Starting a thread of tiny poems

[Jpgray73]

Some singers sang sweetly,
Dozens dozed discreetly.

[mazHur]

How to quit smoking
Is an ordeal for me
Keep a rose on my lips
or shut it with a cherry
whatever works.

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem, original images!

As for quitting smoking, I wish my neighbour would try that.

[tailor STATELY]

A Sunny Day
The honeybee rejoices
in the dandelion...
Should we do less ?

4/14/2017

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[tailor STATELY]

O' My Love

I will sing o' your touch
the Hippocrene flood that
immerses me into bliss
but to taste once more
your kiss o' my love

5/29/2017

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[kiz_paws]

Hitchiking in life's fast lane
got me no where closer
to reality...
Wrecks brought wisdom
... humility

[tailor STATELY]

Odysseus Dies

elemental pearls
Baily's beads
eclipse Calypso's
widow's weeds

8/19/2017

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[mazHur]

Did you call me, Mme?
I heard a buzz in my ears
Thought it couldn't be wind
Or ripple of whirling leaves
But my gray matter whispered
It was you ...
It was you
Wondering why?

[YesNo]

The Moon will try to go between
The Earth and her true lover, Sun,
To darken deeply living green,
To make a shadow long, well-seen,
To show he’s not the least-loved one.

[mazHur]

ECLIPSE

The sun, the Moon and Earth
Keep playing games
Like kids playing musical chair
This time the Moon has won
Captured the Chair
While Sun and Eart
Watch her with Awe!

[kiz_paws]

Nowhere got
what somewhere sought
tomorrow took
yesterday's thought

[YesNo]

Who thought
the thought
you thought
you thought?

[mazHur]

ETRE



You think
I think
We think
They think
He thinks
She thinks
All think
Sky is Pink !😙

[kiz_paws]

Really liked the above two poems, Yes/No and Maz!
:-)

[mazHur]

Really liked the above two poems, Yes/No and Maz!
:-)

thank you soooo much 😊

[mazHur]

FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP

Ah! How difficult it is to find a friend
No way a Man could be a Friend of Man
Not even a lower vertebrate or high
Friend, as they call it in Persian is
Doo-sat
Let me explain what it means
perchance you are interested to know
Doo in Persian and Urdu means TWO
SAT means essense ...
Like a cocktail when Two essenses mix
Lose their infividual identity
Become one
That's what Friendship is.
O girls! find a boy
O boys! find a girl
Dissolve yerselves in one another
And become One
Like Divine Nectar
Only then you could be Friends
A symbol of Unity of True Love !

[YesNo]

Thank you, kiz paws! That merging theory is interesting, mazHur. Here's something nutty about the Moon.


Blaming the Moon

I have my doubts about the Moon.
The tides, they rise and fall.
Lovers gaze upon its face.
I wonder. Is that all?

Do nutty people know the Moon,
Go deeper when they see?
Am I the loony one who won’t
Let moonlight brighten me?

[mazHur]

Moon

Dear me, learn lesson from the moon
It has a moral for all
It wanes and waxes
From a sickle to a ball.

Full of light, bright
Smiling at the world
So be like the golden Moon
Keep not your lips curled.

[YesNo]

A smiling Moon, a smiling face
Are what I long to see.
My frowns encourage more disgrace
As laughter torments me.

[mazHur]

Stars all around
Gravitate towards moon
The Moon jeers at them
Goes to wane soon.

[kiz_paws]

Excellent, Maz andYesNo!
Keep 'em coming!
:)

[YesNo]

Thank you, kiz paws! Here's one one a different topic:


Love

Life finds milder melodies.
Only laughter sings.
Virtue wipes away decay.
Even frowns grow wings.

[kiz_paws]

Exquisite, YesNo...:thumbsup:

[YesNo]

Thank you, kiz paws! Here's another acrostic:

Bloom

Bright noon, day,
Laugher, play
On through night
On fresh sight,
Moon-round light.

[mazHur]

Evolution

Something mysterious
Said to have begun
Since time immemorable
When will it meet its End
No one knows for sure.

[kiz_paws]

A fog where a brain used to be
wasting in the sludgeland called youth
well trained by the father
who owes nothing
slivers of truth
lay near

[mazHur]

Sleepkess nights
Stole my dreams
All i can see is real
No illusions no fantasies
Nothing to solace the heart
Nothing but roof and walls
Like someone trapped alive
In a grave
with eyes open.

[tonywalt]

A fog where a brain used to be
wasting in the sludgeland called youth
well trained by the father
who owes nothing
slivers of truth
lay near


love this, "sludgeland called youth"

[tailor STATELY]

there are worse things
than being alone
immersed in a susurrus
solitude is not found

6/22/2019

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[tailor STATELY]

7.3.2019
hummingbirds dance upon rose
buds thrust into the sun; sip from
Queen Elizabeth's lips - Pines sway
ever so lazily - a Monarch
butterfly weaves binaural beats

7/3/2019

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[tailor STATELY]

parting

parting
fresh sorrow
love, honor, cherish
alas, so bittersweet
torment

5/6/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Pattern

Dreams
Encounters
Smiles
High spirits
Living in the clouds
Love
Bliss!
Bread and butter
Butter and bread
Bit bored
Big boredom
Tiffs
Tears
Tempests
Separation
Reconciliation?

