Written for dVerse Poets Pub where
our host, Lillian, invites us to βGet Out
Your Crayons and Color with Me!β
Category: Theme Prompt
Standing At The Glass
Sadje asks us What Do You See?
This is my response.
Kousa Dogwood: A Shadorma
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Robbie
asks us to write a syllabic poem about trees.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Absurd Contradiction: Both Sides of the AI Coin
Written for Renaβs Xploration Challenge
where we consider the irony of AI. The
image seen below is our inspiration.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Atmospheric Pressure: The Myth
Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday –
Mything Poems. Our host, De Jackson,
invites us to get mythical …. in 44 words!
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
What the Walls Kept Out: An Impossible Situation
Written for Great Minds Think Friday Challenge
where Rohini presents βAn Impossible Situation:
Everyone hears their ancestors voices for a dayβ.
My story is about the brother I never got to know.
Lean On Me: Song Lyric Sunday
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
βRecipe For Successβ
On A Wet Afternoon
Written for Weaβve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Artie who has
suggested prompt lines for our poem.
Hereβs where the prompts took me.
βmy delicious walk in the rainβ
βwhat it is that music is trying to sayβ
Bellying Up: 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.
Hereβs where the image took me.
Porch Talk
Written for Violetβs Literary Quote Challenge.
I have combined two quotes into one piece;
They are shown below. This is my story.
Late Spring Storms: Friday Haiku
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku and image inspired by Jill.
Pinotage: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #327 β
βLove Is Like Oxygenβ. Hereβs my response.
The Waiting Game
Written for Living Poetry where
Bartholomew asks us to write
a poem with the theme ‘patient’.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
la luna e il lupo
Written for dVerse Poetβs Pub β Unpunctuated,
where our host, Melissa, asks us to write a poem
sans punctuation. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Into the Arroyos: In the Style of Jack Kerouac
Written for dVerse Prosery: A View from the Hills.
Our host, Sanaa, asks us to write a piece of prosery
of up to 144 words, including the line shown below.
This is where the prompt took me.
βThe hills so dry, so dense the underbrush, that
where I pushed my way the giant hush was changed
to soft explosions.β From the poem βOn a View of
Pasadena from the Hillsβ by Yvor Winters.
Montauk: At the Edge of Everything
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Yvette
asks us to write a syllabic poem based on the theme
“It’s Vacation Time!” This is my shadorma.
The Space She Left Behind: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #326 β
βTo Love Somebodyβ. Hereβs my response.
There Be Zombies About!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
βQueen of the Godsβ
This is my response to the challenge.
A Soleful Tale
Written for Davidβs Weaβve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Deanna who asks us to
incorporate a nursery rhyme character into
our poem. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
The Last Evening – May 29, 1914
Inspired by a new blog called βOld Steam Shipsβ
by our friend, Max, I have written a fictionalized
account of Laurence Irving, an English dramatist
and actor, and his actress wife, Mabel Hackney.
They were two actual passengers aboard the
RMS Empress of Ireland and this is their story.
When Words Collide: Malone & the Saint
Happy to take part in the first Great Minds
Think Friday Challenge where Sarah and
Rohini present βWhen Words Collide!β.
This week we have two people from very
different worlds having a conversation.
Harwick: Small Town, Large Voice
Written for Muse On Monday. David asks us
to write a story where something is caught on
camera. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Summer at Lake Chelan
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku is based on Jillβs image.
That Special Something
Written for dVerse Poetics: Something Borrowed,
Something Blue hosted by Dora who invites us to
write a poem using lines from the Victorian rhyme
seen below. This is where the prompt took me,
back to my wedding day ~ June 10, 1972.
“Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
And a sixpence in her shoe.”
City Highlights
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Colleen
asks us to write a syllabic poem, using things
that are yellow. This is my shadorma.
The Devil’s Due
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday –
βToot Tootβ hosted by Lisa who invites us to
get creative with the word βhornβ in just 44
words. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Have It Your Way
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Celebrating International Burger Dayβ
This is my response to the challenge.
A Jelly Jar of Stars
Written for Davidβs Weaβve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Reena, who has chosen
the theme βEast Meets Westβ. Our challenge.
is to combine one Western poetic form with one
Japanese poetic form. This is my Haibun/Shadorma.
A Moment After
Written for Reenaβs Xploration Challenge,
where she has given us the sentence below as
a thought-starter. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
βA thought brushed my palm, then scattered like a startled bird.β
The Old Country
Written for Muse On Monday. David asks
us to write a story where a mistake ends up
being beneficial. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
The Elephant's Trunk 