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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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4 June: Found In Ragnarök
The Likes of Heaven Hence comes Wind overwaves giant as never seenlikes from heaven. Hence comes an eagle,its wings long string runes.He is called Corpse-Swallower. Dweller of this earth,they say He comes on Windwith tidings of the Three Norn*. He owns the Hundreds,but first, more potent a spell, Æsir’s kin must sit again. *The Norn are…
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2 June: The Desertification of Guizhou
The Desertification of Guizhou We are grit and dust.Parched to the corefragile as the edge of eggshells. No rain for years.Just this milky mist that sedatesthe red dogwoods with slashedPicasso-edged punctuation. Sun catches glistening teardrops, baubles hooking on hanzi twigs.Even the breeze catches, fastens,and Guizhou coughs up sand. A lick of wind scatters across us,the…
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1 June: A 50-Line Blitz Poem
Yes and X AlwaysAlways soft colours in bloomBloomBloom like a childChildChild of summer-bright desireDesireDesire smiles with secret eyesEyesEyes with flare and fireFireFire that holds a scarlet gazeGazeGaze into a heavy heartHeartHeart that knows what it isIsIs a reminder of joyJoyJoy blooming in a first kissKissKiss me soft and feather-lightLightLight as a June scented moonMoonMoon strong…
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31 May: For Ink In Thirds
Stars whisper about some big secretLike the distance between usThe universe always sides with stars Written for Ink In Thirds (Three Line Poetry). This week’s word is “sky” which cannot be used in the poem. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Images are…
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30 May: Three Lines for Lavender
It’s a lullaby of soft purple scatter, enwrapped desireA sunny haze of scented tangles of ProvenceTo sleep, perchance to dream of being sun-stolen. For Ink In Thirds the word is Lavender. 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…
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30 May: A Thursday Door
Bushboy (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love unusual doors. ©Misky 2023 Shared on X #amwriting @bushboywhotweet and @DAntion
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29 May: A Six – Part 11: I Walk With Ghosts
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 11, I Walk With Ghosts I’m walking home in the rain from the Six Sentence Cafe and Bistro, my face damp and the wet clinging to my legs. The dim streets are lined with starved and empty warehouses with windows dim…
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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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27 May: Found in Ragnarök
Poetic form: Tanka (5.7.5.7.7) st. 31-37/pg 136-7 This one is WinterBorne for the measure of years.First borne was SummerTo one called Sweet-Water she sprang,But Wind-Cold raced on fierce and dread. Untold Winters weave.He was son of Sorrow’s-Seed.Eldest of those daysFrom him, the whole of our kin,Those winters laid cradles bare. This is a series of…
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