“A Little Madness” Reblog from Rob Kistner.

Rob has given me permission to reblog his poem, “A Little Madness.”  Find Rob’s blog here. Original DDE™  art: “Recalibration” by: rob kistner © 10/28/25 “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice “Oh — You must be, Alice” said the Chesire Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” A Little Madness we all go…

#FF — Not a Dream (in memoriam for Trent)

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Not a Dream He woke up, disoriented. The last thing he remembered was unclipping Fiyaro’s leash from his collar and thinking about getting a cup of coffee after the run. Where was he? It wasn’t the Cape Cod cabin, but it was a familiar cabin; his grandparents’ guest house cabin…

POPO 2025 — Day 29 — Party Music

Party Music The neighbors are having a party with an arsenal of music. Sometimes one bullet at a time, with syncopated beats. Sometimes a stream, saturated with death potential. Where do the bullets go as their sounds reach my ears? Am I paranoid in my fears?

dVerse — Tuesday Poetics — flipping the script on horror movie quotes

“I know what you did last summer” – Ben Willis, I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) I Know What You Did Last SummerI know what you did last summerwith your little red wagonwhen your garden was heavywith produce: carrots, radishcucumber, zucchini, green beans,strawberries, blueberries, lettuce,spinach, chard, kale, cabbage.The first time I saw youwas the day I…

POPO 2025 — Day 28 — Green and I

Green and I What is it about cacti and I getting along so well together? Prickly pear and Christmas thrive on neglect and love light. What is it about succulents and I being such good friends? Jade plants are all about the green. They drop their lobes and create. What is it about ginkgo and…

dVerse Halloween Haibun Monday

As sunlight slips away, we meander garden paths whose cooling seamstress has costumed all with carnival colors. All but the crows, whose shiny, unruffled contrast caws and echoes across barn, windmill, and alchemizes fear for the living in the dead. cold cement lively poselipstick eyebrows dance in dusk’s breathwelcoming the dark   lines, textures, towercasting…

Bike Ride Sunday 102725

Halloween decorations displayed in the house as of yesterday. My friend and I decided to take a bike ride, probably our last one of the year.  Temp was in mid-50’s, wind 12 mph, sunny,  but not sunny under the trees.  In summer the shade of trees is welcomed; just the opposite in non-summer.  I wish…