lol...

"sand dollars strewn / yawning on the beach,"... Very nice ! Enjoyed :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: Fata Morgana, dogs, light, fire, spiral, soar

visitation

dogs were barking at the eerie light -
I'd experienced Fata Morgana's before
from my younger days on the high seas
but this phenomenon was not quite right

it was a shimmering fire on the horizon
in the shape of a spiral, a mad helix of
mythical proportions persisting in vision
even as it soared away into the twilight

10/25/2023

Next: sigh, spring, hummingbird, mouse, time, concert

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed your poem but recommend an eye doctor if the problem persists (;

Challenge accepted!
Next: sigh, spring, hummingbird, mouse, time, concert

The hummingbird and the mouse

Nature was celebrating spring.
Trees and shrubs sporting new green coats
while the flowers dazzled
in their colored dresses.
like young girls at a festive birthday party.

Meanwhile,
enthusiastic hummingbirds
rehearsed a multi voiced concert.

Down in her dark hole
the nondescript mouse sighed:
"Everybody is having
such a great time,
while I am here
in hiding."

Next: songs, church, elevation, world, ephemeral, fountain.

Sweet poem ! Poor mouse needs to get out :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: songs, church, elevation, world, ephemeral, fountain

beyond worldly pales

songs can take your breath away
to elevations like no other art form

music and voice blend like a fountain
creating earworms rarely ephemeral

church hymns invite the spirit and
choirs resonate beyond worldly pales

10/26/2023

Next: entreat, butterfly, pale, exhileration, möbius, pearl

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed your poem! "choirs resonate beyond worldly pales",

Challenge accepted!

Next: entreat, butterfly, pale, exhileration, möbius, pea

Next: entreat, butterfly, pale, exhileration, möbius, pearl

Once upon a time..

There once was a pearl
and being a pearl
she was pale.
She lived inside a möbius.
One day she met a butterfly.
The exilerated butterfly sang:
I want to be free free, free.
The pearl entretreated her
Come and live with me.
But the butterfly only answered:
I want to be free, free, free!
And flew away.

Next:baobab, lime, river, flute, joy, rose.

Enjoyed! :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: baobab, lime, river, flute, joy, rose

the celestial wish fulfilling tree

We sat beneath a
sublime baobab tree
I brought a tea rose
for my love
A flute played a
river of song
in the distance
overcoming the
oppressive heat
We found joy in
the shadows
imagining somewhere
Krishna smiling

10/27/2023

Next: radiant, shoes, town square, chess, umbrella, magazine

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed the light atmosphere of your poem.

Challenge accepted!

Next: radiant, shoes, town square, chess, umbrella, magazine

Like a Picture of a Fashion Magazine.

Strolling down the town square in shining shoes
Umbrella open to detain the profuse glass pearls
that descend from the sky,
or the excess of sun.
Irrationally radiant mood,
Playing chess with a rainy afternoon,
playing chess with adventure
and winning!

Next: bath, hole, darkness, downtown, wilful, exceedingly.

Wonderful ! "Umbrella open to detain the profuse glass pearls / that descend from the sky, / or the excess of sun." Enjoyed very much :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: bath, hole, darkness, downtown, willful, exceedingly

some exceedingly

black hole - more than darkness in the void
bird bath - more than birds: meat bees, deer
downtown - library, church, no barbershop
willful? - can't choose consequences,
some exceedingly
downtown - liquor, gas, art, facades, KFOK
bird bath - tiny oasis in a drought
black hole - meth, no bowling alley

10/27/2023

Next: fountain, cool, gazebo, lawn art, Spring, orchid

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Lol! Enjoyed! I made an orthography mistake though: "bath" instead of "bat"
Challenge accepted!
Next: fountain, cool, gazebo, lawn art, Spring, orchid

Next: fountain, cool, gazebo, lawn art, Spring, orchid

Wishfulfilment

Spring,
A cool fountain
Cool orchids
Lawn art
Chocolate icecream
Cool music
Resting lazily
under the gazebo.

Next: interior,wings, nostalgic, buttercup, waltz, gracefully.

