lol...

Beryl Stone
Sparkling gem
Hobnobs with judges and jesters
stretching bastions of wealth.
My favorite-aquamarine.

Next: Family, union, time, moon, friends, firmament.

Enjoyed the minimalism :)

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Challenge: Family, union, time, moon, friends, firmament

celestiality

celestiality outshines the
brilliance of the firmament
and is far greater than that
of the moon

in time, if time be redefined,
a grand reunion of family and
friends will ensue in a wondrous
communion

12/27/2023

Next: flippant, cerise, appeal, calendar, rooftop, fluidity

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Amen!

Challenge accepted!

Next: flippant, cerise, appeal, calendar, rooftop, fluidity

Flippant cerise!
I appeal to your red roundness,
no unnecessary fluidity there,
no daring rooftop exercises.
Your time is dictated by the calendar
When you triumphantly
grace the crown of your tree.

Next: armour, clamor, fields, apron, symbol, rough.

Enjoyed "Flippant cerise!" :)

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Challenge: armour, clamor, fields, apron, symbol, rough

Fibonacci

Part Ø

Fibonacci had an armoured shell
the symbol of a royal snail who
lived on a tiny apron of a færie's
enchanted garden far from rough
fields where the clamor of war was
heard as it raged and it raged

Part I

He longed to go to war to show his
mettle he mused as he chewed a plump
dandelion petal but the færie folk
were adamant that he and all the
creatures in the enchanted garden
be unnoticed by worldly contentions

Part I

Yet one fateful day Fibonacci screwed
up his courage and mounted a brown
bat to fly to the scene of obscenity where
the enmity between man and alien was
made manifest and blessed be it was he!
who turned the tide against the enemy

12/29/2023

Next: memory, caricature, candle light, perspicacious, gable, hologram

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed "Fibonacci".
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Next: memory, caricature, candle light, perspicacious, gable, hologram

Next: memory, caricature, candle light, perspicacious, gable, hologram


Memories of 2023

As the candle light of 2023
is flickering out,
memories crowd
around me
some sweet, some bitter.

Some
perspicaciously deformed,
caricatures of what we call "real".
Others appear magnified into
golden holograms.

Wars, losses, achievements
hatred, love(s), friends, foes,
disappointments,
hopes...
It´s time to close the gabled windows
of 2023 and
open the door inviting the future in.

Happy 2024 to all the friendly spirits
from around the globe!

Next: infant, bride, bristle, wings, vignette, tangle.

Enjoyed your optimism :)

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Challenge: infant, bride, bristle, wings, vignette, tangle

2024

as we honor 2023's vignette with
the debridement it deserves, 2024
will come in as an infant bristling
with tangled wings - an emergent
artificially intelligent butterfly

12/31/2023

Next: hope, wings, spotlight, sufficient, fountainhead, thought

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Snif! "an emergent artificially intelligent butterfly".Enjoyed the creativity of the poem,though and specially "debridement ".Poor bride:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/N...%20debridement.

Challenge accepted!


12/31/2023

Next: hope, wings, spotlight, sufficient, fountainhead, thought

Two questions

Does hope burn its wings in the spotlight?
Is the thought of a fountainhead sufficiently deep?

And does anyone care about the answers?

Next:trail, anguish, turmoil, turns, rover,luminescence.

A question poem ! Very nice :)

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Challenge: trail, anguish, turmoil, turns, rover, luminescence

consider the bunny

lights dancing in the heavy air l-
uminescence an extrovert firefly
maundering turns abruptly
into a gentle breeze beginni-
ng to stir banking over an anci-
ent bunny trail of tears and angui-
sh and one can sense the turmoil of
countless furtive journeys
escaping predators - tonight a si-
ngle moonbeam slices through dank trees
cumulous clouds otherwise veiling stars and
evening stifles a sneeze

1/2/2024

Next: quiet, content, lute, madrigal, renaissance, scholar

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed the poem very much. Not sure if "bunny trail" has more than a meaning here.

Challenge accepted!

Next: quiet, content, lute, madrigal, renaissance, scholar

Tableau

On an old Renaissance painting
One sees a scholar playing a lute.
Possibly the music is a madrigal.
He looks relaxed and content,
no love or war turmoil agitates his heart.
He reclines on a bank of moss.
At his feet an enraptured snake
listens quietly to the tune.

Next:lilacs, humbug, generates, Wanderlust, enticement, delve.

