The strength of my heart is on hold as the powerful takeover of despots seems to flow freely now. How the destruction caused by low individuals holds us captive with their flashy facades is always a mystery to me, but it’s nothing new in our history. Usually there is a turnaround – let’s hope it doesn’t come too late.
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Wordle 703
No longer have a particular aim
Might even say I’m harebrained
I’m trying my best to remain
But my mind must be sprained
It’s making no chain
From my mottled brain
To my mouth to explain…
Yes, I’m still somewhat sane
Let me make it plain:
My brain is too strained.
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Welcome
A nature lover at heart, Jane decided to revamp an old telephone booth she saw leaning off the sidewalk. After a few repairs, starting with a new bright red coat of paint and then some shelves. She was quite busy with this project but wondered how to fill the shelves properly. She removed the glass panels and put many plants, mostly flowering ones, on the layered boards. Passersby enjoyed her efforts, but the most frequent admirer was Mr. Pigeon. He liked having a pleasant sanctuary in the city.
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18 April 2025
trying is the hard work of it
with many demands to commit
it takes lots of strength, quite a bit
til the wanted goal is achieved
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Ovi Poetry 96: STRENGTH is your inspiration.
Hello and happy timezones, kind friends! I have greatly enjoyed your responses to my Get to Know You posts.
So, it’s time. Come sit on my porch for a spell. Tea, lemonade and refreshments will be served shortly.
Here are 3 questions! Let’s go!
Get to Know You #61
It was an exuberant try, but pineapple pickers were devastated when sand bags couldn’t hold back the apocalypse of flood.
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I know what you’re thinking. I’ve got a big head, a big mouth with a lot of big teeth and they’re all extremely sharp. However, I can also be a nice guy. I’m proving that by saving this little baby duck that is getting lost from its mother. Baby ducks are usually all in a row as the saying goes and this one decided it wanted to visit me. I was just walking on a leash with my master in the park and all of a sudden we came upon this little duck all by itself. I looked over at the pond and there was the mother. She seemed to be counting out her babies, and was getting extremely stressed. Before my master even saw the baby duck, I spied it over by a rock. It might’ve thought the big rock was its mother. I really don’t know that much about baby ducks – all I know is that it was all alone, lost and needed to be next to its mother. I’m telling you this because I can see you’re looking at me like I’m a big mean dog and I’m going to eat this baby duck. Nothing could be further from the truth, I don’t even like duck!
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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 04/15/2025
I chose number two:
Sometimes I have to vent. That is what I did as I wrote dVersePoets’ Cinquain today. I seem to be more outspoken as the year goes on. My mind is appalled. I have a hard time believing what I hear and see. My country is falling apart.
This is the time of year I always look forward to. I love the flowering trees. Watching daffodils and other spring flowers bloom is a refreshing type of miracle to me. What boggles my mind is how much beauty wills out in the face of a bleak future. These rulers of doom cannot outdo Mother Nature.
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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – April 17, 2025
Hi, syllabic poetry family. This is Selma, hosting for Tanka Tuesday. For this week’s challenge, I’d like us to write poetry that portrays movement. Poetry is a moving target; reality is always moving.
Choose any syllabic form and write what’s on your mind. If you aren’t sure what to write about, make us feel your thoughts as the seasons transition in your world.
If this is your first time at Tanka Tuesday? Here is what you do:
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Government
despoiled
freedom vanished
bodies now scarred with hate
solid rules of law don’t exist
bleeding
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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 8, 4/15/2025: Choose a Syllabic Form
The Bag Lady 
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