Delightful ! :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: interior, wings, nostalgic, buttercup, waltz, gracefully

Buttercup Waltz

I listen to the Buttercup Waltz
and imagine you dancing gracefully
with the wings of a færie queen
a nostalgic delight interiorizing

10/29/2023

Next: constellation, mountain, falcon, endless, slant, devotion

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

A graceful poem!

Challenge accepted!

Next: constellation, mountain, falcon, endless, slant, devotion

Mirror

In endless devotion
to a constellation,
a proud falcon lived
on a slanted mountain
A proud falcon lived
on a slanted mountain
in endless devotion
to a constellation.

Next: captain, sea, vessel, hurricane, toss, horizon.

Enjoyed ! Each line: 1234 / 3412... interesting form... similar to a chiasmus, but not :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: captain, sea, vessel, hurricane, toss, horizon

sea worthy

a captain's captain
in a stout vessel sea tossed -
a hurricane blown in from
the horizon in double quick fashion

down with the sails! and clear the
decks ! batten down the hatches!
and thrice check for leaks!
time to race with the devil mates!

10/29/2023

Next: passing, sorrow, family history, rejoice, Autumn, respite

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed the dramatic poem!
Challenge accepted!

Next: passing, sorrow, family history, rejoice, Autumn, respite

Autumn,

For some
Autumn
with its stern preparation of winter
is a season
of sorrow,
of remembering family history.
and the passing of members.

For others it is a time to rejoice
a season of respite,
of celebration of the harvest
of the riches of the soil.

Next:rules,bracelet, earrings, waterfall, distant,ouroboros

"a season of respite"... Enjoyed ! :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: rules, bracelet, earrings, waterfall, distant, ouroboros

Magisterial Beauty

Talismans in her possession -
an ouroboros bracelet in gold,
Möbius platinum earrings
with an extra twist to display
an infinity symbol befitting her
icy-blond waist-length hair, a
ring inset with ruby fashioned by
a distant bygone era færie king,
and lastly a necklace beaten
from otherworldly chondrules
into a serpentine chain string
that cascaded like a waterfall
over her silver brocade bodice

in starlight she shone
brighter than a jealous moon
in pure majesty

10/29/2023 r. 10/30/2023 (magistery>pure majesty)

Next: efflorescence, retrograde, solarium, midnight, mesmerize, weave

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Impressive description, with an extra note for the chondrules!;)

Challenge accepted!

Next: efflorescence, retrograde, solarium, midnight, mesmerize, weave

The dance of the planets

At midnight the solarium was effervescent
if not efflorescent.
The planets were holding their own party.
The sun displayed majesty and crown jewels.
Luna appeared resplendent in her silver dress.
A mesmerizing Venus appeared hand in hand
with Mars exibiting his war medals on his powerful chest.
Meanwhile Mercury tried out the dance floor in company of several young stars.
Genial Jupiter immersed himself in interminable arguments with Neptune about the rings of Saturn.
The latter had excused himself of the party,
being rather put out and grumpy because
in retrograde condition.
Uran announced the next revolution.
But Pluto who hadn't said a word hitherto
gave a sign to the musicians,
and everybody hit the floor,
weaven into the usual pattern
of the horoscope.

Next: market, lobster,usually, vendors, lottery, flowers.

Wonderful ! "But Pluto who hadn't said a word hitherto / gave a sign to the musicians, / and everybody hit the floor, / weaven into the usual pattern / of the horoscope." :)

Challenge accepted !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Challenge: market, lobster, usually, vendors, lottery, flowers

about circle

at an outdoor market
vendors plied their goods
flowers, crawdads -
like mini lobsters,
and vegetables, etc.
a modern day bazaar

usually I went for the
ambience: rich aromas
from food stalls,
diverse music, and
people watching - but
today I hit the lottery
... so to speak

in a booth of second hand
castoffs was a shoebox
of letters once bound
by thin rubber bands

first lured by the stamps
I found a letter sent
by myself in fact
many years prior to my
mother containing my
very first written poem

words I had forgotten -
a doggerel expounding
my newfound happiness
in a new home as close to
paradise, and another -
a letter by an ex which
brought me to tears -
of plans for a family
which never came to pass

11/1/2023 r.

Next: ambient music, journal, orange, angel, parfum

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Moving poem,tailor!
Challenge accepted!