Encounters
Smiles
Dreams.

[tailor STATELY]

Nice poem ! Yes, it's all cyclic in nature... I've experienced more than once.

expectations / a tanka 57577

my expectations
bliss - becoming less and less
unrealized dreams
reality settles in
worldliness gets in the way

5/6/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Uni-verse

Uncommon,
Unstable,
Unruly,
Universe

[tailor STATELY]

:)

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

sleep

I so love my sleep
without so lost and withered
it's such a deep thing
and a short catnap as well
when she cries I feel helpless

5/19/2022

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

duplicate

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful but sad!

After a sleepless night

Is
the
world
made
of
cotton?

[tailor STATELY]

One wonders.

My poem offering later today at our poetry workshop: (Adult Nursery Rhyme)


If All The World Were Poets

If all the world were poets,
And ink sold by the gallon,
If all the stars were accessible,
Where would we hang our hats ?

If all the world were Legos,
All colors of the rainbow,
If we played as children play,
Would there be any homeless ?

5/19/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

If the world was more full:
of colors
of laughter
of games and parties.

If children learnt to gaze
Into each other´s eyes
And didn´t sit side by side
Each immersed in his own
fra
gi
le
world

If everyone owned all homes
And didn´t have his own
Would there be less homeless?

It´s one old, old dream.
But where did it go?

[tailor STATELY]

If only... I struggle with the thought.


four o'clock

bougainvilleas tease bees
with vibrant colors and scent
their thorny vines a challenge
to birds who like to perch while
hummingbirds will flit and sip
crowding lazy butterflies

5/19/2022

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tailor

[Dark Muse]

Heat Stroke

Dripping
sweltering flesh
thoughts pooling on the ground
unrelenting punishing heat
relief!

[tailor STATELY]

Quite timely... love the form... enjoyed the poem and its resolution :)


REMember

leave it to me to lose my mind so
- it's here someplace, misplaced -
I REMember sleep and the vigor
it gave... I seem to have lost it too

7/22/2022

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Poetry - a Didactic Cinquain

Poetry
Long suffering, messy
Penning, typing, resting
Seeing the world at a slant
Expression

7/27/2022

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tailor

[cacian]

slowly
does it
it dissipates
has it
time is but
a number
that ticks away
thunder
the horizon
is an image wonder.

[tailor STATELY]

more water bears

teeny tiny
tardigrades
typicallya thousandcells
tun tolerant

totally

8/19/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)

Perky polite platypus!
When will you
visit
us?

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

thoughts

mountains feel
foothills fraught
ocean heals
deserts hot

8/19/2022

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

I Spy...

a single gleam
a diadem
on a cedar tree
a lasting dew ?

11/3/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Loved this!

A
single
christal
drop:
dew or tear?

A
single
christal
sound:
lament
or
laughter?

Random scale
of
suffering
or
happiness.

[tailor STATELY]

Very deep ! :)

S1 of 8 from A Nurturing Walk in the G’town Nature Conservatory 11/2/2022




there's a bite in the air - an off and on
gentle rain falls under patch quilt gray
cloudy skies; skies with hints and tints
of blue as clouds surge and merge - an
autumn afternoon's choreography in play

11/3/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Don't remember reading this beautiful poem! I'm on tablet somewhat limited without mouse, so just a tiny poem:

CV
Brevity
Lunacy
Eternity!

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you ! I needed to edit a spot but the editor is playing games: afternoon > afternoon's. It was the opening stanza of a longer poem that I thought stood on its own well.

Good luck on your CV :) Your frustration stands out in four brief words.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, tailor. Didn't want to sound frustrated. The words just suggested themselves.

I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving . It's this weekend, isn't it?

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you !!

Thursday was Thanksgiving, then Black Friday, then ShopLocal Saturday, Sunday the Sabbath, & lastly Cyber Monday :)

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Well, then I wasn´t so late after all! Black Friday, begins here extra officially in October.

[tailor STATELY]

Enthralled

When Lethe dreams
Near a blithe willow
Where ebon lions lie
An oboe lilts softly
transfixing all nearby

1/21/2023


a bucolic 1.21.2023

peacefully bachelor's buttons bloom -
a lake murmurs bright Eden's secret season,
noble forests love moist air, drink deep.
tree sweet birds thrive sentinel over
garden stone paths, wandering sky -
behold the harmony of a blue quiet dawn -
every nature a sacred rite of Spring.

1/21/2023

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Charming!

Please tell me
about the soft
whispering of
the sands
on a deserted
beach!

[tailor STATELY]

Sublime :)

a blood berry moon

verdant gar-
dens breath
beneath
a blood
berry moon

1/23/2023

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Superbly ominous!


