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Red and satin ribbons
Seem enticing at the start
Tying hearts together
Not to be torn apart
The cardboard starts to fold itself as feelings tweak
“I’ve been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks”
Beginnings can be beautiful
So sad when the dream ends
Acts become dutiful
And romance doesn’t bend.
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Happy birthday, Kurt🎉
I’m black and shiny and roll along
Have extra padding if she sits too long
I can be cranky and stick my brakes
I don’t care how much strength it takes
I sound mean, admit I love to complain
But I’m her only way to maintain
Independence, so I should be nicer
Sometimes I smoothly glide to entice her
To use me, and get out of her other chair
Get out of the house for some fresh air
Once in a while we go shopping
It’s fun in the parking lot, not stopping
Then I’m loaded into the trunk
Causing a short feeling of funk
While waiting for another adventure
Life’s not bad, being a chair.
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W3 Prompt #95: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Sleeping is not an easy task
Even with a lights out mask
Suddenly awoke with red all around
Took the opportunity to be bathroom bound
The doorbell jarred my brain loud and clear
It’s piercing for people who cannot hear
Then accompanied by a few knocks
I answered “who is it” donning my socks
Firemen ma’am they said, not distressed
I answered, hold on a sec I’m not dressed
I asked after moving in
If I could put the doorbell in the bin
Apparently it’s a housing law code thing
It’s not like the old ones that ding-alinged
With a melody or happy tune
It pierces your ears like a harpoon
But all is well nothing to fear
Fire and rescue is common here.
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This was definitely weird: I was woken at one to red lights flooding the bedroom and then a knock on the door. I don’t wear full pajamas so I went to the door and asked who it was, “firemen” they said. Yikes! I said “I’m not dressed, hold on a sec.”Apparently they were from a rescue ambulance sent to an apartment where there was a note saying to get her key from me. I don’t even know the person in that apartment! They believed me but needless to say I got no sleep the rest of the night. By the way those two firefighters were so young and cute and smiley no wonder I couldn’t get back to sleep😂
One-Liner Wednesday – Weird
This week marks the start of the Snow Becomes Rain season. It’s a time of transition and awakening as the first signs of spring emerge. Embrace the seasonal changes and create poetry inspired by the kigo words.
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spring light in sunrise
sky brightness is a false warm
strong cold winds prevail
whipping cold tendrils descend
baby birds cling to straw nests
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24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 22, 2/20/24, Part I, Snow Becomes Rain (February 19 – March 4) Usui 雨水
her daughter Jill. Jill had been in labor for two days and last night was supposed to be “the day”! “These new age doctors make me uncomfortable. Jill has been in pain for a long time, exhausted and should have delivered already. I wonder if she needs a c-section? Will you call and talk to Joe? Maybe the doctor won’t ignore her husband like he does me.” After Joe’s little “talk” with the doctor, Jill was transferred to a different hospital with a more knowledgeable obstetrician.
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Fandango’s Story Starter #137
Quadrille is a pocket-sized form of our own creation here at dVerse: a poem of just 44 words (not counting the title), including one word we provide. Today, I’d like you to tangle with the word touch.
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Quadrille #195 – Don’t Touch that Dial! (Stay and Write a Poem)
The couple’s sledge went asunder as it flew over the boundary of the hill. A farfetched idea of an unwanted fondle created the temporary loss of control by the steerer.
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Five Word Weekly Challenge (2408)
Share Your World 19th February
Redford stars as CIA operative Nathan Muir, who is on the brink of retirement from the field, when he learns his protégé Tom Bishop has been arrested in China on a charge of espionage. No stranger to the machinations of the CIA’s top echelon, Muir hones all his skills and irreverent manner in order to find a way to free Bishop.
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