image link Amaya is the host of dVerse today. Amaya says: Our prompt tonight asks you to incorporate the word “cascade”, or reflect on its metaphysical significance of a multi-level fall, or write a shape poem showing us a picture of a cascade. And, even though we’re not technically “Meeting the Bar” tonight with a…
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X Marks the Spot — (mature audiences only)
image link Fandango’s FOWC is intriguing, the Word of the Day Challenge is satisfy, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge Words are insomnia, meringue, basement , and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge prompt is “X marks the spot.” Suffering with another bout of insomnia, I decided to get up and cook. Lemon meringue pie sounded so tasty and…
dVerse — pantoum — Terminal Velocity
collage 8″x5″, February 2017 Another pantoum for dVerse Terminal Velocity Didn’t know you when we first met You told me all on our first date Both long single, our minds were set We felt the pull, were deaf to fate * You told me all on our first date Your rap sheet, lovers, and AA…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge — Woman in Chains
Reena likes to delve deep with her Exploration Challenges. Reena says: Yes, you got it right. [Women are] about half of the world’s population. How do you view it? Are we really walking together with the other half, or just resisting/battling/complementing each other? PROMPT Woman – Her Journey FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no…
Family Frayed
image link Fandango’s FOWC is undermine, the Word of the Day Challenge is seldomly, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: keyboard, bananas, rattle Every time Sally told her twelve year-old son, Billy, to do something or not do something, Sally’s boyfriend, Quincy, tried to undermine her parental authority. Quincy had grown up in a…
Trust me.
image link Fandango’s FOWC is reason and the Word of the Day Challenge is trust. The following is a combination of truth and fiction; for the purposes here, there is no need to distinguish truth from fiction. “Trust me.” Like when mommy said the shots wouldn’t hurt. It did hurt, every one. Like when daddy…
dVerse Rubaiyat: The Beauty of a Fork in the Road
John Sloane, “North Country Christmas” UPDATE ON 2/10/19: I have been working on on the rubaiyat after receiving excellent feedback. To all who have contributed feedback thank you very much, especially Nora. I decided to change the title for one. For another I added another stanza, which meant some lines had to be switched around. …
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