Young and sweet
pick a beet
so tasty
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dVerse prompt to use a line from the lyrics of Dancing Queen by ABBA
Nature
Little Colorado River
Turquoise water—
God or weather had made the way
for what could have been brown with silt
but not on this day—
clear was the Little Colorado River
as it careened past quick sand
past boulders
and sacred places
into the confluence
of rivers
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word careen, Learn more about this sacred place
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/grand-canyon-little-colorado-river-native-voices
Procrastination
Rain is falling
branches ready to snap
leaves blow everywhere
he waits to go rake
leaves pile higher
at least clear a path so I won’t fall down
little at a time will get the job done
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
Rain is falling
look the sun just came out
grab your rake and go
it might not last long
glistening on tree
how can you take a nap at times like this
it could be the last time we see this sun
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dVerse prompt on a pet peeve— like when my husband doesn’t help raking leaves 🍁 and I sit writing this
Many Roses
Set roots in a proper manner
find more fertilizer to pamper
my rosebush
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Tallest of all rhododendron
species of rhodie maximum
is rosebay
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First of the garden blooms in spring
small yet delightfully pretty
many primrose
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Bringing it into the kitchen
flavors food in many dishes
this rosemary
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A bloom that lasts only one day
be quick or you won’t have time to
smell rockrose
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dVerse prompt to write Compound Word Verse
Haiku to the Hunter’s Moon
staccato owl
hunter’s moon brightens the night
coyote yelping
Owl at the Pond
Owl at the pond
big as my small dog
puffs out feathers
wets face
always looking around
It sees me in kitchen
watching as it goes
deeper into the water
shaking feathers
tipping
flipping
water on its back
breast deep now
looking around
repeats face wash again
and again
wings spread
then gone
Fall
three dots on my phone
wiped the mud with my sweater
rainy season now
Venus of Willendorf as a Tomato
Bulging with fertility
ripened to perfection
too lovely to eat
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dVerse prompt on a remembrance of fruit. This heirloom tomato came out of my garden looking a lot like the Venus of Willendorf.
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Sliced
More Fruit
There is much to do
weather is changing
prepare for less light
more rain
bring in chairs
fold the sunshades
move plants inside
where they will linger
in warmth of a fireplace
or the winter sun
coming through glass
perhaps flower and fruit
again
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word linger. I am preparing for the continuous rains and trying something new in bringing some potted plants (tomato and pepper) inside to see if they will continue to produce.
Life Cycle of the Botfly
It was a thing that made me queasy
puffed up fat larva of something
found near a dead chipmunk
I let it go and watched it undulate
over the sidewalk on a hot day
hoping the sun would kill it
didn’t know it would bury itself in soil
to become a botfly that lay small larvae
picked up by unsuspecting mammals
then worm through the fur to an opening
and now inside it bores its way to the skin
feeds off the host in a disturbing life cycle
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dVerse nature poem today. I am still disturbed by seeing the botfly larva. I have tried to be open minded about its ways but have trouble with the “bores its way to the skin” part.
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