I want to say THANK YOU for this prompt for dVerse Monday Haibun. It is so easy to feel like I shouldn’t forgive because no one else shows compassion, or responds in kind, but that’s the wrong way to look. A friend of mine helped me see that even when I want to give upContinue reading “dVerse Haibun Monday: Compassion”
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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”
dVerse Monday Haibun: Take a walk
And as a treat for finishing NaPoWriMo and the A to Z Challenge, I took the advice of the prompt at dVerse Poets Pub and took a walk. Self and Setting For this respite, my reward for diligence, I grab my lens, aspiring to share my view. I find myself not walking, but squatting,Continue reading “dVerse Monday Haibun: Take a walk”
Z is for Zenography
zenography: noun – the study of the planet Jupiter Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to write a poem that engages with a strange and fascinating fact. It says to take a cue from Borges. I tried to read Ficciones as part of Summer Reading Bingo last Summer, but had trouble getting into the stories. Maybe I’llContinue reading “Z is for Zenography”
Y is for Yawping
yawping: noun – a strident utterance. strident: adjective – characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound. urban dictionary: verb – the act of bellowing at someone down the street, especially from a window. yawp/yaup: verb – to make a raucous noise 2. clamor, complain: noun – yawper yawp: noun – a raucous noise 2. somethingContinue reading “Y is for Yawping”
U is for Uliginous
uliginous: adjective – growing in wet or swampy ground; slimy, swampy, waterlogged Uliginous Elegy The words fall upon the page like tears they smear bleeding ink to uneven edges The uliginous page mourns the reader Desperate for good news that will not come
R is for Rutilant
rutilant: adjective – having a redish glow Forbidden Spaces In my nightgown in the sun and bare feet in the grass, so the air flows right on up, but they would have to have binoculars to see my skin blush rutilant In my nightgown in the lake and bare feet on the sharp stones, soContinue reading “R is for Rutilant”
O is for Obtund
obtund: verb (transitive) – to reduce the edge or violence of; to blunt; dull; deaden Peanut Butter Prank His brother hated The taste of peanut butter He liked spiced mustard He would play a trick Spread the peanut butter thick Hidden in middle Mustard ringed the edge His brother took the kind gift He smiledContinue reading “O is for Obtund”
Chijitsu: The Lingering, Long Spring Day – A Haibun
The Lingering, Long Spring Day Each second, like a drip from a faucet–like the faucet he took apart, so I could clean it while he waited for the silicone to dry around the new sink–drops into the abyss. The sink leaked, then he fixed the leak, but came back and took it all apart becauseContinue reading “Chijitsu: The Lingering, Long Spring Day – A Haibun”
N is for Noosphere
noosphere: noun – the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity especially in regard to its influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution An Apple Is An Apple Would you like to play a game? All you need’s an active brain. It starts upon the physical plane But is played in theContinue reading “N is for Noosphere”
Experience Writing 