Did you know
the secret of
the cicadas?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

facets of light

make bright every
gentle cloud dear poet -
persuade the shadow
to behold each facet
of lightsome reverie

1/23/2023

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)

A curtain
of light and shadow
more shadow
than light
envelopes
everything
delicately
in a cocoon
of lace.

[tailor STATELY]

:)


via encantada

poetry embodies a stream of
consciousness from one to another
ofttimes through enchantment

1/25/2023

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

So true!

Natural poetry
Nature
loves
producing
enigmatic
poems.
Witness
the frog.

[tailor STATELY]

Love your poem :)

a rumpled bed

entitled cats sleep
peacefully
on a rumpled bed

2/1/2023

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)

I see we are in a cat phase

Yoga

Two paws forward,
two paws back.
Now, arching my back
above the spine line,
Now, hollowing my back
under the spine line.
A gracious stretch,
paws dancing on the ground,
and i am ready
for a new day.

[Danik 2016]

Four-leaf clover

Four-leaf clover holds a charm
Four-verse poem spins a yarn
For between you and me
Four is a balanced entity.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed these two poems :)

foregone

frogs
revisit
the night
with song
now that the
bleak snows'
grip is
foregone

3/11/2023

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!

Painting
ocean´s
early
mist.

[tailor STATELY]

Beautiful minimalism :)

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Lucid dreaming this morning... wrote these down before I forgot them on fully awakening :)



lucid dreaming / tiny poems

hug
silent poetry

~~~~~~~~~~~

impassioned kiss
octopus

~~~~~~~~~~~

haiku metrics
tiny feet

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the combinations.

My attempt:
Watery verses
Wind themselves,
Wovely.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) ... Perhaps Wovely ;)

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the correction . Done.

[tailor STATELY]

men play at war

men play at war
because they can
not menstruate

8/23/2024

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[tailor STATELY]

11:11 11/11

Pounding and pounds
the acreage grounds
rains sent from Heav'n

11/11/2024

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Date and time!Enjoyed!

Blue sky
Laughing sun!
Right in front
a lazy cat
updates the warmth
of its fur.

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Must be a nice Spring ☼ :)

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[tailor STATELY]

Whilst Splitting Rounds

Blue sky all around
Red berries of the pyracantha
Sparse but cheery

A light wind guides woodsmoke
One chameleon-shifting fluffy cloud
Glides by contrarily

11/12/2024 r. 11/13/2024

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Delightful poem! In the last verse maybe I would choose between "contrarily" and "opposition ".

Silence surprises
the city night.
Lights glimmer
but no traffic roars
in the background.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx :) Good idea to 𝗍̶𝗋̶𝖺̶𝗇̶𝗌̶𝗉̶𝗈̶𝗌̶𝖾̶ minimalize.

Enjoyed the calm cityscape :)

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Night
trickles
slowly
away
laptop and
toothache.

[tailor STATELY]

:( for toothache... otherwise enjoyed :)

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

3.13.2025 tanka

a bleak afternoon
the sun makes a brief debut
distant thunder nears
one can hear geese trumpeting
snow lingers on like a plague

3/13/2025

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3/13/2025

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[Danik 2016]

Midday sun,
all world seem asleep
under the weight
of the heat.

[YesNo]

The sun is setting westward deep
and Venus shining soon will sleep.
My trust’s in Him and He will keep
my heart in perfect peace.

Thinking of Isaiah 26:3

[tailor STATELY]

A warm Brazilian day :)

A YesNo sighting!!! Isaiah :)

Enjoyed both poems :)

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

A first autumn day
But methinks I see a poet
Long not seen on these shores.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)



3.14.2025
Rain has washed the snow away
Tomorrow another wind advisory
What portents for St. Patty's Day ?

3/14/2025

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tailor

[YesNo]

A warm Brazilian day :)

A YesNo sighting!!! Isaiah :)

Enjoyed both poems :)

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tailor

Thank you and blessings to both you and Danik_2016!

[YesNo]

Blessed

Don’t listen to ungodly thought.
Don’t rise with sinners. You’ll get caught
and should you think that scorn has bought
you mercy, it has not.

Based on Psalm 1:1

[tailor STATELY]

So true... enjoyed :)

Based on Psalm 1:2

rejoice in His word
rejoice in His law
pray with intent
all the day long

3/26/2025

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tailor

[YesNo]

The rivers flow. The waters go.
Understand: the rivers flow.
Are you thirsty? Drink and so
they’ll flow from you as well.

Thinking of John 7:37-38

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

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tailor

[YesNo]

Thank you, tailor! Blessings!


It strengthens us when we obey.
He guides us on the narrow way.
He leads us on that way today
and His voice I will follow.

Thinking of Matthew 7:13-14

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoying. Found your blog and am trying to find time to read comments :)

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[YesNo]

Poem originally posted as a response to Esther Chilton's writing prompt word "outside": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/18/writing-prompts-70/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Outside the world I used to know
I’m inside one that’s new.
Although it’s strange, but even so,
I’ll cherish this one, too.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

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tailor

[YesNo]

Thank you, tailor!