Wonderful image ! :)

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Challenge: lilacs, humbug, generates, Wanderlust, enticement, delve

humbug to the everyday

humbug to the everyday
an enticement to wanderlust
to delve into nature's nave
where the artificial world
gives way to fields of lilacs
alive with sweetness and buzz
or mountainous retreats -
barren rock or forested fortresses
or my personal balm the seashore -
a multitudinous of moods on display
salt spray, fleet footed sandpipers
and gliding pelicans 'midst
the surf roar and sigh and gulls cry
all generating a wellspring
of solace and communion

1/4/2024

Next: eyes, tailor-made, witty, reflection, anticipation, aura

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Loved this "nature nave".

Challenge accepted!

Next: eyes, tailor-made, witty, reflection, anticipation, aura

Emilia(the cotton ragdoll created by Monteiro Lobato)

A tailor-made doll.
Black hair, black eyes
on a body of white cotton
And yes she speaks,
profering witty ditties.
When she isn't buried in reflection
she dances in anticipation
of games and adventures.
She is definitely a doll with aura.

Next:generation, midday, willful, park, red-haired,amazed.

Delightful poem! :) Found a link... http://freerangekiddos.weebly.com/ba...ilian-rag-doll... she looks like she belongs in Baum's Oz too :)

Challenge accepted !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Wonderful link, tailor, thanks.Yes, that´s her, only the dress has an USA cut. Nice to see that she has find so good friends there!

I myself made me a rag Emilia out of a cotton diaper. She was very raggy indeed but I loved her.

So while you think about your next poem, here a link about The Woodpeckers Farm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-odXcS0Fvk

Cute video! My great-grandchildren would love it :)

Challenge: generation, midday, willful, park, red-haired, amazed

"You must be This tall"

A willful red-haired gnome named Spark
the tallest of his generation did loudly remark
to an unapologetic amusement ride worker
"I've been in line since midday!" screamed the berserker
You see he wasn't "This tall" - just missing the mark
then amazed was escorted kicking and screaming from the park

1/7/2024

Next: children, sparkle, tag along, mists, wonder, snail

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Somehow I missed this during the news cycle at the time... https://nypost.com/2023/11/22/lifest...ag-doll-child/

Ya can't make this stuff up :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

re Emilia:The recent fashion is dating AI robots. About unusual weddings:https://indianexpress.com/article/tr...years-8982908/

re: Poor wronged gnome(lol)!

Challenge accepted!

Next: children, sparkle, tag along, mists, wonder, snail

Children
Children sparkle in the sun,
tag along with each other,
through thick mists,
enjoying the wonders of nature
like the housed snail,
beating its trail.

Next: bear, boar, awesome, distinctive, gathering, dissociated.

Oy...

Wonderful poem... enjoyed! :)

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Challenge: bear, boar, awesome, distinctive, gathering, dissociated

dead of winter

dead of winter
snow blankets the forest
a bear has become dissociated
from the world and dreams

in the dead of night
distinctive for a absent tusk
a grand old boar forages
aided by the gathering of his family
rooting through the harsh snow

hunkered down
inside their galais dungal
a Wašišiw family shares food and warmth
telling tall tales - one in particular
shows off an awesome boar's tusk
while an elder rolls his eyes

1/8/2024

Next: coati, ant hill, wrestle, guitar, acquit, soul

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed this winter poem!
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Next: coati, ant hill, wrestle, guitar, acquit, soul

A white nosed coati
lived with his white nosed family
strategically near an ant hill.

One day father coati witnessed a fight
between a wrestler and a young guitar player.
The young guitar player died of the wounds,
but, thanks to the testimony of the coati
was acqitted of intentional murder.
He got a lifelong sentence,
but his soul was relieved.

Next: supersonic, betrayai, rhododendrons, lipstick, armstice, laurel.

Ahhhh, such a sad but redemptive poem... enjoyed !

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Challenge: supersonic, betrayal, rhododendrons, lipstick, armistice, laurel

lips at the end of the world

the rhododendrons were in bloom
a laurel's sweet scent on the wind
armistice day came and went and
I'm feeling supersonic a betrayal
of my innocence with her lipstick
on my lips at the end of the world

1/10/2024

Next: distant, sailing, adrift, tern, bay, horizon

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Very original solution!Enjoyed!
Challenge accepted!

Next: distant, sailing, adrift, tern, bay, horizon

Adrift!
Sailing adrift
far from the bay
standing at the stern
I see you tern
reaching the horizon.
Oh, how I long to fly with you!

Next: chariot, storm, peach, shore, detain, lyrical.

