Category: Poetry

  • Read more: Afterward

    It’s time once again for Poetics at the dVerse Poets Pub. Today, our host Laura Bloomsbury has asked us to Choose ONE of the lines below and write your poem as continuation where the poet left off, thematically, in the…

    Afterward
  • Read more: Your House: A Villanelle

    I drove past your house yesterday Pumpkins, bare twigs; a chilly breeze Quite an unsettling shade of gray. Paused before going on my way To watch an oak tree shed its leaves I drove past your house yesterday. Squirrels scampering,…

    Your House: A Villanelle
  • Read more: The Next Thing

    It’s Prosery Day over at the dVerse Poets Pub! For those of you new to dVerse, here are the rules: Write a story of 144 words or less (not including the title). The story must have a beginning and an…

    The Next Thing
  • Read more: Of Facades and Oysters

    It’s Poetics Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub! Today our writing prompt is to: “Choose an object from your home or outdoors. Look past the obvious characteristics and uses of this object. Spare us the details. Instead, take us…

    Of Facades and Oysters
  • Read more: Earl’s Favorite

    It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. This week our host is De Jackson of WhimsyGizmo fame and our writing prompt is some form of the word dab. Janelle dabbed a bit of Chantilly (It was Earl’s favorite)…

    Earl’s Favorite
  • Read more: A Secret’s Secret

    It’s Open Link Night over at the dVerse Poets Pub. Sanaa is our host. I’m one of your most dangerous secrets. A guilty pleasure keptsafely under the covers and silent as a lie. Be mindfulof certain secrets, my dear.They like…

    A Secret’s Secret
  • Read more: It Goes

    It’s Prosery night at the dVerse Poets Pub! PROSERY IS a piece of short prose that includes a line from a poem. I will give you the line, and then you incorporate it into your prose piece. Your prose can…

    It Goes