Today
facial ID
doesn’t know me
I
even forgot
who
I
am
was this a fugue state
police state
or dream state
I
didn’t
even
want
to
know
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dVerse prompt choosing the “line” end and putting in more ends. Bringing out frustration when facial id won’t recognize me. Started with
Today facial ID doesn’t know me
I even forgot who I was
Was this a fugue state
Police state
Or a dream state
He slept in a dungeon deep
rank stale pungent
his own excrement
in dream he lite the fire
watched as bodies burned
no escape
madness
overcame
to thwart
his innocence
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dVerse prompt to go gothic
No conversation in my quarantine
Read a good book
Tell a wild tale about how it will end
Gobbledygook
I go to a place i feel safe and warm
My inglenook
Irregardless of my disappointment
There is a way to sit pray and lament
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dVerse prompt on “inglenook” quadrille and I threw in a cavatina
takes preparation
(is it still the wilderness if you are prepared)
make sure you have water
(do not waste it on frivolous things like bathing)
foods that can keep without refrigeration
(dried foods give me gas……. make me fart)
a dry place to sleep in case of rain
(wet gear is not fun)
4-wheel drive and good clearance underneath
(travel can lead off road and become no road)
a full tank of gas
(walking to find gas in a wild place can be deadly)
know your directions and landmarks
(being lost in the wild is the worst)
enjoy the wilderness experience
(promise to return)
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dVerse prompt to use a given line from Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie and make that line the title of your poem. My choice was travelling in the wilderness.
Woke to silver crystals on the ground
grass crinkles under my shoes
I slept under a heavy weight
with the dog on my bed
last night a beaver moon with an eclipse
did not keep us awake
we slept hard
trusting
only to abide
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dVerse prompt to use the word abide. Yes, the dude abides.
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