posting poetic prose
09 Oct 2017 13 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: courage, fear, hope, love
Keeping hope alive with dVerse Poets in a “quadrille” of exactly 44 words…
hope dangles around courage’s neck,
name etched on soldier’s dog tag.
image by lynn
hope throbs within young love’s heart,
hands held in first awkward clasp.
hope gazes into future’s eyes,
grandchildren carry family name.
hope laughs in fear’s masked face,
dove flies home after violent storm.
28 Aug 2017 47 Comments
in quadrille Tags: anniversary, band, bliss, heartbeats, love
Here’s a quadrille for dVerse Poets and Bjorn’s “bliss”ful prompt… it’s supposed to be heart-shaped but looks more like a carrot!
anniversary weekend
sunshine follows rainstorms
bike paths through tunneled shade
relax to rediscover love’s secrets
playful conversation answers
companionable silence, sit
touching, fingers entwine
between sips of wine
live band remembers
soul sways to tunes
breathe and listen
heartbeats in
syncopation
of wedded
bliss
photo by lynn
15 Aug 2017 21 Comments
in quadrille Tags: dream, freedom, justice, law, race, respect
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
What happened
to distinctly american
dream
of liberty & justice 
for ALL,
equal opportunity
regardless
of race?
What happened
to respect
for human life,
our constitutional
law & order,
non-violent freedom of
speech & assembly?
What happened
to ONE nation
under God?
Wake to dream again!
Quadrille (44 words) for dVerse Poets where De invites us to dream together!
01 Aug 2017 15 Comments
in quadrille Tags: angel, calm, fearless, promise, vision
hear!
fear not
a vision bright
be it angel or demon
bad politics or rad theology
apocalypse or alien invasion
hot warning of global warming
you can start living fearless
for I AM (is) with you
always…that’s a
promise, do
not be a-
frayed
My photo and quadrille linked to dVerse Poets for Victoria’s “be not afraid” prompt.
18 Jul 2017 30 Comments
in quadrille Tags: children, faith, flame, light, love
when faith fails,
humanity refuses the Light
rebel hearts and minds
enveloped by darkness
devolve to beasts.
seek stranger sex but
cannot commit to love;
civilization crumbles,
children are crushed.
when wind blows,
flickering flame will
be snuffed out…OR
burst into blazing torch!
Connecting with dVerse Poets for 6th Anniversary and “flicker” quadrille (44 word poem) prompt.
19 Jun 2017 41 Comments
in quadrille Tags: chile, hatch, hot, New Mexico, peppers
follow
hot pavement
highway 26 winding
thru Hatch, New Mexico,
small, world famous,
village heats up
every Labor Day
weekend for
Chile Festival
greenest valley
of state grows
best peppers,
pecans, cotton.
also home of
Sparky’s
green chile
cheese
burger
you’ll
wanna
drive
in
Quadrille #35 prompt with Kim hosting at dVerse Poets pub this week…
24 May 2017 7 Comments
in quadrille Tags: clothesline, cloudburst, rain, sidewalk, umbrella, vine
pitter – pat – patter
google free image
on sidewalk
spitter – spat – spatter
on windowpane
beads drip
from
clothesline
baubles drop
from
leafed vine
gutters gurgle
cheerily
rivulets burble
merrily
umbrella unfolds
earthworm unholes
birdsong stills as
rain gauge fills
lightning tumbles
thunder rumbles
cloudburst pours
find shelter indoors!
Quadrille prompt on “sound” ideas with Victoria at dVerse…
24 Apr 2017 33 Comments
in quadrille Tags: calf, cow, granddaughters, kittens, push, stillborn
cow pushes
hard, long
granddaughters
come along
to witness birth of calf
girls interested in kittens
already few weeks old
realize something wrong
in birth canal – nose, one hoof
show but never second foot
leg bent unnaturally
cannot push out
(naturally)
must pull
stillborn
Unfortunately, this was our experience yesterday…linking quadrille to dVerse.
13 Mar 2017 32 Comments
in quadrille, question poem Tags: clock, daylight savings time, nightmare, time
twice every year
daylight savings time
messes with my inner clock
an insomniac’s seasonal nightmare
hard to say which is harder
on mind and body:
to spring ahead or fall back
why do we try to
interfere when time
doesn’t wish to be saved?
Time for quadrille #28 at dVerse Poets Pub this week!
14 Feb 2017 17 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cemetery, ghost town, schoolhouse, silver mine
tailings of silver mine…
restored schoolhouse boasts
plank floor, rolled maps, stove.
main street brothels burned,
rusty bank safe deposited
in dry wash, coal house and
water tank remember trains.
iron fence borders cemetery
atop boot hill, rock piles
mark graves of ghost town.
Kim hosts quadrille#26 at dVerse Poets…write 44-words, including “ghost”.
31 Jan 2017 15 Comments
in quadrille Tags: dawn, love, nation, peace, race, renewal
Linking a quadrille on theme of “dawn” with dVerse Poets this week…
now
aurora breaks
this fresh beginning
pink bud of day’s flower
best chance to start again
chosen expect a new dawning
resurrection of men and women
of every tribe, nation and race
new beings recreated, whole
tread gently on new earth
live together in love
speak peace
then
16 Jan 2017 30 Comments
in quadrille Tags: camp, clouds, mountain, pines, smoke
breathe clear mountain air
camp beneath whispering
pines listen to nocturnal
noise as whispers of clouds
shadow dance with haloed moon
campfire embers glow while
smoke-curl whispers spiral up
i welcome irresistible tickle
when you whisper soft into ear
warm touch overwhelms words
Joining De and dVerse Poets at the pub for a round of quadrilles…
a poem in my pocket 
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