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Smiling on the Inside

This feeling of joy trapped inside like a xenolith within my dread. I listen with half an ear to the ramblings of strangers I sometimes call friends. Yet within, this joy, small, near insignificant, grows. Your smile, my joy,Ignites a small flameLove? This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 wordsContinue reading “Smiling on the Inside”

Don’t Protest

Don’t protest my loveLet me love you true and realLet not the word no, trip from your lipsTo fall on my pleasRemonstrations against meLike darts thrown against my heartPierce and prick, bleed my feelingsDon’t protest, say yes This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 words including the word protest. HopeContinue reading “Don’t Protest”

Just A Little Leap

Just a little leapTwo feet Up in the airMove suddenly, a little scarePlace your Piece as in checkersKing me if you dareI’ve left the ground from where I wasLast spot left behindI land yet I’m somewhere new This is for a dVerse prompt: Today, I want you to jumpstart your muse by infusing your poemContinue reading “Just A Little Leap”

Take Care

Please take care, I know her not.She is tall and fair. Wherever shall I take her?Take her home That is boldNot yours but where she does roam And alone leave her?You don’t care. I would but you said leave her. This is for a dVerse prompt: The Quadrille is really quite simple when you boilContinue reading “Take Care”

Electronic Myths

Superhuman beings of unknown originBytes of information formed in hieroglyphics of 0 and 1Scrolls of code written in subterranean suburbiaMyths created in the garage of dad and mumSpread across the planet, crossing the labyrinthNow held in the handConquering man This is for a dVerse prompt: Pen us a poem of precisely 44 words (not countingContinue reading “Electronic Myths”

Horny?

Horny?Like the brass section of a bandMy trumpet yearns for your lipsLike a water buffaloLet me in your wetlandsLike a car stuck in trafficA Bugatti full of luxury Me? Don’t let these deceive youI’m an angel in disguise. This is for a dVerse prompt: For those new to dVerse Poets Pub or to the quadrilleContinue reading “Horny?”

She Wants Another Dog

She wants another dog.I don’t think soShe wants a puppy.We don’t need anotherShe wants another dog.I said noA cute little dog.The puppy needs no brotherShe wants another dog.It’s a no goWe have another dog. This is for a dVerse prompt: Sit! Stay! Now: pen us a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting the title),Continue reading “She Wants Another Dog”

Bloom

BloomOpen petals to morning light,Rosebud’s spreading,Peaches before the fruit.Show me all your pretty.Smile big, all attraction;Bring the buzzers to your center.Blooming gardenFull of fragranceFloating on the springtime breeze.The scent lingersJust a while.Bloom This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a quadrille (a poem of EXACTLY 44 words, not including the title) AND include the wordContinue reading “Bloom”

Can You Dig It?

Yo, my man can you dig?Right on daddy-o!This thing is too jive, I gotta split.What’s this crazy jam on my radio?Ain’t too funky for my groove,I’m digging these far out tunes.Hey foxy mama let me see them moves! This is for a dVerse prompt: Please write a poem of only 44 words on your blog.Continue reading “Can You Dig It?”

From When The Bombs Fell

These bones lay dry in dirt of clayReleased from flesh, blood and sinew.Once they were childrenThey laughed and played.Once they were adults who loved and were loved.Now they are bones in dirt,Left over from when the bombs fell. This is for a dVerse prompt: Pen us a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting theContinue reading “From When The Bombs Fell”