Category Archives: d’verse Prompts

Damn Damage

Posted on June 21, 2021 by ShirleyB

Posted for dVerse Poets Pub – Trimeric form which was invented by Dr. Charles Stone. This is such a troublesome affair.I’ll ask you once again to tell the truth.The damage done is more than I can bear.You’ve always been ungracious. Quite uncouth. … Continue reading →

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A Time

Posted on April 4, 2016 by ShirleyB

Victoria has set the Quadrille prompt for today. Dverse Poets Pub. A Time It was the end of a long, damp summer late mornings early elation discovery learning innocence guilt the end the beginning all we had been … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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Elysia

Posted on February 24, 2016 by ShirleyB

Elysia it was a strange awakening glass sharp. we rode tandem through the blur of an old film she breathed promises on the back of my neck laughing the air tingled with sepia summerness drifting bon-fire smoke cut grass. hushed … Continue reading →

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In A Stew

Posted on February 23, 2016 by ShirleyB

In A Stew Mother said, ‘Simmer it, don’t let it bubble’. The trouble is the thermostat is knackered. I stood there, stirring it over ninety minutes blending OXOs, cornflour and mixed herbs in it. Then the bell rung at the … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam

Posted on February 22, 2016 by ShirleyB

The dVerse challenge today is from Whimseygizmo, a Quadrille to include the word ‘bubble’. quiet togetherness golden memories floating forever suspended in rainbow bubble-glow inspiring your graceful one-mindedness innocent open-mouthed wonder viewed from a place shaded with hues of mellow … Continue reading →

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Contemplating Dating

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ShirleyB

People tell me I should try a little dating. ‘Go on, dear’, they trill, ‘It’s just the tonic’, Their nagging tends to get a little grating, so, I’ll meet you, Geoff, as long as it’s platonic. It’s not easy for … Continue reading →

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