Category: dVerse
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22 August: dVerse Bends
Swept Along I was that childcarving channels down headlands,like unconquerable water around bends, I spread and filled,broadened and was swept along.Currents tossing aside old dreams for new ambitions;my heart grew wise,and now this old river gropes for one more bend. Written for dVerse Poets, Quadrille #206 “bend”. Quadrille: 44-words sans title. Some artwork is created using Midjourney…
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11 August: dVerse Dreams
Crystalline Obsidian shine,amethyst light,moonstone rite,silver bright, bracelets,secrets,charms thatdo no harm, dreamt my armwas crystalline. Written for dVerse Dream Poem. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for…
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10 July: A Haibun for Sarah
For Sarah It was yesterday. I was in the garden looking at the roses, three-deep at the curve of the border, pink blossoms big as dinner plates, and the wind flowing in and out and whirling about, the clouds scraping blue off the sky, and I watched the roses fall into bruised quiethood, dropping their…
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14 June: A dVerse Fragment Poem
A fragment poem written around several italic lines from THE SECOND WIFE By Mary Willis ShueyThe Clearance I stifled my tears and went into the farmhouse where shelvedthose many years I saw the bareness of her life Five dressesSame Vogue dress pattern.Different fabric. Cotton. Floral.One plaid.I opened wide the closet where still hungthose dresses. Patched.…
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11 June: dVerse Quadrille
Proof That I WasI’m feverish, my blood full of penicillin, my head full of Gealdýr, and I’ve an old photo album in my hand. proof, I was once there. a beach, long and white, my children young and small on a holiday that is a figment memory. Written for Lillian’s dVerse’s Quadrille (figment). Some artwork is created…
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4 June: dVerse Prosery
THE HOSTILE WITNESS His fate, governed by a clock. Break for tea. Break for lunch. Break his neck from the end of a rope. He trickles sweat like a nervous tide, and whispers, “I pray to God that she may lie forever.” With unopened eye, movement of its blind swivel hidden, an old woman places…
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27 May: Quadrille #202
View From Behind Closed Eyes sometimesI close my eyesand pretend that noonis midnight,and that the stars are shiningbecause “Hati-the-Wolf” neverswallowed the moonwhich caused stars to disappear, and becausewhen I close my eyeseverything is darkness,and my memory sees perfectly again. Written for dVerse Poets Poetic form: Quadrille, #202 “Darkness”. Hati the wolf is from The Elder of…
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19 March: A List Poem for a Sequoia
A List Poem for a Sequoia Bark in vertical plates of old weathered skin. Ravines. Deep as sky. Lungs of cilia breath. Clinging heart of ancient fantasy. Of petrichor scent, airborne as distant and unknown lovers. Of esters and alcohols. Of vanilla and pineapple. Cognac. A woodpecker’s sharp beak. Resin flows. Inspired by the music…
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20 February: dVerse Quadrille
Winter Leaves blowand gather at the foot of the wall.Night is silverly silenced wind,except for streetlightstouched by electricity’s singing. Houses are silent.We’ve withdrawn from the rain.Closed curtains. Pulled chairs to the fire.We know this wind only as winter. Written for De’s dVerse Quadrille #195 “touch”. Quadrille’s require 44-words, sans title. Some artwork is created using Midjourney…
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9 February: dVerse Quadrille
The Quilt ImagineIrregular bits of summer colour.Pieced.Carefully aligned from what might’ve beenthrown away.Blocks of colour, songsters of print.Sister’s skirt. Daughter’s dress of grassy green.Double stitchedpicos with white thread. Thimble Thumbing A patchwork quilt that she called her soul. written for dVerse Poets. Poem Form: Quadrille to be include the word “imagine”. A quadrille is 44 words sans…
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