looking to cause a stir
create a political fervor
dispute curse and malign
watch the digital feathers fly
make remarks to embroil
spread hate with your response
pick a topic
bound to spread division
write the worst you know
to become an internet troll
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word troll
My son the tattoo artist
two delicate piercings on his face
no tattoos
soft brown hair
falls on his shoulder
where a geisha is painted
In such fine detail
the most detail he tells me
of all of his tattoos
this one in colors still brilliant
No branding here
no scarification
just pen and ink
a portrait now a poem
etched on skin
by tattoo artist
my next of kin
The newest one is on his palm
still healing
it is of aum
he talks of pain
of blood letting too
a religious experience for him
and now for you
he tells me of puja
of Ganesh
I see
stigmata
mark of tattoo
spike the tent down hard
winds from Winter Storm Ulmer
across the land
Big Bend in Texas
could see 90 miles per hour gust
blizzards in the Dakotas
travel advisory
settle in
looks like very few places to go
airlines cancel
we’re all grounded
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dVerse prompt quadrille using the word spike
I want to stuff myself before I fast
fatten the calf before the sacrifice
take pleasure in what will soon be forbidden
when the rations come I will be ready
prepare myself from wanting it all to have nothing
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dVerse prompt on Mardi Gras
inspired by the Carrington Event
Woke in the night the air so still I lost my belief
where are the big winds suppose to rile these sands
of southwest Arizona blowing out our visibility
insomnia kept me listening craving the predictable
after hours of tossing and some reading
shattering conviction that the storm had come
Where are the big winds suppose to rile these sands
hold up in a villa in Deming i wait it out
insomnia kept me listening craving the predictable
pine wood boards cover the ceiling each knot like a sunspot
shattering conviction that the storm had come
swirling gases of hydrogen and helium ready to flare
pine wood boards cover the ceiling each knot like a sun spot
even they become predictable from prominences and filaments
swirling gases of hydrogen and helium ready to flare
from millions of miles away an aurora borealis is born
even they become predictable from prominences and filaments
we marvel at the beauty of it all
from millions of miles away an aurora borealis is born
sleepless night laid reading about the Carrington Event
we marvel at the beauty of it all
beautiful auroras that spanned into the Caribbean
sleepless night laid reading about the Carrington Event
when the sun touched the earth the newspapers said
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dVerse prompt to write a pantoum of which I took some poetic license
In March we make our move out of the state of Texas. Head southwest towards the border, a northerly keeps us cold and provides a tail wind. I want to see the border for myself. I want to eat tamales and count butterflies along the Rio Grande.
Tomorrow we will go on towards Davis Mountain and see the stars. If the temperatures rise, we will swim in a spring fed pool but it is March. The weather is unpredictable and we go day by day hoping for some sunshine.
freeze in South Texas
tornadoes in Alabam
flee to promised sun
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dVerse prompt on March Madness
The will of God comes in seasons
for His purpose not my own
I am not the picture His picture
My selfie is nothing
against a backdrop of the beauty
in creation His creation
His new day
His way
His will be done
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dVerse prompt on Ecclesiastes 3
Photo by me in the Grand Canyon, one of God’s greatest creations
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