Joe let out a growl, knowing his wife wanted to join the polka contest. It was if he was allergic to the whole idea, breaking out in hives every year. June thought he should seal off his negative thoughts and enjoy the dancing. Thinking haphazard ideas, Joe faked a painful ankle injury.
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Can You Tell A Story In…
fancy flagrancy
for fools fiddle fluted fare
faithfully fruitless
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#Easy Peasy Writes – 9/24/25
Nonsense
Silly words said
The gossiping voices
Not realizing hurt feelings
Listen
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Cinquain Poetry Prompt 19: NONSENSE is your inspiration.
If it’s raining outside the best thing I like to do is write, or read, cozy up in a blanket with a hot cup of anything. I don’t mind the cloudy days as long as sunny ones dominate. In my part of the world right now, it happens to be raining, it’s cooler and autumn is upon me. I have spent the morning writing and reading. Now I’m fixing lunch and will watch a tv series. I’m binge watching since my signup for this streaming ends quickly!
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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts: September 25, 2025
First things first: what is a quadrille? It is
* a form of poetry created by dVerse
* a poem of exactly 44 words, sans title
* the body of the poem must include one particular word (or a form of the word) provided within the prompt
* a synonym for the given word does NOT fulfill the prompt
Have you guessed it? The word to be included in your Quadrille today is “petals” – or you may use a form of the word as in petal, or, if you use poetic license, petalicious!
New to dVerse? Need to be refreshed on the rules? Here’s what to do:
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The softness of your outstretched leaf
Curling slightly at its edge
Teasing silver stems to lengthen their stalks
Shy newborn petals hide in conical forms
Waiting for the summer sun
Til warm enough to venture out
Pink rose petals bring forth familiar scents
Lovely
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Peonies? Lily-of-the-Valley? Pick your posey!
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Fandango’s Story Starter #218
Hello, beautiful poets! It’s Yvette again, and I’m excited to create poetry with you all this week. On this day, in 1846, Neptune was discovered. It is also the day that Nintendo was founded (1889). In 1932, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was official founded. And in 2019, Greta Thunberg delivered her powerful “How Dare You!” speech at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Each of these moments impacted a community, a country, and/or the world on just one day.
So, for this week, I thought we would focus on how impactful one day can be. Choose any syllabic form that you’d like. You can see a great list here if you need inspiration. For an extra challenge, try to add a kigo word connected to your current season.
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Sorrow
Historical deaths
Remembering 9/11
All still mourn
Tragedy sadly changed nothing
Families only memoirs
Gloomful
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Cameo – 7 lines, unrhymed, 2,5,8,3,8,7,2 – lines have strong ending words
TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 31, Just One Day, 09/23/25
Sarah stood quietly in the rain
She knew better than to complain
Others looked at her with disdain
The cloud and rain a constant chain
Sarah regretted who she’d slain
A witch’s spell would now reign
Sarah had no one else to blame
Witch’s revenge would be her bane.
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Weekly Writing Prompt
The old house lacking in power
Made it hard to have hot shower
The pipes mostly rust
Plumber eyed with disgust
All’s needed was a good scour.
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Laughing Along With A Limerick
The Bag Lady 
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