Esther Chilton offers the word "sign" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/25/writing-prompts-71/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

The sign told me to turn around.
I’m glad I did at last.
I heard the sound.
The rocky ground
below my feet was vast.

[YesNo]

Esther Chilton offers the word "choices" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/02/writing-prompts-72/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

IN PRAISE OF NON-RANDOM ANTI-DETERMINISTIC FREE WILL

Some say the choices that we make were chosen long ago.
I doubt that’s true though reason may say what it thinks is so.
And so I know and even though I think I’ll let such reasons go.

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Enjoyed both :)

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tailor

[YesNo]

Esther Chilton offers the word "birds" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/09/writing-prompts-73/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

I like the way those birds can fly,
but I prefer the ground. That’s why
I do not envy wings, though I
would sing the way some do.

[tailor STATELY]

birds

dinosaurs transmogrify:
birds

7/9/2025

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

A cat runs down the street
hides at the corner,
one whisker is visible
the whisker twitches
the cat is laughing!

[tailor STATELY]

:)


tinky 2

tinky reposes
on a bed of red roses
in his twitchy dreams

7/10/2025 r.

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

say it ain't so

does Guardians'
pitcher Luis Ortiz
wear black socks

7/10/2025

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tailor

[tonywalt]

The screen won’t load.
I stare.
It stares back.
We both pretend
to know what's wrong.

[Danik 2016]

:)


tinky 2

tinky reposes
on a bed of red roses
in his twitchy dreams

7/10/2025 r.

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tailor

Aaaaiiii!

[Danik 2016]

The screen won’t load.
I stare.
It stares back.
We both pretend
to know what's wrong.
Litnet having its tantrums?

[YesNo]

AND ALSO FOR YOU

Inspiration is for me
the Spirit guiding me to see
and smiling when I do what He
has told me I should do.

Written for Esther Chilton's Writing Prompts with prompt "inspiration": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/16/writing-prompts-74/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

[YesNo]

Even with the wind unwinding,
even with the darkness binding
faith asserting truth is finding
life beyond the grave.

Written for Esther Chilton's Writing Prompts with prompt "faith": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/23/writing-prompts-75/

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

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tailor

[YesNo]

Thank you, tailor!

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Written for Esther Chilton's Writing Prompts with prompt "voice": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/30/writing-prompts-76/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Given voice choice words are sending
blessings, curses. Hearts are rending
or uplifted. May true mending
words come speedily.

[YesNo]

Written for Esther Chilton's Writing Prompts with prompt "kind": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/08/13/writing-prompts-78/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Every thought needs careful weeding.
Every deed needs Spirit leading.
Every word is somewhere seeding
what is kind or what is not.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed both :)

Employed both words:


let heav'n rejoice

a kind voice
with gentle words
the melodious song of birds
let heav'n rejoice

8/13/2025

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tailor

[tonywalt]

Hours slip like rain threads,
afternoons dissolve in haze—
something stirs ahead.

[tailor STATELY]

Nice haiku :)

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tailor

[YesNo]

I like those "gentle words", tailor, and how "afternoons dissolve in haze", Tony.

Written for Esther Chilton's Writing Prompts with prompt "window": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/08/20/writing-prompts-79/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Through the window lights are shining
like a star to earth that's signing:
all is well. Its silver lining
suddenly appears.

[tailor STATELY]

"A silver lining"... love this metaphor... :)

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

the windows to your soul

the windows to your soul
belie the precious time you keep
downcast as they scroll
captively when one should sleep

8/21/2025

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

at unfathomable speed

26,000 light years away
in the galactic center
star S4714
orbits at 8% of the speed of light
an unfathomable speed
roughly 12.6 AU away from
a massive black hole, Sagittarius A

8/22/2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*_cluster

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tailor

[YesNo]

May the windows to our souls be a blessing to those around us. Nice one, tailor!

Written for Esther Chilton's Writing Prompts with prompt "strike": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/08/27/writing-prompts-80/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Strike and so obey
if the cause be right.
Seek and you shall find.
Let the way unwind
from the dark to light.

[tailor STATELY]

Into the light... Enjoyed :)


forge ahead

let's strike while the iron is hot
for time is of the essence lest
your peace of mind be fraught
do this and ye shall be blessed

8/27/2025

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

a man of simple tastes

a draught of chilled
peppermint tea
a finishing bite nicely
upon the tongue

8/29/2025

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a touch too much

added a pinch too much cinnamon
to my rice and milk - it doesn't mix
very well, coats the side of the bowl
and sits on top like so many motes

8/30/2025 r. 8/31/2025

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[YesNo]

Nice ones, tailor. Good reminder to forge ahead even with occasionally too much cinnamon.

Esther Chilton offers "element" for this week's prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/09/03/writing-prompts-81/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Discernment

An element of truth may be
so buried in the mud that we
see mud and think the mud we see
is truth when it is not.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx. Thoughtful axiom :) Hope to return with a poem :)

pspsps #11 (Schrödinger's Cat reprised)

a cat was removed from its element
sealed in a container, became revenant
having survived or not when unobserved
a priori bordering on the absurd
for those not in physics a nonevent

9/5/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor[/b][/font]

[YesNo]

It's probably a good idea to keep one's cat away from those Schrodinger experiments.

