dVerse Poets

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My symbol on my blog is the dragonfly so naturally:

Dragon: A dragon on the wing, always moving, darting quickly from my sight, as their life span is short

Fly: Wings that fly separately and made of iridescent gossamer, large eyes searching

Dragonfly: A dragonfly is a symbol of change and acceptance, as it sometimes takes them months to emerge from gestation

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(I’m not sure this is what you want as a response.)

https://dversepoets.com/2023/03/09/mtb-three-way-split/#like-26067

Rory’s Morning Dawdler

Have you ever watched a long-running televised series from start to finish, and once you have reached the end, you wanted to watch it again or is once enough for you and time for a new long-running series? I’ve done that for a few, some have been: Friday Night Lights, ER, Mash, Game of Thrones, Daredevil and all related series, PBS – all, Golden Girls, The Dick Van Dyke Show, New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor, Saving Grace, Warehouse 13, just to name a few. 😀When it’s hard to find something new I rewatch old stuff.

Do you think traditions are essential to society – if so, why and if not, why not? It was hard to keep old traditions going when Covid struck and even now family grows up and moves or goes to college, etc. You have to work at it!

What would be easier to throw away, deep love or deeply lined rich pockets? Flip side: can money buy love? I doubt anyone would throw away deep love. And no money can buy real love. No jokes today…☺️

https://earthlycomforts.uk/2023/03/09/a-wild-aloha-to-you-25/

Maggie’s Tranquil Thursday

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Probably the most stressful time in the last ten years was when my husband was dying in a hospital in Denver and I couldn’t be there. I had grandkids who helped me.

I wouldn’t mind sitting on the beach in Oahu.

I’m not good at accepting it even though I might want it.

It’s all good…grandkids’ fave.

I like it quiet.

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https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/the-tranquility-toolbox-tranquil-thursday-6/

W3 Prompt #45: Wea’ve Written Weekly


Here she comes again
Usually starts at ten
Sticky fingers never clean
Tapping my buttons at every scene
Fast forward buttons have lost their sheen
And changing volume up and down?
All neighbors in surround sound drown
Then there’s the oft spilled drinks
Pushing my batteries to the brink
And changing them must be a chore
You should have heard the ragged swore
When they need to be replaced
Searching the drawer she is red faced
My functions always get screamed at
I’m sometimes thrown, land in a splat.
My happy times start at midnight
When she is finally out of sight.

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https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/03/08/w3-prompt-45-weave-written-weekly/

Simply Six Minutes

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Not looking closely, Marci grabbed the bouquet and pulled it to her chest, nearly squashing the roses. She knew it, hoped it, dreamed and even wished it—he loved her. Now here was the proof! She quickly took a couple of dollars from her purse on the sideboard and tipped the delivery man. He spied her quizzically thinking she had better take a better look at the flowers, but shrugged and left.

Marci just held the roses against her taking in the beautiful scent, of course he knew her favorites. He had been too distant lately and hopes were dwindling, but now? This gift? She almost swooned she was so enraptured.

It was only later while disassembling the bouquet, she saw the odd looking one, and being over excited earlier, promptly fainted.

https://christinebialczak.com/2023/03/07/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-03-07-2023/#like-21020

MLMM Photo Challenge

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Glass containers hold them all

Treats that cause diet dreams to fall

A bad nightmare remedy

Does not involve a cup of tea

Dry toast’s better with sugared jam

Maple syrup with your ham

And bravery shown after a bottle of gin

While dancing wildly with your kin

All these bottles, jars and such

Make everything a tastier bunch.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2023/03/07/photo-challenge-456/

Word Craft Poetry

This week’s challenge is a photo prompt. This year, I’ve asked my friend, and photographer, Terri Webster Schrandt, from secondwindleisure.com to share her photos with us for inspiration. Terri runs a weekly photo challenge called Sunday Stills. Check it out HERE.

enhanced color scene
bright as if played in a dream
mist rising, now done
moving on to other streams
completing another’s view

https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/03/07/tankatuesday-weekly-photoprompt-poetry-challenge-no-310-3-7-23/