“My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” Mars rover Opportunity
I slept deeply under the strawberry moon
had dreams of your fear of traffic
you would not cross the highway
even though the signs were clear
you were lying on the sidewalk
unable to get up and move
while I was at the other side
waiting and calling
I had to go on
alone
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dVerse prompt using a quote from a list. I loved the quote from the Mars rover.
I went out to the garden
looking for spelling bees
there were many beside me—
a bumble bee entered foxglove’s bell
it was not the one I seek
then one buzzed my head
anxious at my presence
to say the word
say the word
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dVerse prompt for a quadrille using the word spell
I search the day for pretty words
turrets of rain pummel them into the garden
where they remain until rot comes
maggots eat into their bouma
maggot grows fat from majuscules
creep over minuscules
chomp ascenders and descenders
lying there
in the riddled corpse of a word
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dVerse prompt to write a poem of dissonance
wordshophop 