Enjoyed ! :)

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Challenge: chariot, storm, peach, shore, detain, lyrical

papyrus

like Pharaoh's chariots racing b-
efore the storm unimpeachably
detained before the opposite s-
hore his lyrical prowess was ex-
ceeded only by his lack of form

1/11/2024

Next: quietly, wonder, letters, cobweb, map, tepid

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed the lack of form, but poor peach,lol!
Challenge accepted!

Next: quietly, wonder, letters, cobweb, map, tepid.

In the attic
In an old attic
there is a chest besides
one map covered
with dust and cobwebs.
And yes, love letters
carefully packed,
hold together
by a rosa string.
I look at the letters
with quiet wonder,
for they look as fresh
as the day there were written.
In the tepid afternoons
someone has been reading them secretly.

Next: hearts, understanding, globetrotting, weird, silence, real.

Wonderful poem ! I love the detail of a "rosa string" :)

Challenge accepted !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Challenge: hearts, understanding, globetrotting, weird, silence, real

I'd be like...

if I tried virtual reality I'd be like
globetrotting surreal exoplanets
through the visionary arts
with binaural beats
beating softly to overcome
the weird silence
that surpasses understanding
our hearts and minds create
otherwise

1/16/2024

Next: morning, blithe, wistful, moonstone, links, garland

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed exoplanet poem.
Challenge accepted!
Next: morning, blithe, wistful, moonstone, links, garland

The nostalgic moonstone

He used to moon wistfully but not blithely
by the window, in the morning,
dreaming about garlands and links, yes, links...
and some distant future on the moon.

Next: future, Aquarius,bay, violets, multiple, sandstorm.

Didn't know this definition: Links - Scotland: sand hills especially along the seashore ...
also Moon - intransitive verb. : to spend time in idle reverie : behave abstractedly. fans mooning over movie stars. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Enjoyed your dreamy poem :)

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Challenge: future, Aquarius, bay, violets, multiple, sandstorm

1.20.2024

entering into Aquarius
rain and fog intrude upon
the wee early hours -
frogs make happy

still playing the grass widower -
now over a year
my woodstove kettle burbles
cats slumber

pensively pondering
a memorial come March
near Monterey Bay
to bid a final farewell
long delayed to a friend
- perhaps I'll leave a
bouquet of violets
if I can get there - close
to "Dennis the Menace Park"
- so Patrick... he'd die laughing
if he could

in multiple distant lands bayonets
dance, tanks roll, missiles launch -
I see a future with sandstorms
made from the rubble of man -
great haboobs scornfully scouring
the earth as a memorial to folly

... but I digress

1/20/2024

Next: rose, mode, glow, hand, redoubtable, slumber

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

I knew the verb "mooning" but not this meaning of link. thanks.

Enjoyed the poem particularly the contrast between the personal memorial and "the memorial to folly".

Challenge accepted!

Next: rose, mode, glow, hand, redoubtable, slumber.

redoubtable-
https://www.google.com/search?q=redo...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Minimal poem

Just a demode red rose
glowing in a gloved hand
In redoubtable slumber

Next: planets, weather beaten, storm,eruption, milk, melody.

Loved the minimal poem :) ... perhaps "gloved hand" ?

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Challenge: planets, weather beaten, storm, eruption, milk, melody

sweaty frets

eruption solo, so high
planets weeping
milky way
guitar storm melody
weather beaten
sweaty frets
speed metal
apple pie

1/22/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9r-NxuYszg

Next: reflection, indigo, færies, firefly, bluebells, brolly

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

re: Thanks for the correction!
Enjoyed the sweaty frets and the eruption solo (with the involuntary participation of the cigarette stub).

Challenge accepted!

Next: reflection, indigo, færies, firefly, bluebells, brolly

Indigo Reflections

Indigo loves:
jeans clothes,
bluebells,
foals,
faeries,
fireflies!

But now let me take my brolly for it is raining cats and dogs!

Next: fireworks, anthology, pathetic, chili, labor, endowment.

Re: video... Sorry about that; I agree, it's a pet peeve of mine also. It's very difficult to find an R&R photo/clip without the little beasties.

Lol... enjoyed... Loved the brolly stanza :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: fireworks, anthology, pathetic, chili, labor, endowment

ex libris

the anthology of man ended with
the theoretical ending of AI
Van Neumann progress through a
pathetic surreptitious backdoor
fireworks mode hack - a labor of
the last days of the last chiliad
- the crowning endowment of man

1/24/2024

Next: lend, lens, dilemma, alchemy, arrange, weary

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed your poem, in accordance with pessimistic times.
Challenge accepted!