Esther Chilton offers "charge" for this week's prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/09/10/writing-prompts-82/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

The tease was offered without charge.
Addiction would come later.
So, if you're tempted, better say
this will cost more some other day
when total cost is greater.

[tailor STATELY]

So true... enjoyed :)


A Positive Experience

I get a charge out of nature
the sweet petrichor after a rain
on a cool September's day

9/10/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor[/b][/font]

[YesNo]

That petrichor is a wonderful experience.

Esther Chilton offers "promises" for this week's prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/09/17/writing-prompts-83/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Promises are here and there.
Beware the promise everywhere.
Beware the blame that darkens air.
You promised to forgive.

[tailor STATELY]

Abide

He promises to forgive
never leading us astray
unequivocally where
the white dove abides

9/17/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor[/b][/font]

[YesNo]

Amen, tailor! He never leads us astray.

Esther's prompt word this week is "cards": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/09/24/writing-prompts-84/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

A Useless Whine

The front end doesn't work today.
The rear end doesn't either.
The middle's not an end at all,
no matter where the wild cards fall,
so nothing now works neither
(except my mouth).

[tailor STATELY]

I hate when that happens to my car... enjoyed :)


reading the tarot 9.24.2025

today's tarot card has been disclosed
the Four of Wands, reversed for Scorpio:
assess and prioritize - finding joy in the moment
let creativity, though challenging, shine

9/24/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the tarot poem.

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Thank you, tailor. May we find joy in the moment.

Esther Chilton offers "club" for this week's prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/10/01/writing-prompts-85/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

I used to think
a club would do,
but love does more
and blesses, too.

[tailor STATELY]

Wonderful tiny poem :)

Sofia Marie mid-January 2026


radiant my joy
my Granddaughter a member

of the pudding club

10/1/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Congratulations, tailor! (and blessings to Sofia Marie, assuming I understood the word "pudding" correctly)

Esther Chilton offers "shade" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/10/08/writing-prompts-86/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

We wouldn't be here
were there not more
than shades for eyes
than earth or skies.
Behold the opened door.

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Enjoyed your poem :)


Beneath the Eucalyptus Tree

There once was a man quite staid
Sought a wife, so he ardently prayed
She soon came to his attention
Then married, then contention
As for family - received only shade

10/8/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

a spider sprite

a spider sprite runs in the air
upon a filament too fine to see

10/10/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Poor guy under that Eucalyptus tree, Tailor. It is surprising to see a spider without noticing the web.

Esther Chilton offers "money" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/10/15/writing-prompts-87/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

The money saved deflates away.
The gold though doesn't care.
The silver, too,
like morning dew,
is true, but gone somewhere.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx... enjoyed your offering :)


A Stiff Named Murray

Murray never lacked for money/cash
or credit which made him quite brash
nevertheless he rarely paid a bill
even diner-dashing for a thrill
you see cashiers gave him a rash

10/15/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Nice description of that stiff Murray.

Esther Chilton offers "leaves" or "leave" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/10/22/writing-prompts-88/

