Day: Jan 19, 2022
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18.1.22 dVerse Thesaurus Day
Tsunami The pebbles rolland wheel,and blabber in its foreign tongue. It’s a weedy pitched language,an unfamiliar voice ofwaves pullingat the beach’s happy aspect.And then it cackleswith laughter. Foam dribbles off sleeves of kelp,unhingedfrom the pier,a wave draws back breathand swells again. And then it gurgles death’s rattle,fighting an ebb retreat,and seethes. Written for dVerse #ThesaurusDay using the […]
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Day 18: He and I and Buttons
He & I – a World Covered in Buttons We take a brisk walk in the forest.Pine air.Mud singsin the rubber soles of our shoes. A euphoric dog slips in and outof rust-dried bracken, its tailcycling the air for balance. Cold haunts the shadows here.it’s sodden and bare, one expectsit in January after sliding rain. […]