At dVerse Li is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write what is know as a Burning Haibun. Burning Haibun relies on writing a Haibun then using erasure x 2 to arrive at a distilled form as a second part, followed by the usual haiku/senryu. Burning Haibun is typically about an interior journey/reflection. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Making Way Image:…
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At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille with and invitation to Zing, to include Zing or a form in a poem. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Poems With Zing Photo: outdoorshell.com “O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire” Helen Hunt Jackson Get A Free ZingCamping in the winternow that's not the thing,the closer to zeromore woolies need to bring,because of the temperaturesome vigorous walkingis de…
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At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word enchant. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Some Enchanted Poem Photo: literaryfictions.com Greta Garbo “Then suddenly there was sun and the music came back …” Mark Strand GesturesPeople always talkabout eyeshow they draw you,peer deeply intoyour soul, but there is deep magicin…
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Photo: aljazeera.com (G20 puppets 2018) “The puppets are in love and so are the puppeteers” David Tait They No Longer ShineThe puppetsdespite their expenseare lacklustre now,their movements stiffby rusted joints seized,suspension wires benttormented, twistedfaces peeling,eyes dimmedears broken,heads bowed with weightthey no longer shinefor restless audienceswho come withdesperate expectationfor…
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At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting the Bar with an invitation to write an Alliterisen – For today’s MTB prompt our poetry follows the style of The Alliterisen, created by Udit Bhatia. It is a 7-line poem (septet) containing a set number of alliterations per line and adhering to a specific syllable structure. I have chosen the non-rhyme scheme version. For more detail follow the link…
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At dVerse Lillian is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem including the word Indigo or its form. dVerse Poets – Quadrille Image by Adina Voicu from Pixabay “You’ll know it … as you know ’tis noon …” Emily Dickinson Intuition BluesIndigo Suzeshe's no flooze,got a hex of seventake you to heavencolour you blue,no time to snoozedon't need the newsshe's…
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Photo: exibartstreet.com “I languish in thy penetrating clasp” Ameen Rihani I WonderedI wandered along the pavementfamiliar cracks and gumand the dum, dum, dum, ofthe crawling traffic, leaves clattering the autumn ground,smell of coffee my destinationcouple kissing in the lee,inside all dusky, dusty hipstergreasy thumbed newsspilled coffee soaking crumbs,he crimps my loyalty cardI carry my…
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At dVerse Melissa is hosting poetics with an invitation to write an ekphrastic poem using one of four paintings by Emil Nolde. The double challenge is to do so knowing the artist originally declaimed his connection to the NAZIs but was eventually outed as having been involved in the NAZI party. Note: There are a number of famous people who fit into this type of moral dilemma – Martin Heidegger…
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Photo: artawkrn – pexels.com “What am I to myself that must be remembered …” Robert Creeley How Soon?Soft autumn rainlike petals,kissesfallinggatheringtouchingmy cheek,how soon will theybe forgottenwhen the cloudshave melted andthe sun returns? Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️
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At dVerse Mish is hosting Open Link Night – the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: The Indian Ocean at Skippy Rocks (close to where it meets the Southern Ocean) “Something here about the memory” Robin Walter The Eye Of MemoryThe sky in the cafe was a big skyframing the ocean blue with spumemusing over slice and coffee views,my eyes linger over a sneaky cornerretro…
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Photo: found on youtube.com “While we speak, time is envious …” Horace I'm A Fan Of TimeI tookthat sheet of paper24 lines drawn horizontally,folded them carefullyfingered the line to a sharp creaseallowing the ultimate compressionas thin as rice paper slice,expansions to a pinchcorrugations to a fan,movement as squeezeboxin and out all rightthe lines of a daymorn till nightdown to nothingout to…
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