom Celebration
Apple Blossom Celebration This Spring, for some reason, the apple trees blossoming held special interest for me. Maybe it was missing the cherry blossoms? Perhaps it was birds who set the tone? Yet, maybe they always celebrate them this way? Instead of being a passive observer, long I stood at the window, watching a festive…
dVerse — Tuesday Poetics — art in nature (tanka)
Meadow Argus / Photographed in Solomon Islands / Michael Sammut furry mandala starry eyes of universe rest on tattered leaf transformation’s mystery an answer without question Melissa Lemay is today’s host for dVerse’ Tuesday Poetics. Melissa says: write an ekphrastic poem to one of the given photographs taken by Michael Sammut.
Sunflower Tanka Journal Issue 1 is out! and dVerse OLN375 — A Granddaughter’s Smile
I have some poems in this journal. Quality poeming will be found within. If you’re looking for a gift for a poem lover, this is the one to buy. amazon LINK to purchase in digital and paperback formats. Here is one I submitted that didn’t make the cut: A Granddaughter’s SmileEvery Tuesday, I drive to…
TTPC — synonyms only (tanka)
want vacant breakfastsuits my vacant morning mindovernight oatmeal!usual hot, cold, jazzed up withcinnamon, raisins, maple syrup mindless = vacanthumdrum = usual Selma Martin is today’s host of TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge. Selma says: Your Tanka Tuesday challenge invitation is to write a tanka, plus choose two synonyms using the two words: Mindless and Humdrum
TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge — Paradise (tanka puente)
Paradisegold light envelopspulses flesh in its rightnesspatience rewardedoblivious beyond heatinevitable ashes~Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.~ reality riselike bile from a sucker punchcurled in a sick bedtear-soaked pillow, remembersonly the shiny apple top image: “APPLES OF EDEN” by Aurika Piliponiene. Bridge quote is from Chuck Palahniuk, from his novel, “Choke.”…
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