Who would think that one day I would be marching to Rule, Britannia with other wazungu, one Indian and a Kenyan. We sweat together, smile and laugh in a cheerful atmosphere of aerobic exercise.
Outside the matatus and tuk tuks drive on, delivering workers and school children under the tropical sky and half-moon.
on a veranda
wait for the rainy season
to fall on us all
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dVerse prompt to write a haibun and use of the word half-moon
Come
into the garden
at dawn
before
dew dries
from the dragonfly
Come
as the sun
filters
through cedars
to glow
on the rippled
waters of pond
Come
with trowel and seed
energy
to last all day
pluck a weed
don’t forget
to feed
hungry peonies
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NaPoWriMo Day 19 prompt to write a command poem. This is my garden commanding me to get to work.
It’s sunny today
raining predicted
cats falling from the sky
and before it is over
dogs will fall too
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NaPoWriMo Day 6 prompt to write a phrase poem where the phrase reads down the left margin.
Write about a seed in the garden
how it was placed in rich soil
when temperature warmed
your patience required
before there was a sprout
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NaPoWriMo Day 4 prompt to write a prompt poem concerning a prompt.
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
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
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
I
Woke this morning
cloudy with chance of rain
brown of death hanging
from trees
waiting to fall
II
Inside where it is warm
oven holds greater heat
melts the butter
sugar and flour and eggs
holds the cookie together
III
A child pets the dog
soft fur under her hand
rising and falling with breath
curious to greet
this nonhuman being
IV
Preparing for winter
I mend the armscye
thread moves through fabric
brings together these parts
making it whole again
V
There is much more to life
than what I know—
enter from the inside out
breathe deeper
rejoice
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dVerse prompt on cadralor— five part poem each part can stand alone. Parts seemingly unrelated. Fifth part brings wholeness.
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
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