Enjoyed ! "The guests drank to keep warm, / at least they thought this a good excuse, / and went swaggering home."
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Enjoyed ! "The guests drank to keep warm, / at least they thought this a good excuse, / and went swaggering home."
Challenge accepted !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Challenge: festival, barn, leaves, track, intense, fragments
progress
down the beaten track of time
fragments of memories of a barn
where festivals were once held
where when one left they left
with the one who brought them
down the beaten track of time
all intense and purposeless
leaves jostled with the wind
in the fall before the developers
came and bulldozed it all down
9/12/2023
Next: iris, needle, pears, pensive, tinsel, shrug
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Enjoyed this nostalgic poem!:)
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Next: iris, needle, pears, pensive, tinsel, shrug
Tints and Tinsel
Pensively
shrugging off
the waste words:
gossip, garbage,ghettos, gutters..
Welcoming the saving words:
iris, needles, cloudless skies!
Certainly pears!
Certainly peace!
Next:amorphous, way, discover, deer, meadows, undertones
Enjoyed! :)
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Challenge: amorphous, way, discover, deer, meadows, undertones
amorphous undertones
amorphous undertones
the way of the deer
in high mountain meadows
where God would have us walk
in discovery without fear
9/15/2023
Next: refine, tireless, crypt, retinue, palm, magnetic
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tailor
Enjoyed!
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Next: refine, tireless, crypt, retinue, palm, magnetic
(Sorry!I wrote but forgot posting the answer above yesterday)
So here goes:
The life of a poem
The tireless retinue
of refined words
encrypted by time
materialize
magnetically
on the palm
of your hand
Little fairies, pucks, djinns
your fingers move them
ever so softly.
They have something
to say,
to show,
to imply,
above all
to encrypt again,
to sink again
into
the vast oblivion of time
until summoned forth
again!
Next: Autumn, colors, birds, squirrels, blossom, heartily.
Wonderful poem! Enjoyed very much :) Perhaps "vast" for "wast".
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Challenge: Autumn, colors, birds, squirrels, blossom, heartily
Autumn cannot come too soon
Autumn cannot come too soon
the colors we so warmly desire
goldens, yellows, and browns
supplant the vibrant blossoms
heartily hoped for in Spring
and sustained in most part to
delight squirrels and birds
9/17/2023
Next: essence, majestic, hummingbird, ballet, flame, thirst
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Thanks for the correction, tailor!
AAIII! :)
I also prefer Autumn to Spring!
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Next: essence, majestic, hummingbird, ballet, flame, thirst
The essential ballet
quenches our thirst
for art,
for the gracious movement.
Dance has
the lightness of a hummingbird,
the intensity of a flame,
the majesty of a princess.
Next:storm, sun, Neptune, tortoises,flow, evolve.
Brilliant!: "the lightness of a hummingbird, / the intensity of a flame, / the majesty of a princess." Enjoyed very much :)
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Challenge: storm, sun, Neptune, tortoises, flow, evolve
Red Dawn on Triton
Red dawn, a storm was brewing -
massive creatures, akin to
tortoises, evolved from a
teeming blue planet destroyed
in the red giant expansion,
sought refuge in hospitable seas
Effortlessly they flowed through
waving blue fronds in the
effervescent fluidity common
to the massive moon Triton
revolving the 5th planet from
the sun - Neptune
Storms were welcome - they
stirred up creatures from the
depths which in turn attracted
mariner bipeds to venture out
from the firmaments they called
home - easy prey once capsized
9/18/2023
Next: winter, relinquish, boulevard, scurry, windows, inspired
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Impressive saga!Enjoyed!
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Next: winter, relinquish, boulevard, scurry, windows, inspired
Winter at 33š
Thor in wrath at earth's destruction
has relinquished all his control
on temperature.
in the cities, boulevards
That used to glitter under the sun
loaded with the liveliness of people,
now groan deserted under the weight of snow.
In the forests little animals scurry
through and fro
not knowing where to hide
from fire, frost and flood.
Yet there is still
much uninspired,
passive,
looking out of
windows,
with the secret hope
that the moment of destruction
will pass just by itself
at a snap of fingers.
It wonīt!
Next: tiles, wonder, infancy, realms, explode, round.
Yes, winters have been very unforgiving lately. Enjoyed! :)
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Challenge: tiles, wonder, infancy, realms, explode, round
"We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off." - Vinoba Bhave
upon a blank slate
what a wonder infancy is -
a time very few remember
'round about age zero, in the
western canon, an exchange
of realms occurs as a being,
or beings, transitions
from womb to cradle and
feedings and cleanings
and hoped for sleepings
an intimate dependency
upon parenting commences
involving all six senses
cooing, cuddling, and making
faces embracing all of God's
graces enshrined with love
milestone after milestone
pass by in a blur and soon
a personality blooms
unique to the universe
a mobile explorer under foot
exploding with laughter or
tantrums where anything
within reach become projec-
tiles at a babbling whim
9/20/2023
Next: mosaic, persist, harmony, vision, thirst, canvas
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Cute and ingenious!
