frozen in time

                                                                                         Author: Bruce Boyd

Image: Flowers Frozen in Ice (here)

the 11 of 12 given words:

perplex burst hesitation airless forbidden frown 

stone-carvings massive quick obliterated render

perplexed with bursts of tall questions

hesitation to up the ante of artistic images

trapped airless biddings not at all forbidden

not frowned on but under innovative guises

not stone carvings but beautifully frozen

in ice so delicately with massive potential

myriads of flowers mostly in full bloom

with admiration to appreciate and to ogle

like a good thing coming in with a quick entry

it begets a quick kill to be obliterated with awe

melting excruciatingly dripping with dignity

but slow in process to render time to adore

Nekneeraj at MLMM's Photo Challenge #372

MLMM's at Wordle #247

it now walks alone

                                                                                                Author: anon
Image: A mean machine

in the past  (here)

Quenching its thirst 
It's being through with running

a mean machine 

in the past

but now tiredness is of right

a respite is mandatory

to rest awhile

survival is not an option

but a life and death thing

so as to be able 

to walk the next day

it now walks alone

there was a pack

following at his rear

not anymore

it was long gone

a dominant leader emerged

and enticed them away

the human kind

who flew out the nest

they did it on their own accord

 

but they are still emotionally attached

for family attachment is sacred

of ties that bind

Carrie's at Sunday Muse #166

Me and My Shadow

                                                                                                                 Author: Crep171166

Image: Me and My Shadow (here)    

 

Me and my shadow

It follows most faithfully

And no strings attached

Rightly it is on its own

MMT at Shadow Shot Sunday 2:

 A Bit of Shade

He is still at a loss

                                      Author: SMasters

Image:  The Mangosteen (here)

the 11 of 12 given words:
box pang heavy moved held share 

blooms trail forget writing could

He is still at a loss

Nothing in the lunch-box

but pangs of hunger brought him back

Something's on the kitchen table

She had the good sense

of putting some grub there

His guilt feelings seemed too heavy

He should not emulate the mangosteen

The outer skin is hard

He has to give way much

She was moved he thought 

It all seemed too easy to hurt her

He held designs 

to share a lot with her

He held promise of things easy

Blooms all the way along the trail

Forget minor inconveniences, he thought

The writing was on the wall

He could have seen it

He should!

She had said ‘no’

Why did she change her mind?

He has learned that much

about her to know her

He had known her that long

He had known her all his life!

She had gone through so much herself

He had not been that easy a guy to please

She’ll give in again this time

It had worked even 

during the turbulent teen years

After all, Mom knows best!

MMT's The Whirligig #324

Bjorn at d'Verse OLN #295

Faint heart given a nudge

                                                                                                   Author: In twilight

Image: Opening up to 

its Beauty Eventually  (here)    

Isn’t it pretty to think so? – Ernest Hemingway 

in The Sun Also Rises (1926)

Case of misconstrued insanity

Could he be faulted for a time

Lingering in throes of secrecy

Not really worth a dime

He searched his conscience

He thought he had it made

Sweetie Pie, he even gave a name

But she would rather have him dead

What did he do wrong

Whispering sweet nothings?

Choice of words all along

Not open to feigning 

But he was not about to give up

Faint heart given a nudge

Plodding on would be smart

Time would be the judge

Jade at d'Verse Poetics - One true Sentence

To retain a semblance of authority

                                                                                          Author: Husseingallery

Image: Either Fooling Around or 

Safeguarding their Turfs (here)

the 12 given words:

onslaught people rights end signs pour 

drought  history still slide symbol week

The onslaught on people's rights

A peek toward's the openings of war

No end to human conflict and slights

Signs of old forever at the door

Pour it all out and end the drought

History still nagging to arrest the slide

The reaction is symbolic of a sort

Not wanting to give way without a fight 

If they can find their own tufts

But for weeks as always the case

It’s space and acting terse

Instinct determines the pace

Just a quibble and they erupt

They take positions aggressively

The equation is quick to disrupt

They bite lash and gnarl incessantly

They just go berserk without warning

Like the dog in the manger reacting

Not unlike a human provoked parrying

Off blows after blows contending

Each having as many rights

To wrench away at victory

Insisting to resolve to fight

To retain a semblance of authority

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #506

I have reached this far

                                                                                                                  Author: anon

Image: Trappings of Success (here)

I have reached this far
Chauffeur- driven it is a beautiful car
But this flower at the lapel is in the way
Despite an hour hunting for it yesterday

It is a pretty flower, a beauty indeed
Get it right fast for I have a date to keep.
My desire is stunted I am left flustered
The evil is afflicting me hard and I’m all frustrated       

I have been through a trying existence
Fading by the minute the bother is an irritant
Time is fast-moving my chances in a deep abyss

A flower between me and that all-important kiss

Fireblossom at Sunday Muse #165

crimson yellow peeping over the horizon

                                                                                                   Author: Denizb33

Image:  Beautiful Crimson Yellow Sunrise (here)

Trimeric was invented by Charles A. Stone.
1. A Trimeric has 4 stanzas
2. The first stanza has 4 lines
3. The other three stanzas have 3 lines each
4. The first line of each stanza is a refrain of the corresponding line 

in the first stanza (so 2nd stanza starts with the second line, the third 
stanza starts with the third line, etc.).
5. The sequence of lines, then, is abcd, b – -, c – -, d – -.

Note: No other rules on line length, meter, or rhyme.

but Hank kept the rhyming

crimson yellow peeping over the horizon
getting brighter by the minute but not fully
just stirring up and still dizzy feeling broken
already sunrise with birds chirping incessantly

getting brighter by the minute but not fully

the free-flowing booze made his head heavy

felt like throwing up but kept his senses easy

just stirring up and still dizzy feeling broken

reflecting sadly he was not where he belonged

an idler not used to staying on the job for long

already sunrise with birds chirping incessantly

yet to receive the stipend he was to get rightly

but none seemed to bother he sensed ruefully

Grace at d'Verse Poetry Form:  trimeric

unwittingly endured brutal in consequence

                                                                                   Author:: Carol M. Highsmith  (1946–) 

Image: At a Loss for directions (here)

the 12 given words:

endure brutal nothing home, hard mother 

help work way beyond reach field 

unwittingly endured brutal in consequence

nothing gained except home on the blind side

hard to imagine mother nature's vehemence

help cried for to work its way as of right

was it confusion beyond the reach for a spell

go, make a decision to arrive at any destination

directions plain to see road signs displayed well

being lost is a step towards a chance resolution 

a challenge to invoke beneficially good returns

to slash the field  to regain stature from slumber

life is a gamble in all of its contending spectrum

gambler's luck may unfold as a happy rejoinder

MMT's The Whirligig Wordle #323

abandoned by love and planned obsolescence

                                                                                                    Author: Glenn A. Buttkus
Image: Old Rusty Truck (here)

“The isolated Model T truck bears the weight and pride of a 

hundred years of rust, becoming prairie art and sentinel.” - