Monthly Archives: March 2016

Musical Dip

Posted on March 25, 2016 by ShirleyB

Victoria has set the prompt at dverse pub poets today. It is a Quatrian Refrain comprising eight lines: two tercets and a couplet, eight syllables per line or iambic tetrameter, your choice, first line is a refrain, repeated as the last … Continue reading →

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Daphne’s Diet

Posted on March 17, 2016 by ShirleyB

Open link night at dverse. Daphne’s Diet – Day 1 She’d signed at ‘Slimming Zone’ and paid her dues, determined she would stick to it and lose the weight that so miraculously formed around her waist, her thighs and upper-arms. … Continue reading →

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The Simian Line

Posted on March 16, 2016 by ShirleyB

Mish has set the dverse prompt for today. ‘So,today I am asking you to write a poem that pays homage to hands’. The Simian Line The single palmar transverse crease is etched across your hands – both of them – … Continue reading →

Posted in d'verse Prompts, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text, Spiritual | 18 Comments

Stressed To Kill

Posted on March 10, 2016 by ShirleyB

Bodhirose has set today’s prompt. Our challenge for today is to use the following fourteen words in the order presented: stay, sits, play, wits, fits, comedy, flits, tragedy, eye, smart, cry, heart, moan, stone.  These words were borrowed from a … Continue reading →

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