VERSES

Monday, March 6, 2023

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[image courtesy dVerse Poetry Pub]

First Blossoming Poui

Down town; what saddened state of buildings

Decaying in years of neglect,

Right alongside new fashionable edifices.

Its almost too much to bear.

Oh! but first blossoming poui tree,

A reason to gasp in morning sunlight, resplendant of old days and new normal ways.

First Blossoming Poui : a quadrille © gillena cox 2023

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Quadrille #171: Poetry is a kind of Gasp

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This is Monday WRites 385

You've heard about the Monday Blues

well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

1020

[image courtesy d'Verse Poets Pub

RETURNED: a quadrille

Never good with goodbyes;

I much prefer hello's.

So when morning light clears

and i go to my backyard,

when i sit to watch sunrise.

I will remember light you shone as a d'Verse poet

May the universe graciously welcome you back dear poet.

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An OLN Memoriam to Glenn Buttkus (June 14, 1944 – February 17, 2023)

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

1019

[image from PINTEREST]

IN FRIENDSHIP WITH AWAKENING: a quadrille

Sadness awakens me with overthinking and overhearing.

What of dust settled after evening breezes of yesterday

and crispness of melon rind in wee hours of tomorrow?

We've watched helplessly

as heartbeats erode sleep of predawn.

We now conspire to decipher time in silence.

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Poetics: Friends in Blogosphere

The Challenge

... to pick an opening line from a blogger friend’s poem (with due permission/acknowledgement) and use it in your poem on friendship. Please use the line as it is anywhere in your verse. The form/style/length is up to you.

I have used the line "we've watched helplessly" excerpted from the poem Jan and Bo by Rob Kistner

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

1018

IMAGE FROM PINTEREST

I used THIS LINK to create this Limerick. I had to type in word suggestions.

A Lass Called Tess

A Limerick by Anon

There once was a old lass who stood.

She said, "See the lovely redwood!"

It was quite eminent,

But not preeminent,

And she couldn't resist the brotherhood.

now here's my rewrite:

Good Man

There once was a man named Good

He didn't care where he stood

That was dangerous

Oh so dangerous

He fell into the river with his food

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Meet the bar artificially

So today I would like you to see what you may do with any AI tool to write your own poem. Please indicate in your response what tools you have been using (including any artwork) and how you worked your own voice into the poem.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

1017

[The Kiss painting by Peter Engels from google]

First Kiss - a quadrille

Hiccups respond to

Evening's cool fragrant sway of trees,

After spell of lips first meet,

How we desired of love unspoken

In tongues silent, tasting, exploring.

Then did gate of lips part to allow

one breath held, shared by two.

Alluring surprising first kiss.

First Kiss © gillena cox 2023

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Poetics: Prelude to a Kiss

CHALLENGED: to write a poem about kissing, a special kiss that still haunts you, a peck, a snog, a kiss hello or a kiss goodbye. Whatever it is, try to capture the wordless intimacy of the act.

#First Kiss tells of the first kiss i shared with the man who later became my husband

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