Monthly Archives: July 2022

“Kneel down, slow and quiet, so you don’t scare him”. The child held a few peanuts in her hand and the gray squirrel stared, came close but not too close. “Now lay them down and walk away, so he can’t … Continue reading →

Morning comes drenched with lightLight brings me to my kneesKnees that wrestled in the nightNight dispelled in fervent pleas Pleas turn to thanks and praisePraise to only Him who freesFrees me to face the dayDay voiced in bitter lees Lees … Continue reading →

Goodbye yellow brick roadI watch as golden streetsMelt round my feetDid I ever imagineWhirled peaceWould find meIn the eye of the storm This is nutsI’m okayCome the end of a dayChange is brewingDreams have nothing to offerIn this economic crunchEven … Continue reading →

Time to wrap this upSend it flyingNo return addressCease vyingDisabling hope with whimsSpun on tails of rampant windsBoomerangs of violent strengthUnwrapped within a half-breath’s lengthFlaunting this unsightly messBe gone!Better ways to spend my time Dversepoets.com Monday quadrill. Wrap. #2

“Such pretty paper,”She cried“I wonder what’s inside”She shook it and listenedFelt its weightMaybe a puzzle waiting to solveOr a bookWith places to goShe looked awayTo what someone else gaveUntil unwrappedShe never would know Dversepoets Monday quadrille. Dverse’s original poetry form … Continue reading →

You can’t see meBehind my smileYou can’t hear meOnly my voiceYou can’t read meYou see my wordsOn a screenOr paper scrawledWith cursive flareOr scripted font No you can’t seeDeep in my heartWhat ebbs and flows‘Tween dusk and dawnHow scorching heatOf … Continue reading →

I watched the honeybeesGather nectar fromSharp spiny thistlesBlack and red butterfliesToo quick for my lensAlways an eyesore to meNow worth keepingI pulled shallow weedsWatched sunlight rush inCascading over my shoulders“Thank you”, she said Plans dropped like rainI wandered alone and … Continue reading →

She fell down, climbing up the stairs. Her knee gave out. She did nothing. Years went by and she continued to climb, and once in a while her knee gave out. She did nothing. Still, years went by and her … Continue reading →

Eleven days home and I am still acclimating to the environment around me and processing the many thoughts and lessons I gathered during my month away. I found my slippers tucked in the bottom of my carry-on bag and now … Continue reading →

We reach an age where we hear of people dying more frequently and often suddenly. It is disheartening, to say the least. I recently heard of three deaths. One of them I read on the obituary page, one on social … Continue reading →