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Category Archives: Animalia
Dog Walk
Yesterday you hugged the gravel path. Today you strayed into wildflowers and withers-high grass, nose working the air as though inhaling heaven itself. Tonight I’ll pull burrs from the long fur on your legs and bum. Tomorrow, who knows? With … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, daily prompt
Tagged dogs, dogwalking, dVerse poets, nature, quadrille
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Sweet Bella
Bella went to heaven today. Now her worry wrinkles will unfold. She will take well-earned peaceful naps and wake the angels with her snoring. She will bow down and wiggle her butt in the universal “let’s play” gesture, And other … Continue reading
Day Six: Ekphrasis
Day Six of NaPoWriMo.* Today’s prompt asks us to “write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre) triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights.” I used a different painting, Franz Marc’s … Continue reading
Posted in nature, humanity, Animalia, poetry, daily prompt
Tagged Franz Marc, pollution, NaPoWriMo 2020, ekphrastic poetry, ecology
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Corvid
You perch in silhouette on overhead power lines, a black bird cutout from the gray-mottled clouds. I’ve read that you recognize faces, and can distinguish the friendly from the ill-willed. I’ve read that you can even pass that specific discernment … Continue reading
Lost and Found
The spider works quickly to get the larger insect wrapped within its web. The insect doesn’t struggle; it may be dead. But the web is in tatters and shakes violently every time the spider moves. I watch the action, hoping … Continue reading
Spring Awakes
Day 25 of NaPoWriMo. Today’s Prompt: Taking a cue from John Keats’ poem, “To Autumn,” write a poem that (a.) is specific to a season; (b.) uses imagery that relates to all five senses; (c.) includes a rhetorical question, like … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, daily prompt, nature, poetry
Tagged birds, flowers, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry, spring
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The Way of the Whale
NaPoWriMo, Day 23. The prompt: Write a poem about an animal. Tell me again about the whales, Great-gran; did you ever see one? Yes, child, I have seen them, but only from afar. Even at a great distance, it must … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, nature, poetry, serious stuff
Tagged endangered species, extinction, NaPoWriMo 2019, whales
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Seasons in Glass
NaPoWriMo, Day 22. The prompt: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Art as Art, creativity, daily prompt, poetry
Tagged birds, creativity, NaPoWriMo 2019, stained glass panel, stained glass selection
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Jackals in the Key of C-Sharp Major
Day 21 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt: write a poem that incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. I’ve been told before that I … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, creativity, daily prompt, humor, poetry
Tagged dreams, jackals, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry
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Exhale
NaPoWriMo, Day 19. The prompt: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write an abecedarian poem – a poem in which the word choice follows the words/order of the alphabet. You could write a very strict abecedarian poem, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, daily prompt, humanity, poetry
Tagged abecedarian poetry, animal adoption, animal cruelty, animal rescue, dogs, NaPoWriMo 2019
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