Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay “My candle burns at both ends …” Edna St. Vincent Millay From Where Are You Looking?Have you ever noticedhow time is unequal,would you agreethat winter takes its long time whilesummer skips alongas redolent childforgetting autumneschewing winter,time has its own agendait will andit won't,rarely does it add up,there's no jumping ahead,always the questionsfrom…
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Art work: by Paul Emile Chabas ‘Nymphs of the Dance’ from pixels.com “… he saw like a nymph half risen” Amy Lowell There, In The ShadowsWhere the golden apples growthere lie the children of the evening,Hera's gardenapproach from the west orlook in Oceanusscour Lixus,unwrap the shadows,and mindyou need more than eyesask Ladon -Hesperia's daughters appear most when anticipatedbut least…
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At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to write an Etheree poem in the form of a fir tree. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – MTB – An Etheree Tree Image: vogue.com “Stooped in the still and shadowy air lips unseen – and kissed me there” Walter De La Mare The Tree Of Earthly DelightsOhelloms xmasI see you thereunder mistletoeunder no illusionjust a…
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Photo: pexels.com “Denial – – is the only fact perceived by the denied – -” Emily Dickinson Laughs As It StabsPaint the house garishdig a new gardenrearrange the interiorwash the dogstyle my hairfind a new jobnew partnernew clothesmore new clothesnew car,anything butfacing the real,as if denial is avirtue and will winthe day,let's go to marsnow that we havestuffed up earth,as if that will…
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Image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay “How many others are in this place? I don’t know.” Nazim Hikmet Time Traveler Can I ever be that sure whenlife is as tenuous as mothsin heavy rainfall,what is permanencebecause time travelseems to be an everyday event,only yesterday I was deep in conversationand a word,doesn't matter which word,had barely landed in my earwhen I was transported to themoment of…
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Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay “The bite into the round jubilance of peach.” Li-Young Lee Chou Any name might doeight immortals of the fruit,exalted spring peach Copyright 2024 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️ Not: the Chinese ideogram shou or Chou is based by shape on the pit of a peach.
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At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Prosery with an invitation to write a piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) using the line “Your drew stars around my scars” from the the song Cardigan by Taylor Swift. dVerse Poets – Prosery – Taylor Swift Image: psychcentral.com “We remember the time around scars” Michael Ondaatje Floating Beyond The Scars The mystery of space was always on our lips, that…
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Image by Lee Travathan from Pixabay “Live in the layers, not on the litter” Stanley Kunitz Soul FoodSome fruits hold delightbehind a jacket of skin,a bananaan orange mmm mango,some fruits -a strawberryso smallthere is nothing yetit is everything at once,but the pomegranate needs timethe right time,patience a woundinga diggingdeeperfor the arils,seeds of sweetnessunlike any other fruit,like…
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At dVerse Sanaa is hosting poetics with an invitation to play Monopoly with a twist. It involves two options (1) Imagine the board as a literary landscape where each square is a poet, choose one of three images and one of two poets from the mix offered and write a poem inspired by the choices. (2) the board is a reflection of society’s darker undercurrents. For more detail and resource follow the…
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At dVerse Punam is hosting Poetics with an invitation to – For today’s poetics you can create a cut-out poem, write a newspaper blackout poem, you can use the headline from your local newspaper as a springboard and write a poem on it or you can simply write why you love or hate reading the newspaper. You can also write your poem as a comic strip or create a collage poem from cuttings from your…
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