Author: rugby843

I am a widow since 2013 and live by myself in a small apartment. I use a wheelchair to get around, but I wouldn't consider myself disabled. I'm 11 years away from having bladder cancer resulting in a urostomy and I'm doing well. This cancer was a result of having radiation in 1995 because of uterine cancer. So have faith in yourself, a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. My first try at blogging was an attempt to help other people with my condition. I am a mother of three married children, and a grandmother to eight gorgeous kids, featuring them often here, and a great grandmother to two as of today, 6/7/25! I enjoy exploring my feelings and like to try the challenges. I like humor, music, movies, games, and some sports. I absolutely appreciate your reading and commenting on my blog. I am happy to read all of your blogs and learn more about you. Please comment however you like, ask whatever, and I'll answer honestly. Thanks for reading! Cheryl

dVerse Poets

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Usually you start with a base word that has some relation to what your meaning is and then you add a descriptive word. Let yourself associate freely and include all your fantasy in the creation and don’t hesitate to mix senses ( for instance with Synesthesia). Also the use of Mythology could be a good way to create association (Thor-hammering would for instance be thunder). The combination of two words becomes a kenning. For instance “butterfly-charmer” for women. 
Write a poem and post it to your webpage, and link back to dVerse.
Enter a link directly to your poem and your name by clicking Mr Linky below
There you will find links to other poets, and more will join
Read and comment on other poet’s work, we all go here to have our poems read.

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I came upon a mysterious sight

A child sitting in the light

The sun was readable-bright

He seemed to revel in the write

Many years have passed since then

The year? I don’t remember when

The child grown, innocence flown

A teacher now, skills are honed

Remembers how in sun’s light

Reading was such a delight

His classes now held outside

Experiencing new just feels right

Proudly offers fresh insight

Teaching under readable-bright.

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Get to know kennings

The Writer’s Workshop

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The intermediate news moderators try to come between political debaters, ask questions, and stay calm through rants and long winded speeches. This usually fails so they installed mute buttons on the microphones. Even that failed when the debaters refused to obey simple rules. Have you watched them? What do you think? Did you learn anything?🧐🙄

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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – October 15, 2024

Get to Know You 39

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I like getting up to sunshine, but as I age, any sleep I can get is appreciated.

When I was a child I saw the movie “Fall of the House of Usher” and it still gives me the creeps these days!

Any candy is fun and I wonder how much of it is stored for the next year. Tons of packaging with Halloween motif but it’s still the regular candy. And Christmas decorations are already up. Forget about Thanksgiving turkey shaped candy… ever wonder what happens to all oft this stuff?😳

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Get to Know You #39

Simply Six Minutes

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Waking up from an extremely weird dream, Judy looked behind her, feeling she was being followed. That was not all, she was surrounded by a poppy field. Gadgets she’d never seen before were on her face and hair. And a skin tight purple dress and stockings? She spoke to herself, “I never should have had that third helping of spotted dick!” Meanwhile, looking over her shoulder, she saw the dwarfs from Snow White following her, singing “Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work we go”. It was after she couldn’t resist singing along with them, that she woke up, tangled in her bed linens on the floor.

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge:10/15/2024