love gift given accepted, tears and broken smile
salt water trickles down cheeks, then a hug soothing
words spoken sweet and secret, softly whispering
offering reciprocal, for a love gifted
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*attempt of Imayo, 4 lines, 12 syllables, 7-5 divided
#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 42, Gift/Gifting, 12/09/25
Hello dVerse Poets! Today we’re writing prose instead of poetry. This is a dVerse prompt called Prosery. To participate, you take a line of poetry that I give you and insert it into your prose. I would prefer using a poetic line as inspiration, but that is not the prompt! So, do make certain you give attribution for the line and the poet.
For Prosery, your prose—fiction or nonfiction—may be up to 144 words, not including the title. Some people like to make it exactly 144 words, but that is not required. You must not alter the words, change the word order, or insert words into the line. However, you may change the punctuation.
Got it?
OK. So, here’s the line:
“The granites and schists
Of my dark and stubborn country.”
–Nan Shepherd, “The Hill Burns”
from In the Cairngorms (Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1934)
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/hill-burns/
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Our history stands as a reminder of our weaknesses, promises gone awry, and dedication slipped into the granites and schists of my dark and stubborn country. Individual freedoms that were our lightness, our “rightness” are dwindling daily. Men with evil thoughts and deeds darken us every day. Their oily layers in these rocks seep out and stain our tenets of grace. We need to find the best of our original basic truths.
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Prosery: Dark and Stubborn Country
the seasonal ache
always peace priority
adults want answers
excited children wishing
achieving hope in prayer
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Monday Poetry Prompt: Ache
Share Your World: 8th December
“It’s a flat fact”, he announced at the meeting. “If you want to try to balance the desire to give, dedicate your thoughts to preserve peace, the Christmas spirit lives. And if you understand the beauty of sharing, the hope of happiness shines through.”
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MLMM Monday Wordle #454
His toothless girlfriend named Mandy
Always hankering for candy
Lost all of her teeth
Ate too many sweets
Never bothered him, her Andy.
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This could easily turn into a risqué poem😵💫🤓
Laughing Along With A Limerick
Monday, Dec 8
National Brownie Day
Caramel Brownies
Spaceships & Laser Beams
Caramel Brownies are rich, gooey, and wildly irresistible… a swirl of chocolate and caramel that turns any Monday into a treat-yourself moment.
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The criminal tried to foster participation with his days of speechifying lies and still imagined he could change things. His warped mind would sink into a thicket of hate filled ideas. The latest sky high proposal was to build a fake bomb to threaten authorities. No influence by therapists or relatives could rinse away his evil thoughts. Since no prescribed medications were consumed by him, he finally ended up in jail.
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*A tough group of words😊
Wordle 734
She answered the family’s queries
With “just peachy” as to how she felt
In spite of no red and green decorations
Her consciousness wouldn’t reveal indications
Of loneliness, her lack of spirit
Did not want them to hear it
For the turbulence would start
Even though it came from their hearts.
She wanted her independence
And not their constant attendance
But accepted their pleas
They decorated with ease
And her seasonal joy returned.
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FOWC With Fandango — Consciousness
RDP SATURDAY: TURBULENCE
Weekly Prompts Colour challenge – Red
spite
Just Peachy
The Bag Lady 
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