The leaves fall gently to the ground.
There is no wind to rush around.
When next spring comes then fresh leaves soar
to sing a song of love once more.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

~~~folderol fall~~~

wet oak leaves
strewn about
begin to molder
acorns too abound
fodder for deer

10/23/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I like the thought that those acorns are a fall harvest for the deer, Tailor.

Esther Chilton offers "edge" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/10/29/word-prompts/

My mind would wander to the edge
of what it understands
then turn around without a sound
forget where it had once been bound
to wander safer lands.

[tailor STATELY]

"safer lands" :) Challenge accepted !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

My Philosophy on Bowling

waxing nostalgic
there was always one
who had an edge
I allege
when all was said and done
luck notwithstanding
whether lanes dry or slick
I Ching

11/3/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I have never been much of a bowler whether the lanes are dry or slick. Nice I Ching on bowling, Tailor.

Esther Chilton offers "glass" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/05/writing-prompts-89/

Between what I see is a glass,
a looking glass, perhaps, alas.

[tailor STATELY]

Between the object of you gaze a looking glass... interesting perspective. Enjoyed :)


gaze within

gaze within
the mirrored pane
a glass of introspection
kaleidoscopic

11/5/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I like looking through kaleidoscopes, tailor!

Esther Chilton offers "fish" for this week's Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/12/writing-prompts-90/

How I wish that I had a fine fish
nicely fried, baked or cooked on a dish.
Well, I don’t. That’s OK.
Who likes fish anyway?
Let them swim like a fish where they wish.

[tailor STATELY]

fish

fish drift lazily by
serenely as clouds

11/14/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Those lazy fish are indeed like clouds, tailor!

Esther Chilton offers "save" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/19/writing-prompts-91/

Jesus Saves

If you would let Him, He would save.
If not, then worry: Where’s my grave?

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

saving for a rainy day

saving for a rainy day
a countenance full of joy
valuable in its essence
ebullient in every way

11/19/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

It is good to save for those rainy days, Tailor.

Esther Chilton offers "angel" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/26/writing-prompts-92/

Angelic Looking Devil

There’s an angel – some say – over there,
but it acts like a devil. Beware!
It’s so soft and so cute
as its grabbing the loot
in a devilish devil’s affair.

[tailor STATELY]

I've been warned about those... Enjoyed :)

Back later...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

My Angels

I feel their loving grace as
angels minister to me
some earthly and some on high
a celestiality

11/27/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

May those angels minister to all of us, Tailor!

Esther Chilton offers "promise" for this week's writing prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/12/03/writing-prompts-93/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup

Promises, Promises

If you'll do it, then do it. OK?
Don't promise to do it and say,
"Oh, I'll do it tomorrow
come rain splashing sorrow."
Just do it and do it today.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)


a promise

a promise is like a primrose
neither a rose nor be remiss

12/3/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

A primrose is beautiful even though it's not a rose. Nice one, Tailor.

Esther Chilton offers "respect" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/12/10/writing-prompts-94/

Respect

Respect is what we all expect.
Too often it’s not given.
We whine and mope on slippery slopes.
First give. Forgive what’s given.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Back later...

respeCT

rhinoceroses
elephants
snakes
polar bears
electric eels
Charles
Tyson

12/10/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

All of those creatures get due respect, Tailor.

This week Esther offers "giving" for her Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/12/17/writing-prompts-95/

I am living, that's why I will be
someone giving back life given me.
There are more ways than one
to give life. See? The sun
keeps on giving and giving for free.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)



12.18.2025

mist rises as tiny foglets, and drifts
away as the morning sun caresses
rain soaked blackberries and grasses
giving back that which was given

12/18/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

three deer

two deer are conversing
below my window
then pause to nibble
the grass with a third

12/19/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I like those deer, Tailor, and how the rain, sun, blackberries and grasses are all constantly giving back what was given.

This week Esther offers "family" as the Writing Prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/12/24/writing-prompts-96/

During Christmas our family is fine.
There are some who perpetually whine.
There are some full of joy.
How they giggle, annoy
all the whiners, but family is fine.

[tailor STATELY]

Family dynamics... got'ta love 'em :) Enjoyed :)



Family

there's diversity in my family tree
English, Scot, a smidge of Irish to a degree
and Russian, once removed, and some Swiss
and lest I be remiss
my Savior and Heavenly parents
to whom I lovingly bend my knee

12/24/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Merry Christmas to all !!!

[YesNo]

Amen. We are sons of God and our Heavenly parents.

Esther offers "new beginnings" for this week's writing prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/12/31/writing-prompts-97/

New beginnings? Yes. Today.
Right now. Right here. Beware the way
some doubters fear to speak, yet say,
"Perhaps. Maybe tomorrow."

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) "Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)"... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwid2fvL1OiRAxUAnCYFHXFUAcEQtwJ6BAgSEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9O y954YCCqI&usg=AOvVaw06_9Qkd5Y2qrJajcliAqd3&opi=89978449

""Perhaps. Maybe tomorrow.""

[tailor STATELY]

1.1.2026

New Year's day
a blessed pounding rain
new beginnings

1/1/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Happy new year with new beginnings, Tailor!

Esther offers "snow" for this week's prompt. https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/07/writing-prompts-98/

Ah! I know on white days there is snow.
It is bright in the light. I will go
out to play in the stuff
till enough is enough,
go inside where I'll hide from the snow.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx, back at'cha... Enjoyed :)

Snow and I have an adversarial relationship ofttimes...



abominable

some like the abominable white snow
not I... oh, it's pretty for a short time
