Tag: dVerse
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The Old Neighborhood: A #haibun…#haiku #poetry
(courtesy of the New York Times, October 2, 2016) The Sleepy Hollow, New York neighborhood of Webber Park lies between a bend in Route 9 and the historical Sleepy Hollow Cemetary and Old Dutch Church. It’s across the State road from the equally historical Phillipsburg Manor. Multi-family homes on small lots flank the warren…
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A Whisper in the Wind: a #ghazal #renga soliloquy for #dversepoets
Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash As the clouds gather… only a whisper in the wind As the first rains fall… only a whisper in the wind an unseen sunset… a return to an empty house not a soul in sight…only a whisper in the wind only one more cough… a memory of company not…
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/30/18): Looking Glass Lives–a #tankaprose…#haiku #haibun #poetry
Photo by Mike Wilson on Unsplash rippling pond a long search in vain for the ties that bind How much longer will you stare for the answer that won’t come? More gray than I’d like to admit. Growing crow’s feet. Lines under my blue eyes I don’t see in myself. A sorrow in those eyes, along…
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#Publication Alert 1/30/18 #haibun #haiku #poetry
Happy that my latest haibun The Danger of Poetry appears in the Product Poet’s latest Paper!
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The danger of poetry: a #quadrille #haibun…#haiku #poetry
Photo by David Klein on Unsplash You were wise to banish poets from your Republic, Plato. We are dangerous. Watch us puncture your pious certainties with our clever turns of phrase. Ring your hands as we wordsmith creation. Shudder as we shatter your worshipped lies. poetry — our all-consuming wild truth
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#Throwdown Thursday (1/25/18): my lastest #haibun on .@ImageCurve… #haiku #poetry
Such Monotony Another day. Students to nudge to work or be silent, while others teach. While I remain voiceless… Another day. IEPs to write. The implications of the difference to face. Between where I am, and where the report indicates I ought to be… Another day. Already a…
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A History (and Legacy) of Handwriting: a #haibun about script…#haiku #poetry
Second grade. I follow the exercises in the book. Up and down, up and down, up and down. Then the next set: round and round and round again, left to right on the lines across the page. All to accomplish handwriting the alphabet in script. first penmanship … watching outside our window a…
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Miles from Innisfree: A #haibun response to Yeats…#haiku #poetry #dversepoets #writephoto
Jilly serves up the poetry as a guest pub tender at dVerse. She challenges us to write a response poem, a poem that directly replies to another poem. When I saw Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt–distant, I thought of Yeats’ The Lake Isle of Innisfree. I knew he and I needed to talk! The Lake…