Next: ambient music, journal, orange, angel, parfum, nuance

Alice


Alice fell asleep in her room
before the open journal.
She suddenly saw herself
sitting in a beautiful garden

The air was scented
with a parfum of oranges
hanging profusely
from the trees
in several nuances of colors.

Birds off all kinds
provided the ambience music.
From affar one couldn´t sense
the silent smile of the Chester cat.

Alice woke up
as suddenly
as she had fallen asleep.
No, no humans in the garden,
neither angels.

Next: farm, cows, pasture, landmark, memories, rendering.

Enjoyed ! "The air was scented / with a parfum of oranges" :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: farm, cows, pasture, landmark, memories, rendering

three cows in a pasture

beneath billowy clouds and
memories of blue skies -
three cows graze in a pasture
behind a rail fence - Monet's
pastel rendering of a pastoral
farm scene - the only landmark
a stand of trees and their
shadows midst green grass; all
seemingly applied with a sponge

11/3/2023

Next: early, oceanside, conch, glass, glisten, cypress

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed this picture of a picture!:)

Challenge accepted!

Next: early, oceanside, conch, glass, glisten, cypress

Under the cypress

Here am I
far away
evoking a summer day.

An early walk
on the oceanside
a conch glistening like glass
and the small waves
playing at our feet.

Next: Rhineland, forest, incline, fox, hiding, envy.

Love your poem: "a conch glistening like glass / and the small waves / playing at our feet." :)

Challenge accepted !

Lol... one of my poems from this thread, archers in the midst (I also used as a poem challenge on our Tuesdays at Two poetry group), was published in our local newspaper... a first :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: Rhineland, forest, incline, fox, hiding, envy

the air in the forest

the air in the forest,
as so I am inclined
is as refreshing as
a Rhineland sparkling
wine and as heady
as a fox in hiding,
the envy of the land

11/4/2023

Next: sheep, snow, flourish, aware, bumblebee, dimple

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

double

Sent a PM :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Thanks!
Enjoyed your forest poem.

Congrats on your published poem. I tried to find it but got a bit confused with the many newspapers of El Dorado.

Challenge accepted!

Next: sheep, snow, flourish, aware, bumblebee, dimple

Sheep standing in the snow ...

Sheep standing in the snow,
Aware of the flourishing flight
of the bumblebee.
Dimpled plastic dolls dance on the walk.

Next:rosewood, pergola, chiming, indignant, rainbow , underground.

"Sheep standing in the snow"... wonderful ! :)

Challenge: rosewood, pergola, chiming, indignant, rainbow , underground

let the chimes play

hanging beneath a rosewood
pergola chiming without the
slightest breath of wind
hanging pentatonic tubular
chimes danced as an indignant
fault crept slowly at first
and then suddenly raced as if
chasing a rainbow underground
until the jazz music stopped

11/6/2023

Next: tiger, rush, dawn, imagine, synergy, asylum

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed your chimes poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHpdR1Qo-Do

Challenge accepted!

Next: tiger, rush, dawn, imagine, synergy, asylum

Running Tiger
Imagine a tiger rushing down the town
at dawn,
With more energy than synergy,
as he is running alone.
Will he be given asylum?

Next: Violet, undergrowth, rummage, downstairs, epic, ethereal.

Brilliant song Enjoyed poem very much !

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: Violet, undergrowth, rummage, downstairs, epic, ethereal

færie dust

no shrinking violet among
the undergrowth a peapod
færie rummaged downstairs
on an epic scavenger hunt
for an ethereal solution best
described as a potion for
show and tell in class

father was somewhat of an
amateur alchemist so hopes
were high for something to
amaze her classmates with

to her delight she found a
stoppered albeit unlabeled
bottle of intricate design and
light pinkish hue assuring
her search had concluded

perhaps the instructor, an
overzealous elf, should have
used more forethought -
for bedlam soon ensued
to the young færies' delight as:

those closest became

butterflies, and will-o-wisps

so transmogrified

11/7/2023

Next: collection, manuscript, graffiti, square, color-blind, rhyme

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Lololol! The consequences could have been worse!

Challenge accepted!