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Next: mosaic, persist, harmony, vision, thirst, canvas
A vision
It seems
we have lost
our thirst of harmony
celebrated on canvas.
Though some of
the aim at perfection
still persists,
all we have got,
it's a picture broken in mosaics.
Next: veiled, phantom,elude, mighty, spineless,interlude.
"a picture broken in mosaics" - a sad tableau... Enjoyed! :)
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Challenge: veiled, phantom, elude, mighty, spineless, interlude
that interlude 'twixt dusk and dawn
that interlude
'twixt dusk and dawn
phantoms of the night
spineless apparitions
veiled from view
elude the mighty hale
of heart and mind
to prey upon the
downtrodden drawn
to the hopelessness
of the homeless and
poorest of mankind
9/22/2023
Next: shrike, beauty, thrilling, metaphor, spice, fog
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
"that interlude 'twixt dusk and dawn". Sad and impressive!Enjoyed!
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Next: shrike, beauty, thrilling, metaphor, spice, fog
Metaphors
There certainly are
spicy metaphors of beauty
Venus with or without arms.
exuberant flowers
gorgeous birds.
But nothing thrilling about
the diminutive but cruel shrike.
His colors shine modestly
through the thick fog
of representation.
Next:interlude, radio, satellite, voice,history, pregnant.
Enjoyed very much - "the diminutive but cruel shrike. / His colors shine modestly / through the thick fog / of representation" :)
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Challenge: interlude, radio, satellite, voice, history, pregnant
fellow traveler: October 4, 1957
a pregnant pause ensued
an historic interlude
when on radios and tellies
worldwide a somber voice
proclaimed a satellite
innocently named Sputnik
had been deployed hurtling
unseen in orbit ratcheting
up the Cold War tensions
several frisson notches
9/23/2023
Next: polarize, blissful, silence, methodic, starlight, passers-by
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tailor
Enjoyed this historic poem!
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Next: polarize, blissful, silence, methodic, starlight, passers-by
En passant
Letīs not polarize opinions, rumors,shrill shrieks
Letīs enjoy the blissful silence
and appreciate the methodical starlight
that every night bathes the world.
Arenīt we just passers-by?
Next: lines, thorough, keys, endow, waterfront, luminous.
Wonderful poem and title :)
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Challenge: lines, thorough, keys, endow, waterfront, luminous
music once played brightly
ghostliness pervades
a waterfront once graced
thoroughly luminous
with bright halogen lights
endowed further at times
with a full moon which
harbored no monkeyshines
whilst a jazz festival played
much to the delight of
music purist and tagalongs
now gone but for memories
9/24/2023
Next: swarm, exotic, skeleton, poetry, dance, twilight
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tailor
Enjoyed this nostalgic poem with two tricky word usages.
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Next:swarm, exotic, skeleton, poetry, dance, twilight
An exotic view
Dark poetry:
Skeletons dance,
swarm in the twilight,
in joyous shakes
then disappear again
in the cupboard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O42eB4KJO3Q&t=60s
Opening of the serie Pé na Cova(One Foot in the Grave).
Next: Sunshine, coast, romping, puppies, factory, bells.
Enjoyed ! Goes well with the lol video :)
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tailor
Challenge: Sunshine, coast, romping, puppies, factory, bells
forever sunshine
a coastal factory town where the bells
tolled every Sunday for services and
occasions memorial was forever sunshine
and romping puppies (if anybody asked)
9/25/2023
Next: obelisk, ibex, hieroglyphics, sun, river, shadows
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tailor
Friendly poem!Enjoyed
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Next:obelisk, ibex, hieroglyphics, sun, river, shadows
Tableau with obelisk
The small river basks
in the sun
animals doze
in the friendly shadows
nearby an improbable obelisk
covered with hieroglyphics
exhibits the image
of an ibex.
Next: syntax, alarm, grandeur, farm, haltingly, simple
Very nice !! :)
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Challenge: syntax, alarm, grandeur, farm, haltingly, simp
perfecting the written word
a simple syntax grandeur is
desired in my written works
so as not to cause alarm
from certain word police nits
for I write most haltingly
needing to parse with spell
checkers and their ilk so the
end result upon each page
is replete and full of farm
9/26/2023
Next: corner, pizza, buttercup, align, bookshelf, sanctum
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tailor
Enjoyed! Learned a meaning of farm I didnīt know.