Next: lend, lens, dilemma, alchemy, arrange, weary

Old Faust
Old Faust
wearily
arranged
his lens
and opened
the book of alchemy.
His dilemma:
to lend or not
an ear
to the ghosts
that surrounded him.
https://www.monologuearchive.com/g/goethe_001.html

Next: auspicious, electrical, ocean, concoction, magic, effects.

Delightful ! :) "And Nature's wise instruction seek, / With light of power my soul shall glow, / As when to spirits spirits speak."

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Challenge: auspicious, electrical, ocean, concoction, magic, effects

corpo sancto

innocuous objects aglow
aural electrical connections
an auspicious concoction
of airy nitrogen and oxygen
drives saint elmo's fire; an
ocean of magical effects

1/27/2024

Next: parabolic, license, secret, etymology, gyrate, teach

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Mankind´s electrics? :)

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Next: parabolic, license, secret, etymology, gyrate, teach

Nonsensical

Getting a parabolic driving license

Diving into the secret etymology of

gyrating objects

Teaching the mechanics of

mosquito legs

Emanating an aura

of fireworks.


Next: Carnival, dances, solace, whirlwind, echo, colorful.

Brilliant nonsense poem! :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: Carnival, dances, solace, whirlwind, echo, colorful

Ode to Carnival

Carnival arrives ! an expectant
whirlwind - jubilee of jubilees !
offering a brief solacement
to the everyday cares of now high-
spirited, joyful, boisterous masses
dancing to dances rechoreographed
from colorful parades past to the
raucous, rhythmic, oft syncopated
music of samba schools vying one
with another - their volumes cranked
up to eleven as floats festively
adorned pass by and revelers exult
dancing on and on and on and on...

1/30/2024

Next: petrichor, gloaming, virga, nightingale, crescent moon, wisp

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed the Carnival poem . That's exactly it.
Challenge accepted!
Next: petrichor, gloaming, virga, nightingale, crescent moon, wisp

Under the Crescent Moon

The smell of petrichor
pervades the air
after the swift rain,
while a sole nightingale
in the gloaming hours
sings a solo to the virga
lulling the soft wisps of grass
to sleep.

Next: abundant, epiphany, litany, sojourn, enbankment, tide.

(with acrostic)

Wonderful ! :)

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Challenge: abundant, epiphany, litany, sojourn, embankment, tide

soliloquy of loneliness

my silent litany of wonderment
fell upon the full moon this even-
tide as I sojourn on the way
listening to the echoing wail of a
loon - its soliloquy of loneliness

beyond an embankment I espied
a great abundance of fireflies
frolicking nearby sleepy færies
settling down to bed who shooed
them gently away when flying nigh

the stars seemed to leap closer
as my litany ended and wonder
upon wonder an epiphany entered
into my mind of an everlasting joy
if I but held my righteous course

2/1/2024

Next: roundabout, feather, brilliant, poetic fires, muse, cloak

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Enjoyed the soliloque (AIIIIIIIIIIIIIII)!

Challenge accepted!

PS-Name of the new fruit and veggies store to be opened next week: Petrichor! Had never read that word before!

Next: roundabout, feather, brilliant, poetic fires, muse, cloak

Muses or Heroes

Poetic fires roundabout
are often inspired
by iconic images
taken out or not
of real life.
Muses or heroes
are celebrated
by the feather
in all their brilliance
or under the discreet cloak
of anonymity!

Next: myth(s), legend, status, aspire, ancient, vivid.

Enjoyed... "celebrated / by the feather / in all their brilliance / or under the discreet cloak / of anonymity!" :)

Challenge accepted !

Challenge: myth(s), legend, status, aspire, ancient, vivid

aspire

ancient wisdom says
aspirers dream
beyond the status quo
vivid imaginings of
mythic proportions
the means by which
legends are made

2/7/2024

Next: silhouette, pendulum, mystic, vignette, spectral, whisper

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Loved the version of the birth of legends.
Challenge accepted.

Next: silhouette, pendulum, mystic, vignette, spectral, whisper

A nightmare

A dream comes back to me
in vignettes:
the pendulum of the clock stops.
A slight silhouette appears
on the opposite wall in my room
and a spectral voice whispers:
I'm the ghost of a love
from a past life,
A wake up,bathed in sweat.

No, no ghosts or mystical experiences for me!

Next:lightening, flash, murmur, silver, ecstasy, battle.