Poetry
Walking My Dog
Walking my dog into the labyrinth
he has no sense of following the path
(marked with stone and showing the way)
he prefers random ins and outs
sniffs along breaking the barriers
(set by man to keep us in line)
smudge on his nose
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille and use the word smudge. I actually know a dog named Smudge but this is not about him. This is about my dog who always has his nose in just about everything.
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Purple Splendor
Rhododendron
blooming
purple in its splendor
risk taken
after a flower
the fade
no longer the showcase
of the garden
fertilize
mulch the ground
prepare it for
another bloom
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dVerse prompt on risk and remodel— garden is beautiful and then it isn’t
Sharpie
Why are sharpies so permanent?
Somethings just leave their mark
like when I can’t sleep and it’s
three am and
the dog wakes me up at six and
I know that’s not enough
there are so many answers
just give me coffee
Word Waltz
One two three
One two three
One two three
Please don’t flee
Come and see
He and she
Dancing free
One two three
One two three
Angry Haiku
I was angry then
beating the eggs so hard
I broke the bowl
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I was very fond of that bowl.
In Robert Bly’s Hometown
remember the sound of your voice
reading my poem to the class
here something happens
poetry is making something happen
don’t be content with just words
make them leap off the page
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dVerse prompt to write about or to a favorite poet. I visited Madison, Minnesota a few weeks ago and went to the little house where Robert Bly wrote and it contains much of his library.
Garden Wounds
When plants fight back
leave a wound on finger
twig in the eye
scrap of the blackberry vine
stain of the grass
bitter taste
of the forgotten lettuce
renegade limbs
blocking my path
thought that they could
keep me away
wound up as compost
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dVerse prompt to use the homograph wound in a quadrille
Fine
How I woke up feeling
this fine day of rain
then sunshine
garden beds moist
ready for planting
weeds don’t stand a chance
when I walk by
what will it cost me this day
ready to pay the fine
dirt under nails
sore back
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille with a homograph
Palinode
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dVerse prompt to write a palinode
