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Examples of Fire
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrill #52 “Let’s Fire It Up” (posted by WhimsyGizmo) Fired. Fiery. Firing. Afire. Let me stand next to your fire. Fire and ice. We didn’t start the fire. Write about a fire-breathing dragon, or … Continue reading
Ice to Flame
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads Micro Poetry ~ Fire and Ice (posted by Kerry) “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche She is the ice to … Continue reading
fire
Written for: Haiku Horizons – “fire” man stares in disbelief after thirty years he hears, “you’re fired” little scraps of paper ashes of letters burned in fireplace
Flame
Written for: Carpe Diem #1232 abstract autumn (unknown artist) yellow, red, orange and deep purple dance © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: flames edged in blue yellow and orange sunbursts first act of Fall’s play http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
Where Do Dreams Come From?
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #285 Words: carved, brown, body, dreamed, doors, papers, fingernails, bled, fire, stone, soldiers, prayers I dreamed my fingers bled, broken by trying to hammer nails into stone. I dreamed of brown doors– thickly carved … Continue reading
Alder
Written for: Carpe Diem #991, Alder Primarily a wetlands and swamp tree, the alder’s root system is often submerged in watery areas. As such, the Celts observed their roots serving as intricate shelter systems to fish, specifically trout and salmon. Further, … Continue reading
Out Of The Fire
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub, Quadrille #12 (Posted by Bjorn) (44 words) The word rose, a wonderful flower, but also a color, a name, a verb (both making something rosy, the past tense of rise). One of the most used … Continue reading
Cabin 9
Written for: dVerse Poetics – Room With or Without a View I think it will be kind of fun to reflect on ‘rooms’ or ‘a room’ in poetry. Have you ever entered a room and found that someone you didn’t … Continue reading
Out of Flame
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Fire Fire can both be a foe or a friend depending on the choice of looking at it. It warms us in our time of need, dispels darkness but also burns, consumes and devastates. A … Continue reading
A Sijo*
Written for: Carpe Diem Tokubetsudescu #57, Sijo, the ancent *Sijo share a common history with haiku and other Japanese forms. Sijo is a modern term for a Korean style of lyrical poetry, originally called tanga (literally, “short song”). The sijo strongly … Continue reading