once it sticks and accumulates a pace
wonder leads to bother of the stuff

1/8/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I agree that when it comes to snow "wonder leads to bother".

This week's Esther's prompt word is "red": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/14/writing-prompts-99/

Lovely Light, Bright and True

Whether red, maybe blue, lovely green,
it is light. It is bright and serene,
but I wonder if you
know that light can be true?
Well, I do and it's true. I have seen.

[tailor STATELY]

Almost cacianesque... Enjoyed :) Back later...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

O+

iron deficient
donation refused

1/15/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I've been rejected as a donor for being iron deficient as well.

Esther offers "shapes" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/21/writing-prompts-100/

The Shock Of Shapes

I'm shocked that there are shapes at all
for me to touch or see.
I'm grateful, too, for me and you,
two shapes, two ways to be.

[tailor STATELY]

My first time(s) being rejected last month and this month; I'vebeendonating for years... taking supplements now for another try in February :)

Enjoyed :) Out and about today so later for my attempt.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

pareidoliæ

picture a pantheon of pareidoliæ
shapes perceived out of chaos
not unlike AI when it hallucinates

1/22/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I love the thought of AI hallucinating, Tailor. Great use of alliteration on "p" in that first line.

Esther offers "games" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/28/writing-prompts-101/

The Games of Feud

"All the same you are just playing games."
Well, at least I am not calling names.
At least now I am not.
When the feuding gets hot,
who knows what we will use for our flames?

[tailor STATELY]

Fanning the flame of a feud, ah, "the games people play"... NIGYSOB comes to mind https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NIGYSOB

Games it is :)


strategery

tactical games of chess
always let your opponent
make the first mistake

1/28/2026
https://www.facebook.com/100020533403139/posts/pfbid02RnNLuLCuXZuk5h68b9KbcuzvhBULERE6jxkjJiTAbgH AEwxvr8aVv7ikG1Ji3645l/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Good advice - let one's opponent make the first mistake.

Esther offers "flying" for this week's Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/04/word-prompts-2/

Flying

"I am flying. I'm trying. OK?"
Said the bird to his mama one day.
Then she jumped in the nest.
Pushed the chick out. The rest
is now history. He's flying. OK?

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... imagine our parents being so supportive. Enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

With Gossamer Wings

“Fairies with gossamer wings, Bring forth beauty, grace and joyful things." - Molly Friedenfeld

with gossamer wings noble færies fly
above fields of beaming dandelions
stirring joyous wishes into the sky

2/5/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I am glad I got more time than that bird got.

Esther offers "drive" for this week's writing prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/11/writing-prompts-102/

Talking While Driving Me Nuts

I could drive, but I'd much rather walk.
I could fly, if I could, like a hawk.
Since I know that a lie
makes a mess, I will try
not to lie, but beware when I talk.

[tailor STATELY]

I dream on occasion of flying... Walking is more pleasant than driving... Talk: True - "Loose lips sink ships". Enjoyed :)


Drive

That drive innate
conjugates
An oblate spheroid
Mother Earth

2/11/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Good point, Tailor, that loose lips sink ships. I like the image of Mother Earth as an oblate spheroid.

Esther offers "memories" for this week's writing prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/18/writing-prompts-103/

Unrighteous Memories

Those odd memories refuse to stop
like a judge seeking justice on top
of your case every day.
All your lawyer need say,
"He's now righteous. So, let the case drop."

2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV - 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

[tailor STATELY]

Memories a prison need not make :)


memories of us

memories of us
a pre-mortal existence
just beyond my reach

2/20/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Good point about memories being a prison we don't have to make, Tailor.

This week Esther offers "taste" for the Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/25/writing-prompts-104/

Lacking a Taste for that Mushy Stuff

So I told him it's better to write
a love poem than whine through the night.
But his taste wasn't for
all that mushy stuff or
he got wrong what he wouldn't get right.

[tailor STATELY]

A bit ambiguous but enjoyed :)

tip of my tongue

tactile buds
aroused by umami,
sweet, sour, salty, bitter
tidbits, drinks
evanescent

2/25/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I've never had umami, but it sounds delicious.

This week Esther offers "dance" for her Writing Prompts: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/04/writing-prompts-105/

Dancing Together

The road ahead goes on and on.
I dance down it and sing a song
and you can come and sing along.
Then we could dance together.

[tailor STATELY]

Wonderful sentiment! Enjoyed... back later with an offering :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

dance with me

dance with me
within the dandelions' grove
where we'll share
our wishes together

3/12/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I like the phrase "dandelions' grove".

Esther offers "magic" for this week's Writing Prompts prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/18/writing-prompts-107/

Beyond the Magic Stuff

A magic trick is not enough.
Reality’s too real and rough.
I need much more than magic stuff
to lead me where Love dwells.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed your magical poem of longing for more than magic stuff :)

Back later...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-DMRYu42k


there's magic

there's magic
in the joy
you choose

3/18/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I like the thought that there's magic in joy, Tailor.

Esther offers "break" for this week's Writing Prompt. https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/25/writing-prompts-108/

Broken History

Devils break no mystery.
They're chained to dreams of death.
They can't redo their history.
My words won't give them breath -

since I have better things to do
and even devils know I do.

[tailor STATELY]

Devils... good strategy. Enjoyed :) Back later.

Later:

take a break

take a break
let your mind
in disarray
be mended
through Christ

3/30/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

May our minds be mended through Christ.

Esther offers "board" for this week's prompt.

Sky

I saw a cloud above, so high,
and then a plane go flying by.
I'd board the plane, but now the sky
fits fully in my heart.

[tailor STATELY]

Wonderful poem :) Back later with my offering...

