image link Another “imperfect” pantoum for dVerse. The pantoum is based on sailing experiences I’ve had. Gliding mute along the water We set sail with gentle winds Ripples on the ocean’s daughter Feeling warm air brush our skins * We set sail with gentle winds Dragon clouds across the sky Feeling warm air brush our…
Category: remembrance
Chauncey — An introduction
You’ve heard me talk about my dog, Chauncey, who passed away back in 2016. Up until recently all of my pictures of him were on another (bad) hard drive and on facebook, which I haven’t gone to for at least a month and probably longer. FB was deactivated until I could get my many pictures…
SoCS Northern Exposure
Linda G. Hill says: Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “television.” Talk about your favorite show, past, present, or future, or about the apparatus itself. Enjoy! TV is such a pervasive part of US culture that it almost seems like it is part of the family. Kurt Vonnegut wrote about The…
d’Verse — Confessional
image link Anmol is our host of d’Verse this evening. He has challenged us with: So, the Poetics challenge today is to write a confessional verse in the style of any of these poets or write something which plays with the ideas expressed here — to put your regrets, your guilts, your sins, your humanity,…
Underdog’s Riddle
image link Fandango’s FOWC is underdog, and the Word of the Day Challenge is riddle. Today’s post is inspired not only by the challenge words but by my experience at karaoke last night. My friend called and asked me to figure out who had karaoke so I did the google and gave her 3 places…
#FPQ 8 Last brand new experience
Fandango’s Provocative Question #8 is: “When was the last time you did something for the very first time? What was it that you did?” Well I could go on at length about the experience of retiring for the first time, but I’m too busy living it to want to talk about it. Instead I will…
dverse poet’s pub — The Librarian
image link Merril is the hostess of the first dverse poet’s pub of 2019. Her prompt today: So, today, I want you to consider time and space and what if? What if you–or someone else—or some THING else–took that less or more-traveled path? Would it make a difference? Will it make a difference? Look backward,…
Tao Talk 