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Next: corner, pizza, buttercup, align, bookshelf, sanctum
Favorite things
Pizza Margherita at the corner,
aligned pansies or buttercups,
cats relaxing on windows sills
and a secret bookshelf,
as the innermost sanctum
of treasures of fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM&t=52s
Wonderful poem :) Enjoyed the video short too.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Thanks!
:( Forgive my old head!
Next: airplane, head, ancient, clouds, evergreen, whilfully.
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Challenge: airplane, head, ancient, clouds, evergreen, whilfully
the wisdom of trees
wizened ancient evergreens below
bear witness of the miracles of
modern flight as an airplane takes
its head droning whilfully through
clouds above on a blustery day - they
pondered and pronounced amongst
themselves that sparrows and spotted
owls and pileated woodpeckers are
far better suited for their boughs
9/27/2023
Next: divest, pearl, indigo, shallows, secrets, contact
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tailor
Enjoyed that poem very much!
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Next: divest, pearl, indigo, shallows, secrets, contact
Divested of Pearls...
Divested of pearls
the indigo blue sea
secretly contacts
the continental shores,
waving in wonderous waves,
shedding shallow shells.
Next: mountain slope, antelopes, efforts, advance, rust, somewhere.
Enjoyed ! "waving in wonderous waves, / shedding shallow shells." :)
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tailor
Challenge: mountain slope, antelopes, efforts, advance, rust, somewhere
harsh realities
somewhere on a mountain slope
antelopes shake off the rust of
fatigue in their weary bones and
advance with collective efforts
spurred on by primal hunger toward
sagebrush below the harsh winter
snowline to feed - a gruesome
scene reminds them to heed the
skies where golden eagles fly
9/28/2023
Next: answer, mimic, diverse, toucan, samba, lullaby
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
harsh realities indeed!
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Next: answer, mimic, diverse, toucan, samba, lullab
The mlmlc
A toucan thought himself
a talented mimic.
He swayed to samba and lullaby
and had otherwise
diverse answers to musical challenges.
Next:traverse, plains, music, hothouse, impulse,pastures,
.
Very nice :)
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Challenge: traverse, plains, music, hothouse, impulse, pastures
nonplussed / tanka
o'er plains and pastures
this hothouse earth we traverse
we've failed as shepherds
through sheer vanity's impulse
now face the music nonplussed
9/30/2023
Next: express, purpose, distract, silence, twilight, jazz
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Very much to the point, though I think there are so many factors responsible for the earth as it is today.
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Next: express, purpose, distract, silence, twilight, jazz
After a story of W. Ellshott
Christmas Eve
Twilight
Dimly lighted streets
Thin persistent rain
Distracted silence
Maria !
Expressed search purpose.
In the bacckground
Twilight jazzzzzzz
Next:fabric, exquisite, interior, offer, lent, lustrous.
Brilliant ! Enjoyed very much :) Couldn't find "W. Ellshott"
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Challenge: fabric, exquisite, interior, offer, lent, lustrous
how
how
exquisite the
fabric of
the universe -
lustrous through
the lens
of man
offering only
interior monologues
silent in
their telling
10/1/2023
Next: peapod, scatter, deep, meditate, lens, quark
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
re Willem Elsschott:- Sorry! As I was on tablet without my archives I just put up the name of the author with the intention of completing the information in the morning. Of course there was a spelling mistake.
On Elsscott:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Elsschot
The tale I mean was translated as "Will-o'-the-wisp" but the original title is "The Twilight"
It's a short story, here is the beginning:
https://assets.flandersliterature.be...7-the-Wisp.pdf
Than the search goes on. The narrator being on the side of the strangers now, gets an insight into the prejudice they are subjected to. The search goes on but they donīt find Maria. In the end the narrator separates from the strangers. They go their separate ways but a form of good will and harmony has been established between them.
Your poem made me think. Itīs a different way of seing the universe.
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Next: peapod, scatter, deep, meditate, lens, quark
https://www.google.com/search?q=peap...xCVGscQrIzhkhM
The peapod
Scattered peas
of deep meditation.
Magnifying lenses declare
laconycally:
It's all quark and quack.
Next:trial, railroads, tricycles, reservoirs, lads, llamas.
Lol ! Well done... enjoyed :)
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Challenge: trial, railroads, tricycles, reservoirs, lads, llamas
for your entertainment
all you can eat salads on the menu
perused by llamas inside trial balloons
effortlessly drifting, floating on high
above reservoirs and railroads below -
tonight's entertainment led by baboons
dressed as minstrels singing malapropos
riding on tricycles mobius-like nearby
10/2/2023
Next: doll, parody, diary, shadow, sanctum, lodestone
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol. Very postmodern entertainment. And "salads" is the cerise on the cake.
Challenge accepted!
Next: doll, parody, diary, shadow, sanctum, lodestone
New poem tomorrow.