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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Prose from Poetry
An interesting challenge from Björn Rudberg at the d’Verse Poets Pub came my way yesterday. he offered a line of from Louise Gluck’s poem All Hallows and asked us to write a prose piece of no more than 144 words, incorporating, This … Continue reading
Posted in dVerse, Halloween, Latin America, Meaning, Writing
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, Day of the Dead, Halloween, Louise Gluck, Oaxaca
6 Comments
The Polyptoton
Frank Hubeny at the d’verse Poets Pub challenged us to use a polyptoton in a poem. I couldn’t think of a thing to write and played with using polyptotons in Tuesday’s list of Neruda questions. This morning, however, I woke … Continue reading
Posted in Books, dVerse, Nonsense, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Books, d'Verse Poets Pub, Frank Hubeny, humor, Nonsense, poetry, polyptoton, rain
4 Comments
Quadrille for d’Verse
The prompt is “quiver,” suggested bt whimsygizmo at the d’Verse Poets Pub. Suckered The quaking quagmire lies quietly on hot afternoons. Barely a quiver marks the hungry quicksand lurking beneath a thin layer of blue green algae and flowering pygmy … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Poetry, quadrille, Writing
Tagged coatimundi, d'Verse Poets Pub, quadrille, quagmire, swamp
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Treating Myself
On looking through my seasonal poems, I found the following, originally called Pumpkin Shell (written circa 1999). It comes from my first book of poetry, Be a Teller of Tales. It’s always strange looking back on something one wrote years … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Consciousness, Halloween, Poetry, Writing
Tagged chakras, d'Verse Poets Pub, dogs, Lillian Hallberg, poetry, poets, pumpkins
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Indigenous to d’Verse
When does immigrant, migrant, refugee, nomad, citizen become indigenous? One year, Ten years, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand? And who stays in one place forever? In truth we are all indigenous to Africa, our birthplace, starting point, origin. … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Poetry, Writing
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, home, imigration, indigenous, migration
4 Comments
Word Portraits
This week at the dVerse Poets Pub, Anmol challenged us to write a portrait, paint a picture in words. I’m actually cheating a bit because I am including the picture I describe (making this work double as an ekphrastic poem). … Continue reading
Posted in Archetype, dVerse, Women, Writing
Tagged crone, d'Verse Poets Pub, Old Root Woman, poetry
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Quadrille # 89 for d’Verse Poets Pub
I really love the quadrille – for me it’s a challenge to tell a tiny short story. Most of my poetry probably classifies as flash fiction I almost always tell a story. You probably know the six word short story … Continue reading
“How Doth the Little Busy Bee…”
Yesterday, at the d’Verse Poets Pub, Kim set us to writing haibun about insects. Bees came to mind immediately… Bees are never far from my thoughts and my interior prayer wheel stays in constant motion petitioning for their well-being. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, dVerse, Nature, Poetry, wisdom
Tagged bee, d'Verse Poets Pub, haibun, poetry
3 Comments