This is a revisiting of a poem I wrote last year (or the year before.) At the time of writing I had nobody in particular in mind. This year, I’m thinking of my dear friend and mentor, Barb. I think of her husband, sons, their wives, and the grandchildren who will be missing her presence…
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dVerse — Poetics 429 — Donna
Update! I have an app called TinEye that searches the internet for matches of images. Looky what I found! At wikiart.org it says the name of the work is, “Portrait of Nan,” by Grant Wood and is dated 1933. Update 2: OMG. After learning who the artist was and the name of the painting, I…
dVerse — Poetics: The charms of Samuel Greenberg — Requiem for an Aging Prima Donna
Requiem for an Aging Prima Donna “Encore!” they bleed Curtsied and ruffled, Once royal flesh, now Leotard callous kneed Greasy painted mirth, I bow my swanned head in kinned animate dread. Dwindled times chant Wrinkles and sags Wriggle and creep, Seep from concealed Lucid farrows, Creases that won’t be denied. Inside I weep. Curtains sweep,…
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 9 PICK 10- MSJADELI SELECTS- DAVID BOWIE- YOUNG AMERICANS — slicethelife
2020 Album Draft- Round 9 Pick 10- MSJADELI picks David Bowie- Young Americans. I think I picked this one up a couple of years after it came out and didn’t stop listening until every word and note was imprinted on the cerebral flash drive. Back then it was what I would call cutting edge, this […]…
dVerse — Poetics — The Vatic Voice
The feeling I get when I become a transmitter for the vatic voice is the same feeling I get when listening to some music. Whether it comes out of my mouth or fingertips or comes in through my ears, it seems to infuse the area from the base of my throat to my chest cavity…
dVerse — Ekphrastic — Catrin Welz-Stein — Rose
Rose —fragrant, ruffled,posing, light-catching, captivating,blooming, immortal, unobtainable, hungry,luring, piercing, draining,cursed, regretful,phantasm. I chose to write a diamante form poem. Thank you, Lillian, for this prompt and thank you to Catrin for her mesmerizing artwork. Please click on Catrin’s name below to see more of her work. Lillian is today’s host of dVerse. Lillian…
dVerse — quadrille 112– Snapshots
Snapshots iBlue cloud-puffed sky blanketcushions sweetening pearson leafy pillows asthey dream of wet wanders,wobbling in verdant peace. iiMoist sacred mountainsyield lonely rock rain while bright animal spirits watch autumn wind macerate lichen,soon dust motes in the snow. This is an Oracle composition with some tweaking. De Jackson is today’s host of dVerse. De says:New…