Next: collection, manuscript, graffiti, square, color-blind, rhyme

Graffiti

Graffiti is a majestic
fluff of a cat,
who lives in the next square.

His color? You got it:
The finest shadows of gray.
And white socks
to go with a snow colored nose.
But like all cats
he is somewhat color-blind.

He has already been the subject
of a collection of photos,
a manuscript and
a poem without rhyme.
Mine.

Next:headset, violin, PC, waves, sand, herald.

Delightful ! :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: headset, violin, PC, waves, sand, herald

rhapsody

I've listened countless times before
to glissandi that came in waves
that gave my gooseflesh life from
Zemlinsky's “Die Seejungfrau” to
Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love",
and certainly the haunting violins
in Xenakis' “Metastasis” - but nothing
to herald what next will transpire like
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” sent
streaming from my PC into a headset
at high fidelity rending notes to bliss

11/8/2023

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue
• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/al...ten-glissandos

Next: rhythm, passage, egret, stalk, placid, aubade

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Thanks for the links, enjoyed the glissandi!

Liked your rhapsody. Have to listen to this pieces. Rhapsody in Blue is famous but I never listened to it.
Challenge accepted!
Next: rhythm, passage, egret, stalk, placid, aubade.
The new poem comes tomorrow I have to look two words up.

Next: rhythm, passage, egret, stalk, placid, aubade.

An aubade

Farewell to the nightly visions
that haunt or refresh.
No regrets when egrets
placidly stalk the fishes
in a hidden passage
of the ever flowing
river, in their own
time and rhythm.

Next: jubilous, season, decorate, invent, flowerbed, garlands.

"No regrets when egrets / placidly stalk the fishes" Wonderful poem !

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: jubilous, season, decorate, invent, flowerbed, garlands

alleluia

a pure invention of love -
'tis a jubilus season sung
on high by angels -
deciduous trees decorate
flowerbeds with
warm colors that would befit
garlands crafted
by our Mother in Heav'n

11/9/2023

Next: repertoire, baby tears, inspire, emotion, mockingbird, magnet

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Delightful poem!

Next: repertoire, baby tears, inspire, emotion, mockingbird, magnet

Little John

He had a wast repertoire
of baby tears to use when
he was inspired.
He always was.

He soon learned
that his emotion was
a magnet
that attracted company.

Even the mockingbird
made his presence
conspicuous
by singing
in front of the window.

Next:mail, obsession, transnational, over, choir, treat.

Enjoyed !!! especially S3

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: mail, obsession, transnational, over, choir, treat

pen pals

snail mail lovers treat
transnational obsessions
with mouchoir passions

11/9/2023

Next: ragdoll, altruist, flight, glisten, ink well, portrait

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Charming and succinct!. Lol! "Lover; Mouchoir. Much hide and seek here.

Challenge accepted!

Next: ragdoll, altruist, flight, glisten, ink well, portrait


All I can tell:
the ragdoll fell
in the inkwell.

An uncommon big
inkwell it was,
like a small dark pond
right beside the portrait
of the father
of the now blue
ragdoll's mother

The ragdoll attempted a flight.
But,
in an altruistic twist
the ragdoll´s friend
fell also in the pond.
So now there were two
Glistening in blue.

And that was it.

Next: jump, around, kangaroo, element, juxtaposition, mineral.

Glad you like it... and it's a haiku too :)

Here's an example of the method to my madness... https://www.thefreedictionary.com/wo...ntaining-choir

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Lol! I call that mean! A cheating dictionary! Revenge comes on horseback!

lol... waiting with anticipation :)

... but first I need to get some sleep...

added:

Enjoyed your poem :) ... "glistening in blue" an ending indeed, lol...

Challenge accepted ! (but I still need to get some sleep)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Challenge: jump, around, kangaroo, element, juxtaposition, mineral

hop, hop, hop

tired of playing "animal, vegetable, or mineral"
children were finally let out for recess -
outside in his jumpsuit one lad with large pockets
channeled a kangaroo and hopped around -
the juxtaposition of his prints in the snow and an
existential kangaroo's in its element was comical

somewhere down under
a kangaroo was dreaming
besieged by snowmen

11/10/2023

Next: twist, fisherman, log, dimension, salad, abandon

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor