hard shell
reveals a treasure
of many species
off in the distance
a misty presence
waiting to lift
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NaPoWriMo prompt to ask questions based on prescribed words and write a poem from the answers—
What is a quahog?
A hardened shell
What is an oyster?
A holder of treasure
What is seaweed?
A cover for many soecies
What is longing?
A place in the distance
What is elusive?
A misty presence
What is fog?
A curtain waiting to lift
there would be day and there would be night on the first day
water will not spill over the edge of this rough existence but tides will be sometimes high and sometimes low
(compressed over time
into a spiritual shape
of shadows)
spin factor that keeps balance and movement in the right direction
perfect union with the creator
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NaPoWriMo Day 18 five answers to an unstated question
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
SKY was flushed
with crimson light
lining the horizon
draws out emotions
from clouds
soon to turn dark
their departure
makes for hope
of blushing dawn
while holding on
to colors before twilight
two sides of dawn & dusk
one then the other
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word flush.
What the apple said
in a crisp voice,
‘Take your hands off me!
If you eat me
you will die.”
(It was not
an ordinary death
rather one of no life
with the creator.)
“They ate me anyway.”
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NaPoWriMo prompt on point of view from a person or object
I was slipping on a mossy hillside
green against my skin
ready to slide
I am lying in a forest of ferns
green against my skin
beautiful bed
I saw a rainbow in the East
green against my skin
hope in the desert
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NaPoWriMo Day #1 prompt— a self-portrait poem in metaphor— how nature and God provide
Fill the day
with discernment
new language
& the Spirit
create a spa
for the mind
& the skin
purification
of the pores
& receptors
of the brain
take in the sun rays
& maniacal rains
stand under heavens
& weepingly smile
My God
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deVerse quadrille on the word fill
These are the ants that I read about in school and finally see them in Ghana.
I gave my sewing machines away. Now there is only cloth here; corduroy, tweeds, raw silks and purple satin. Someday the needle will rise and fall again, guiding thread into fabric, connecting pieces together with looping threads.
creating stitches
holding tight this creation
magnificent cloth
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dVerse quadrille prompt with the word rise and form of a haibun
out in the desert of New Mexico
a city of rocks
amazing to see
from near and far
it rose
by volcanic action
in a sea of hot brine
a city harder than concrete
testing time
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dVerse prompt to describe a city
wordshophop 