later:


On Board

I'm on board, all in
Striving to be
like Him

4/1/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Me, as well. Blessings, Tailor!

Esther offers "vision" for this week's prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/08/writing-prompts-110/

Heart, Mind, Vision

Watch and look. Come and see.
Who brought about this mystery?
The mind agrees. The heart's set free.
Now vision sees what's there.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed. Using v4 to break the rhyme scheme was inspired :)
Back later with my offering :)

Later...


vision

seers see through
spiritual eyes -
vision beyond
the ken of man

4/8/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I am glad you liked that break in the rhyme, Tailor! It is a pattern I learned and likely a form of common meter, but I have forgotten its name.

May we all have those spiritual eyes (being led by Jesus) to see beyond the ken of man.

Esther offers "flower" for this week's prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/15/writing-prompts-111/

Flowering Spring

Each flower in spring
is that flower to bring
us to thanks that a spring
comes at all.

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Grateful for new beginnings that our great creator offers :)


my flower 'garden'

fragrancies and colors of
lilacs, plum and apple blossoms,
oleander and yellow dandelions
with white puffball wishes; p-
eriwinkle stars, and
rose, iris, and daffodil -
such is my 'garden'

4/15/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

the assault

the assault on my eyes
has redoubled or more
pollen begone, begone!

4/18/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Beautiful garden, Tailor. I especially liked the "puffball wishes".

Esther offers "mobile" for this weeks prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/22/writing-prompts-112/

Mobile Turns

From here to there the story goes
and where it ends though no one knows
the mobile when the tempting grows
should take the next turn slow.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed your poem :)


strive

Beware the tempting
its path leads to sore sorrow
and consequences
strive: stay the covenant path
to eternal happiness

4/22/2026

Wrote a mobile poem just recently... do a Ctrl-F on my Padlet with a search word for Calder @ https://padlet.com/tailorstately/beneath-the-dogwoods-of-may-kn9o45weuso
Also have a mobile mention in another poem, search word mobiles, but I will endeavor to write another :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Mobile, Alabama: Michael Donald


a hung jury led
to a lynching
by the klan
yellow mama justice

4/23/2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Michael_Donald

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

May we follow the covenant path. Good example of the consequences of following the temptation to violence in your second poem.

Esther offers "capture" for this week's writing prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/29/writing-prompts-113/

The Best Is Better When It's Good

I want to capture what is best.
If it's not good, that best is hollow.
But only God is good I hear.
Look! He comes. He's drawing near!
He'll capture me and may I follow.

[tailor STATELY]

I like the good, better, best reference in your poem... He askes Come, Follow Me... Enjoyed :)

Back later...

strategery II

to capture or not
en passant
be it passive, guile,
or forgot ?

4/29/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

the song of quails

the song of quails fills my soul
their sight thrills my very being
reminds me of God's perfect love
for all His earthbound children

4/30/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

dandelion wishes

watching dandelion
wishes pass me by
grant me, please me,
dandelions with thine sight

4/30/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Dandelions are beautiful. The song of quails is a good reminder of God's perfect love.

Esther offers "dish" for this week's writing prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/05/06/writing-prompts-114/

Fish, Wish, Dish

I wish I had a dish
on which to put this fish.
I squished it with a swish.
(What else now rhymes with dish?)

[tailor STATELY]

My poem will not post... Dealing with b a n n e d bug issues. Will try posting in the Haiku poem thread...

Update:
No joy at Haiku forum... will try to debug here...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... whimsical poem, enjoyed :)

This debug seemed to work, lol...


s o z a f t i g

s h e w a s q u i t e t h e d i s h
p u t a n h o u r g l a s s t o s h a m e
a n e t e r n a l f l a m e

5/6/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Great use of the word "dish", Tailor!

Esther is out this week, but here's a short poem anyway with no particular prompt or reason for writing it.

Worry Gone!

The worry has gone with its whine.
I am finally free and can rhyme.
So I'll praise what God's done
under earth's given sun
and rejoice blessing God all the time.

[tailor STATELY]

Great praise... enjoyed :)


no worries

there's no need to worry
just do the best you can
Christ has your back
Doubt not, fear not

5/13/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Amen: Christ has our backs!

Esther offers "eyes" for this week's writing prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/05/20/writing-prompts-115/

Eyes Or Mouth

Your eyes sometimes might say what's true.
Your mouth confirms the final terms.
No matter what you've done or do
your mouth declares the truth for you.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed your aphorism :)

Back later with an offering...

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eyes

the eyes are the center of beauty
guided by the heart and the spirit

5/20/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Very good description of eyes.

Esther offers "tablet" for this week's writing prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/05/27/writing-prompts-116/

With Tablet and Pen

I have a tablet and a pen.
I had some words to write, but then
I thought I better think again.
I'll save the ink for later.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed... Parker too :)

Back later with my attempt...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph1M0F99Xv8


half-baked idea

placed my poetry
on cuneiform tablets
still get writer's cramps

5/28/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

That's a great idea to write poetry on a clay tablet. I wish I could translate them into cuneiform as well.

Esther offers "pet" for this week's writing prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/06/03/writing-prompts-117/

Pets A Plenty

Upon the sofa lies a dog.
They have a pet cat, too.
They have a mouse inside their house,
a peaceful - sometimes - zoo.

[tailor STATELY]

I tried an online cuneiform generator - but the results were spurious :(

Love your poem... a delightful cadence that had me thinking of Eifel 65's hit song Blue Ba Da Dee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBA5Wx9T7U :)

Back later with my offering...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor