image link unwindinglandscapes that one hopes are never bindingquicksand, bogs, crevasses please avoidweaves unseam as wisdom is unwindingseasons gather hems forever findingfabrics stitched with bits of overjoyverdant hopes may stay but are not bindingunstick bias, resolute non-mindingcomfort basks in quiet of the voidweaves unseam as wisdom is unwindingserendipity an unsought findingbobbin on high seas of…
Category: villanelle
dVerse Poetics — still fight
still fight despitea world of tearsstill fightinvest in lightdetach from fearsdespitehuman tends to frightof looking into mirrorsstill fightsoul’s blightagainst vampyrsdespitedearth of brightheart bruised by cavalierstill fightwith grace-infused mightwith faith in mercy’s seerdespitestill fight I loosely modeled this after Henley’s poem, “Invictus.” Also Maya Angelou’s, “Still I Rise.” Villanelle form Dora is today’s host of dVerse’…
dVerse Poetics — One Word: Pulchritudinous (beautiful)
Cronenberg’s Ear Man I’m known by all yet grokked through ten k souls. Near shell that glows or sticky goo insides, Each soul is tweaked by different charms’ extolls. A cache of coins, you seek me, priceless gold; To some my haunt is never worth my shine. I’m known by all yet grokked through ten…
Tanka Tuesday 310 — Unnatural
Terri Webster Schrandt Terri says: “This is a photo of Nine Mile Falls, after which our little community is named. I captured this last March when the water district let out the water of the Spokane River to create Lake Spokane. When you drive by, the mist from the falls hits the windshield enough to use…
TSM 221 — Ghost: the sequel villanelle
Patrick Swayze (and unperturbed cat) from Ghost You died with me when I met my end When midnight struck and tore asunder Grief seeps through worlds to join us again Not just soulmate, lover, and best friend Time slows to still with Fate’s foul blunder You died with me when I met my end Though…
TSM 184 — Let your light so shine
Let your light so shine, a beacon for drained and withered, dying souls. Revive spring to their winter season. Salve the madness back to reason Restore jagged fragments into wholes Let your light so shine, a beacon Neutralize foul acts of treason Bright care cauterize weeping holes Revive spring to their winter season Scalpel out…
TSM 180 — Night Walker
My darling, why did you goto a place so dark?I truly need to know. Empty clangs, doves moan,heels click, soul marked.My darling, why did you go? Night screams, blood flowsyet no answer, my sanity infarct.I fervently need to know incantation to transposefrom ghoul back to art.My darling, why did you go? Numbers terrify, a village…
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