Weirs, also known as check dams (Photo by MSU Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture /Robbie Kroger) “Good fences make good neighbours” Robert Frost Keep That Dam WallThose of us at the head of the stream agreedwe needed water and a planwas devised to dam the flow,enough for each nearbyhousehold and still letting much of it go downstream,and for some length of timethis came to be and it worked so…
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Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay “The dew is like pearl; the moon like a bow.” Bai Juyi I Am Leaving A Trail Nature's spritz gathers on my shoes now sodden as I merrily wend my way, nothing seems to be stirring in the cool of this early hour, only a fool would imagine they are unseen in this quiet, though nothing flutters or moves I am leaving a trail. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent…
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At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the ideas of a margin(s) as a springboard. For more detail and resource follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Diving Into Margins Image by Ted Erski from Pixabay “You have it but you don’t have it.” John Asbery The Line Meanders The search, the desire, the drive for oneness admits a nexus, a margin of its…
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At dVerse Grace is hosting Open Link Night – the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Image: ‘Japanese Girl Standing Beneath A Willow Tree’ by Emil Orlik, 1901 – Colour woodcut. Found on Tumblr. “breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire” T.S. Eliot Of Course The TreeWhat is it to seeare we seeing what she sees,or is it that we are seeingbut know not…
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(via Desiring Feathers - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon)
Image: neurosciencenews.com “In each item’s rightful place, lies the secret to peaceful days.” Michael Anderson Entropic The house gods were rumbling,a certain volume of discord some resonance, vibratoentropy - everything expected isbehind the unexpected,the erased layershave reappeared Kondo would faint,but even she wouldn't sandwich the tailsor permit the elvesto pile sand in the bedor smear…
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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 Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the words Despite, and Still. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Despite And Still Image by Antonio Cansino from Pixabay “No, why should I mind? I can’t get any peace anywhere.” Dave Calder A Curmudgeon ReflectsAh, schmaltzmassthat day when we run raggedto be the people we claim to already…
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Image by Lee Travathan from Pixabay “Live in the layers, not on the litter” Stanley Kunitz Soul FoodSome fruits hold delightbehind a jacket of skin,a bananaan orange mmm mango,some fruits -a strawberryso smallthere is nothing yetit is everything at once,but the pomegranate needs timethe right time,patience a woundinga diggingdeeperfor the arils,seeds of sweetnessunlike any other fruit,like…
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