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fatal question
14 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in magnetic Tags: dew, eden, fall, grass, intuition, soul, tree
meathead limerick trio
05 Oct 2024 14 Comments
in limerick Tags: bed, beef, cat, head, meat, protein
Hanging here at dVerse Poets Pub where Laura Bloomsbury suggests we count to three!
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i. meat
healthy protein in beef
may cause vegetarian grief
so by all means
do eat your beans
but for brain food, “carne” is chief!
ii. head
board at the top of your bed
or “mr. chairwoman,” it is said;
location of brain,
an ache or migraine,
if missing, you’re probably dead!
iii. meathead
favorite furry farm cat
slowly grows older and fat;
friendly neighbor,
as a big favor,
now nicknames feline that!
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equinox musings
24 Sep 2024 8 Comments
in haibun Tags: equinox, harvest, leisure, retirement, seeds, work
We retired from full-time farming two years ago. My days are a bit slower now but my husband has been equally as busy as before with home remodel and landscaping. I help him as needed, babysit grandchildren when asked, and volunteer…finding a balance of work and leisure time.
The fall equinox in our hemisphere means equal hours of day and night. We enjoy equal parts cold and heat as sun shines brightly during the day but not as strongly. On my walk, I notice the prairie seems equally dead and alive…some plants bloom wildly in a last hurrah and others have dried brown, boasting seeds.
We reap what we sow and sow what we reap. The past holds seed for a future harvest. Darkness and light, cold and heat, planting and harvest, rest and work, life and death all have their seasons. The clock ticks, the calendar page turns, and another equinox passes.
milkweed pods burst silk
tiny seeds carried away
future monarch’s food
watering new grass…
23 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: grass, robins, shower, sprinkler, worms
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curious robins
sit…wet, under sprinkler
free shower, fresh worms
falling for fall
21 Sep 2024 7 Comments
in villonnet Tags: autumn, bees, butterflies, cats, corn, cows, fall, leaves, pumpkins, wind
A Villonnet is a hybrid of the Villanelle and the Sonnet. It has the Iambic Pentameter of both, but holds the four-stanza/line structure of the sonnet, while utilizing the two-line rhyme nature of the villanelle. The final stanza replaces the sonnet couplet with a typical villanelle tercet. Linking this villonnet to Grace’s prompt at dVerse Poets pub. I was NOT going to write about fall, but here it is…
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i sit on deck to soak in warm sunshine
this end of summer’s glow suits my skin fine
fat cats watch scene from shade and lounge around
piped wind chimes’ gentle song is only sound
forgotten apple falls from top of tree
while butterflies migrate, bees cap honey
red leaves whirl past as if in joyful dance
a celebration of autumn’s last chance
ripe orange pumpkins lie hidden in field
as drying crops will soon their harvest yield
pheasants and deer will feast upon the corn
bred cows will glean before blizzards are born
today, september stays my favorite month
until the wind turns cold out of the north
then i will dream with birds of drifting south
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NOTE: Line 1 is to be repeated as lines 8 and 13, and line 4 is repeated as lines 12 and 15. I neglected to repeat any lines, not a true villonnet…may have to rework sometime!
familial conundrum
18 Sep 2024 12 Comments
in question poem Tags: anger, divergent, father, hurt, relationship, son, wall
consider fathers and sons,
some have history of hurt:
angry words, intimidation
insecurities, manipulation
of different personalities
and modes of operation
which seem “wrong” but
simply manifest divergent
yet not so simple after all
hurts can build thick wall
will bricks be broken down?
relationship survive rubble?
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Linking to dVerse poetics hosted by Kim with theme of “endings”. I chose to end my poem with questions because there’s uncertainty how relationship troubles might end…if they do.
elfjie treasure
18 Sep 2024 17 Comments
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glass
butter churn
its paddles soar
grandkids test antique taste
history
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An elfjie is a little elven poem of 11 words in 5 lines; theme today is “soar”. See guidelines for form here. Thanks to David for hosting and Sarah Whiley for posting an interesting W3 prompt!
hangry haiku
17 Sep 2024 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: cornfield, crows, harvest, hungry, walk
black crows glean cornfield
startled by walker on road
accusers fly off
in memoriam
11 Sep 2024 14 Comments
morning of 9-11-2001…where were you when unimaginable tragedy struck?
at home
with children
husband says,
“turn on news”
watch furtively
shield little eyes
(they saw enough
to fear airplanes)
terrorists fly fueled
deathtraps to fiery
destruction & chaos
hell’s heat & smoke
people panic, jump
screams & sirens
first responders are
brave to rescue the
injured & bleeding
buildings collapse
leveled to street
low cloud billows
of dust & debris
onlookers run as
victims lie buried
below steel cross
the following summer, in month of June
when my father called to tell me mom had died,
(she was our second wife & mother we grieve)
he commented, “our twin towers have fallen.”
idyllic daydreams
06 Sep 2024 22 Comments
in ekphrastic, sonnet Tags: boys, companionship, cousins, cows, dream, pasture
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last lazy summer day in pastures green
one week of freedom before starting school
stiff grasses tickle, prickle calloused feet
noon sun shines hot but breezes gently cool
two cousins sit together amiably
companionship does not require words
they watch the cows while clouds float easily
from distant trees, they hear the caw of birds
they dream a pirate’s dream on desert isle
of treasure buried deep beneath the sand
although there’s no high seas for many a mile
boys can imagine sword fights on dry land
covered by straw hats, long hair falls in curls
time’s brief, as young minds soon will follow girls
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An ekphrastic sonnet linked to W3 prompt at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.
online fidget spinner
03 Sep 2024 12 Comments
in quadrille Tags: circle, google meet, links, refresh, reload, spinner, zoom
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circle on screen spins
as computer “thinks”;
interminable spinning
seeks missing links, or
while waiting for host to
allow guests and greet
to zoom room gathering
or another google meet.
trying desperately to
reload, refresh, retool
but constant spinners
make one feel dizzy fool!
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A quadrille for dVerse with a “spin” 🙂
transformation
28 Aug 2024 27 Comments
in quatern Tags: butterfly, caterpillar, change, growth, milkweed, monarch, transformation
Linking to W3 “Weave Written Weakly” Prompt #122 here…
witness beauty in life’s changes
butterfly desires milkweed
she explores plant’s veined underside
her oval egg clings to fresh leaf.
little larva hatches from egg
witness beauty in life’s changes
striped larva eats voraciously;
caterpillar expands with growth.
now prepares for its pupa stage
caterpillar hangs down in “J”
witness beauty in life’s changes
asleep as jeweled chrysalis.
chrysalis darkens final day
bright monarch slowly emerges
crumpled wet wings plump up to fly
witness beauty in life’s changes!
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a poem in my pocket 
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