After the day moths fly inside
not hidden in the window’s glide
drawn by the light in hopes to stay
as if pulled by an ebbing tide
lost in movement of mortal way
Moths fly inside after the day
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dVerse prompt to write a sparrowlet
I thought it was Spring
but things are not always what they seem
last night it snowed
wind whipped over my rose
will the buds survive
as weather drops below twenty five
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dVerse prompt on proverb or adage. “Things are not always what they seem” from Aesop’s Fables Bee-keeper and the Bees. I thought we were having an early Spring here in the NW. Not so.
I never loved you deep enough
never found my love perfect enough
it was never the less
enough
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dVerse prompt on the love that never was
Temperate climate
soil is loose and ready
to cultivate
arugula radicchio
celery cabbage kale
chard favas beets
made it through
kept warm under snowfall
now start to grow
nibbled by rabbit and slugs
buds swell on the fig
red of rhubarb emerges
cold brewed
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille and use the nibble word.
I have forgotten what breakfast tastes like. Although it is known as the most important meal of the day, I sleep through it. No smells of bacon and coffee brewed. It is winter and I am asleep in my bed. Outside the plants do the same. They are not yet ready to be uncovered.
deep roots in soil
keep life suspended in time
waiting for new warmth
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dVerse prompt for a winter haibun
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