A Sijo is a Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka, comprised of three linesof 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables.Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar…
Written for David's Wea've Written Weekly, W3 Prompt #95, posted byDavid on February 21, 2024. This week's Poet of the Week (PoW) is Heather of Sgeoil Website and here arethe guidelines:…
Written for Whimsygizmo: Quadrille #195 – Don’t Touch that Dial! (Stay andWrite a Poem) You say that under the noon heat asphalt softens and floods and that under a moon-blanched…
This post is written for Colleen's Syllabic Challenge: This week marks the start ofthe Snow Becomes Rain season. It’s a time of transition and awakening as the firstsigns of spring…
February JubilationLittle human,Pygmyhertzno biggerthan a minute—more preciousthan the airI inhaleyou fit sosnug in thecusp of my armyesterdayor day before.Februarywas cold but you broughtwarmth and I will never forget how since…
Written for the W3 Prompt #94: Wea’ve Written Weekly at The Skeptic'sKaddish--posted on February 14, 2024 by David. Congratulations to Sally of The Hot Dogs and Marmalade Website. I. The prompt poem:…
from the hotel window I saw themstretched as far as my eyes could seehundreds covered the bay like black inkbopping up and down on the receding sea as if paused…
Funny how some hip people simply talk and talk and talkExhausting all the easy scales and saying nothing smartWe sashay onto the dance floor and sway to a single noteReMiFaSoLaTiDo…
The duration doesn’t matter, what matters is that you give your all to friendships—even if today all you have is a hole—such interstices sustain us. Happy friendship month.
"Love makes your soul crawlout from its hiding place."~ Zora Neale Hurston the path to love is rifewith distortions, viz,such all-consuming thingcannot exist, a mere illusion,a perfection too draining—a feverish…