dancing

A rare visit for me to Carpe Diem today hosted by the lovely Chèvrefeuille, a Dutch haiku poet. Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers, I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. I had a great weekend on the nightshift (smiles), so I couldn't enjoy the beautiful weather we had here in The Netherlands. The …

Daff(t) Haiku

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers ... Kim is prompting at Carpe Diem and you will also find a fabulous essay there by her on Haiku and Tanka. "I would like the theme to be 'the poet's craft', in which Carpe Diem's poets express what they think it is, reflecting on their own experiences as haiku …

dark haiku

Today the napowrimo prompt is interesting. Have you ever heard someone wonder what future archaeologists, whether human or from alien civilization, will make of us? Today, I’d like to challenge you to answer that question in poetic form, exploring a particular object or place from the point of view of some far-off, future scientist? The …

xhxaxixkxux

  Today at the Imaginary Garden our prompt is as follows: “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” I’m not exactly sure how old I was the first time I read “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”,  by Harlan Ellison. But I will never forget the way in which my hand reached …

halfway haiku

what point does this side become the other side/ halfway is neither ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ when halfway to there you can no longer be here/ so where are you then ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if you are there now halfway to the other side/ then you are not here ~~~~~~ the other side of halfway is not in any way …

No! Pagliaccio non son!

Lillian here. Hosting dVerse one more time before we’re off traveling again from April 16 to May 19 – doing a transAtlantic cruise and then cruising through the Norwegian Fjords, Ireland and Iceland. [I’ll post as I can to my blog – but can’t guarantee reading – apologies in advance. Those of you who’ve gotten …

i’m so amazed

Kerry hosts the Tuesday platform at Real Toads today. Greetings to all poets in this one month of the year dedicated to the art of poetry writing. I have been so inspired in the first 10 days, and I know that resolve may be flagging but taking a target-free approach has enabled me to enjoy …

Zen Master

More Beautiful Fox Photographs Lillian here. Delighted to be tending bar. So, let’s talk about anthropomorphism today: the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to nonhumans. Hmmm…how does that differ from personification? Literary Devices.net explains “…there is a slight difference between these two. Personification is an act of giving human characteristics to animals or …

bare

img source Greetings, dear Toads. Welcome to the third day of our Poems in April challenge. Some weeks ago, people were absolutely delighted about the freakishly warm weather dancing around the Northeast region of the US. I won’t lie—I, too, smiled at the feeling of spring in the middle of winter. But after speaking to …

alchemy

Tonight Franks is host at the bar where his prompt is Irony. The challenge is to write an ironical poem on whatever topic you desire and using any style. May the force of ambiguity be with you. img ~ http://www.innergarden.org/alchemy.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ elixir of life Emperor reaches for cup dying …