lol...

[Danik 2016]

Next: flaunt, drink, bric-à-brac, forage, rainbow, moonbeam

Sentimental bric-à-brac

There are always those little ornaments
One gets for present
or buys cheaply on trips,
one only separates from
if one can´t help.

There they rest in their usual corner,
somewhat covered by dust and memories.
Sentimental forage are those
minute foreign figures
those little bottles of drink.
They retain some of their
original rainbow color
under a silver moonbeam.

Next challenge: valet, cards, excruciating, blossom, railroad, summit.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed "There they rest in their usual corner, / somewhat covered by dust and memories." So true.

Challenge accepted !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Challenge: valet, cards, excruciating, blossom, railroad, summit

the valet

he was first and foremost a valet
in the most excruciating sense -
at the summit of his profession
most excellent in the everyday -
wore a white blossom in his lapel

ever the gentleman's gentleman
the valet kept his charge organized
- railroads known for their timely
precision could set their clocks by
his efficiency, had they the sense

grooming and dressing were the
least of his daily duties, kept his
gentleman debonair, for without
this discreet confidant the gentle-
man would live in a house of cards

6/16/2023

Next: færie ring, evanescent, marish, quixotic, Orion, dragonfly

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Loved this original and elegant poem!
Challenge accepted!

[Danik 2016]

Next: færie ring, evanescent, marish, quixotic, Orion, dragonfly

The Dragonfly
Soaring high under the Orion
I pursue the evanescent night
with quixotic stubbornness.

I dance in the secret faerie rings,
I travel over rich sunflower fields
and marish planes.

I live on the nectar of flowers.
When I'm tired of roaming through
the universe, I just fold my wings
and get to sleep in a buttercup!


Next challenge: goldfish, rider, hangover, washing, solid, trail.

[tailor STATELY]

Loved this !

Challenge accepted !

[tailor STATELY]

Challenge: goldfish, rider, hangover, washing, solid, trail

a goldfish fantasy

hungover from a pufferfish's distress
a young dolphin had shaken off its
goldfish fantasy where a færie rider
had taken him through a trail of stars
down a washing waterfall of glittering
comets only to land upon solid ground
where it found its senses challenged -
beached ! and becoming sunbaked
from its stranding - the dolphin issued
its frustration in loud clicks and squeals
soon catching the attention of native
fisher folk children who gently turned
him into the healing, rushing surf foam

6/17/2023

Next: existential, bonsai, mandala, wind, carnival, dance

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lololol!
A dolphin with a goldfish fantasy and getting sunbaked on the top of it!
Challengr accepted!

[Danik 2016]

Next: existential, bonsai, mandala, wind, carnival, dance

The existential bonsai
There once was a
bonsai. He dreamed
of growing into
a very
big tree
the lar-
gest tree
in the world.
His dream didn´t last long. He was torn from the ground
by a very strong wind, a tornado in fact.Children executed
a wild carnival dance around the fallen tree.
But one kid celebrated him, by gluing a leaf in the middle of
a beautiful mandala. The mandala still graced her house when she was a woman.

Next challenge:bread, anniversary, candles, yellow, calling, entrancing.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed ! Very fanciful

Challenge accepted !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Challenge: bread, anniversary, candles, yellow, calling, entrancing

o' grave -

candles lit by loved ones who sorrow
and can never let go tis said o' grave -
each anniversary candles' yellow flames
entrancing, dancing calling their dead
as wraiths wheel shrieking, enjoining
the grief stricken to cast their bread for
mercy, mocking with maniacal disdain

6/19/2023 r. 6/20/2023

Next: raven, seashore, driftwood, Pleiades, gravitate, forlorn

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Sad poem. Didn´t quite understand the part of the mocking specters.

Next: raven, seashore, driftwood, Pliedes, gravitate, forlorn

The little raven

It was night.
Under the light of the Pliedes
a very small raven
was drifting forlornly
on a piece of wood
on the high sea.
Around him
his parents gravitated desperately
but couldn´t help.
Nobody knew
how he got there.
Suddenly there was a bridge of light
from the sky to the sea.
A beautiful woman descended
took the little bird
in her hands
and deposited it
carefully
on the seashore.
From above the Pliedes winked.

Next challenge:Winter, snow, leaves, spirits, eternal, song.

[tailor STATELY]

Forgive me my misspelling, also an small edit: specters > wraiths / Pleiades was misspelled.

The specters (now wraiths) are just malcontents and like to sow their hatred upon the living, especially those who are already grieving.

Sweet poem

Challenge accepted !

[Danik 2016]

Never mind, I thought it might be local spelling. I thought a wraith was a kind of flower garland one puts on the coffins of the dead.

[tailor STATELY]

Challenge: Winter, snow, leaves, spirits, eternal, song

the longest day leaves

the longest day leaves
winter's snow's eternal song
forgotten spirits

6/21/2023 r. 6/22/2023

Next: friends, whispering, inclined, condor, parabolic, peripheral

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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