Today’s prompt for the dVerse Poets Quadrille is the word earth. Cruel Dance Your roots, deep veins in dark earth smell of heat and safety Clinging sweet on savory Luscious minerals necessary for Life on earth our feet stabilize during the eternal push and pull of gravity’s cruel dance The earth leaves its mark uponContinue reading “dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: earth”
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dVerse Poets Quadrille: Stacked Boxes
Today is Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub and De Jackson served up the word: box. Stacked Boxes Stacking larger boxes on small boxes A heavy head bobbles upon a lilting middle, teetering on a poor foundation Functioning intelligence, serpentine systems based on a corrupted piece of code The hypocrisy covers liesContinue reading “dVerse Poets Quadrille: Stacked Boxes”
dVerse Poets Quadrille: Puzzle
For anyone who has been following my writing adventure, you will not be surprised that “Puzzle” inspired me to write many poems. I wrote three dVerse Poet Quadrilles in the first 25 minute sprint of #MagicMon over on twitter. I am excited about this one. Bronchial Birch Trees I asked for the box because IContinue reading “dVerse Poets Quadrille: Puzzle”
dVerse Meeting the Bar: Bridging Southern Florida
Today’s dVerse poets prompt is a fun one. The challenge is to pick a line from two books then start your poem with one and end with the other. I just so happen to be reading Rum Punch: A Novel by Elmore Leonard and Razor Girl: A novel by Carl Hiaasen. The first is setContinue reading “dVerse Meeting the Bar: Bridging Southern Florida”