Day 3 — OctWriPoMo — *HUGH and also linked to Desperate Poets

image link Today’s entry is Day 3 creation for the OctWriPoMo.  It diverges from the daily prompt.  I started writing it last week, on the day Hugh Hefner died.  Please note it is not for readers under the age of 18. HUGH “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream,” –Hugh Hefner A…

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 OLN — Willow Moon Waits

Blushing peach glimpsed throughwillow fronds, night rendezvous –warm autumn winds sigh… Dusk gives way to pink sunrise.Cool dew-covered limbs entwine. Grace is today’s host for dVerse‘ Open Link Night.  FYI, I was pushed into WP’s new block editor just as I tried to begin the post.  Please forgive any irregularities. Image is Moon Shadow Thanks…

two morning haiku

image link i clown loach browses the snail-speckled cotton candy algae ball — showtime! *** ii the small black dog curls on my lap and watches the happy fishes play

Zoo – m, Zoo – t, and Fierce Creatures

image link Zoo is not quite quick enough, Less than a suit, Brings wild things into sight You don’t have to shoot ~ ~ ~ They’re captivating, Sometimes grating. Hide in plain sight They chase each other Baby, mother Sometimes they fight ~ ~ ~ They’re teamish, Squeamish, Specially the snakes They’re frightful, Delightful, Surrounded…