Tag: dVerse Poets Pub
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The Clue | A Villanelle
I wish I knew how to quit you* Although my heart breaks at the thought. But neither of us has a clue. I gazed into your eyes and knew This crazy love would come to naught. I wish I knew how to quit you. Sunshine, rain, and winter’s ice blue In a maze of feelings…
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St. Xerox
It’s Blue Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub, hosted by Sarahsouthwest. “So tonight, let’s write blue. A splash of blue, an ocean of blue, a shimmer of blue. Gaze into the distance, or look down at the sapphire on your finger. Take us to the Blue Ridge Mountains or the Blue Lagoon. Hand me…
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For Some
It’s Poetics Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. The challenge is to write a poem in the first person that compares some trait of ours with something animal. It should not be a whale, but another creature (mammal, fish, bird, insect, etc.) with which we have something in common. The title should be the animal thing, in…
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Infinite Slow-Mo
It’s Open Link Night (OLN) at the dVerse Poets Pub! Wishes, no matter how heartfelt how life-or-death-impossible can sometimes surprise you and come true and life is suddenly perfect. Other wishes don’t stand a chance in Hell of turning out and when they don’t your heart shatters like great grandmother’s Christmas ornaments— in sudden, perpetual slow-mo.…
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Mulberry Silk
It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. Today our writing prompt is the word, embrace. 44 words. I’ve wondered about it often — How it would feel To be wrapped in your embrace. Decorated in Fancy Red diamonds as rare and dazzling as you are? Or perhaps it’s more like a draping of…
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