Written for dVerse Poets – ‘Quadrilling
without a care in the world.’ Our host,
Sanaa, asks us to write a poem in 44
words using a form of the word “care”.
Category: Poetry
Stymied
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “puzzle”.
Last Call
Written for Living Poetry. Bart asks us
to write a drain poem. We’re asked to
think about the act of liquids draining
and to come up with a new metaphor.
I’ll Have What She’s Having
Big thanks to Brian at Bushboy’s World
for allowing me to use his cool photo.
Tight Squeeze
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘label’.
In My Life, In My Heart
Written for dVerse Poetics: The Great Lover.
Our host, Kim, invites us to write a poem
based on the things we love as inspired
by Rupert Brooke’s “The Great Lover”.
Danish Crocuses: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Stalled: A Triolet
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Selma, challenges us
to write a summertime triolet.
Tulips: A Haiku
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Vertical City: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to write a poem or story
as inspired by the image shown below.
Koi Pond
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “Koi Pond”The Fool
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “land”.
Backyard Buzz
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
home ~ world ~ denied ~ bees ~ pleas ~ forgotten
folklore ~ wonder ~ strum ~ fallow ~ sigh ~ sky
One More Rep: A Tetractys
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Yvette, asks us to write a poem about a
dream that came true or one that fell apart.
Common Ground
Written for Living Poetry where Bart asks us
to write a poem incorporating the words
‘common’, ‘rise’, and ‘Wordsworth’.
Opera Dei Pupi
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Jaideep, asks us to write
a Heritage-Tech Fusion poem.
Leonard Cohen
The Brevity Challenge – Sarah & Rohini
invite us to borrow a six word story and
expand on it or create one of our own.
I created my own and expanded it.
Deadvlei
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Daddy’s Girl
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
In Stitches
Written for Writing Prompt #123
using the prompt word ‘rich’.
Two Hearts In May
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: Open Link Night.
Our host, Mish, invites us to follow our muse
and write a poem inspired by the image below.
Montauk’s Glow
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: “My God,
It’s Full of Stars”. Our host, Dora, invites us
to write a poem inspired by stars in the night sky.
Old pilings stand like soldiers in the tide,
their shadows drowned in silver, ever still….
above them, dust of ancient stars collide,
a river bent across the night’s dark hill.
The land behind us hums with amber light,
Montauk’s glow a small and mortal thing,
while overhead, ten billion years take flight
in dust that makes the darkness swell and sing.
I stand there, feeling smaller by the mile,
a speck upon a speck upon a shore,
yet something in that vast and star-thrown aisle
makes me feel closer to it all the more
Alone. The rocks kept watch. The sea stayed low.
The galaxy leaned down to touch the deep….
and for one breath, before I had to go,
I held the whole of heaven, mine to keep.
NAR©2026
This is “Andomeda” by Paul Weller
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
A Hairy Situation
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “wreck”.
Light My Fire
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: A Light
Burst of Air. Our host, Lisa, invites us to
write a quadrille using the word “puff”.
Static
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
voicemails ~ high ~ exhale ~ wind ~ begin ~ unaware
scared ~ glows ~ ghost ~ storm ~ story ~ lotus
La Casa Azzurra
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Colleen, asks us to write a bussokuseki, a tanka
with an additional 7-syllable line at the end.
Inspired by an image by my amici at Blog 57.
Evening Wheel
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “Evening Wheel”City Girl
Written for Living Poetry where
our inspiration is “Born in the…”
Extraordinary Lies
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Violet, asks us to write a
Golden Shovel poem in which
every line is a lie – except one!
Oystercatcher
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge
and Esther’s Writing Prompt – ‘bank’.
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