Can You Tell a Story in 62?

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Don’t you hear that woodpecker? He’s doing a breakdance on the roof! Joe, suffering from vaccine shots, was drowning his pain in a martini. He was busy reading the days horoscope or horrorscope as he called it. The shifty editors always made up that junk and the readers fell for it. He was tired of the newspaper business, and wanted to quit.

A tough one☺️but two☺️

Helen, tired this morning after one too many martinis the night before. If only that woodpecker doing a breakdance on the roof would stop! Her horoscope said it would be a relaxing day…what crap! She should have gotten vaccine shots, worrying now about Covid! Nah, if Joe would just get rid of that bird, but was shifty looking, staring into the newspaper.

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Can You Tell A Story In…

dVerse Poets

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Wood, worn, chipped, yet polished. Warm, the mood between shadows and pockets of soft light around tables. Music, but voice only, buzzes, smile to smile, eye to eye, some blue, green, brown. Some loud, some soft, some hard, some light. A spotlight centers on a stage, reflecting in the silver skin of a lone mic.

From the back, “Hey, glad you are here, Welcome to d’Verse.”

D’verse Poets Pub is a place for poets and writers to gather to celebrate poetry. We are many voices, but one song. Our goal is to celebrate; poets, verse & the difference it can make in the world. To discover poetry’s many facets and revel in it’s beauty, even when ugly at times.

People enter, people exit but we hope you stick around long enough for us to get to know each other and that you walk away inspired to write.

We have three opportunities each week for you to take the stage and mingle with your fellow poets:

  • Haibun Monday – We start the week with combining prose & poetry challenge, via haibun.  Try your hand in haibun, and see where it takes you.   This Monday feature alternates with Quadrille.
  • Quadrille – is our 44 word count challenge based on a definition of a given word.  This Monday feature alternates with Haibun Monday.
  • Poetics – is all about inspiration. You will write about a provided prompt, whether music, art, photography, quotes or other challenges. Poetics opens at 3 pm EST on Tuesday.
  • FormForAll/Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft – is our lab, where you will receive teaching on poetry forms and critique. This is where we hone our skills. FormForAll and Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft opens at 3pm EST on Thursday.
  • OpenLinkNight – is our large gathering where you link any poem you would like. This is a great place to meet and hear new voices. The new schedule of OpenLinkNight is 3 pm EST Thursday, alternating with FormForAll/Meeting the Bar.

In addition we give you interesting articles about what we are all on fire about: Poetry.

We are open to your ideas for future expansion of our line up. If you have an idea and are willing to commit the energy to make it happen, please email us at  dversepoets@gmail.com.

We are glad you are here. Enjoy.

RXC 10-1-26

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Only two choices, the submissive and the diva, I think both women and men fall in between. Some days I feel like one or the other but admit the older I get those days stand out. I’m happy they do, because living where I do in the Wyoming culture, no matter what they tout, want you to remain on the left side of this picture.

a personage built

heavy history and strength

future established

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #450

Tanka Tuesday

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A Sijo is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form that centers on a thematic progression of an idea, a development, and a surprising twist. You can read about the Sijo here: Poetic forms.

Our weather worldwide has been so strange this year, and with the weather wars and disasters have seemed to be off-kilter too. I have written my Sijo in the three-line format… You can, if you prefer, write in the six-line format. It’s your choice as long as it has a 44 to 46 syllabic count.

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wind whistles wildly through my vents

cold weather is on the way

wind is the warning

soon a flake of snow will glisten

on shiny wet sidewalks

freezing nights ice the edges, seasons changing

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Is this your first time at Tanka Tuesday? Here is what you do:

  • Write a Sijo on what you are thinking or feeling or expecting as the season progresses. Are you looking forward or backwards? Are you happy or sad… we can’t stop the circle of seasons or time, so let’s honestly embrace it. If you write a freestyle poem, you must include a syllabic form with it.
  • #TankaTuesday does not accept AI-generated poetry. 
  • Post your poem on your personal site/blog.
  • Include a link back to TankaTuesday.com in your post.
  • Copy the link to your published post into Mr. Linky. There are no recaps this year. 
  • Remember to click the small checkbox about data protection.
  • Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work.
  • Like and leave a comment below if you choose to do so.
  • This challenge closes on the following Monday at noon EST Detroit, USA.

Mr. Linky ⬇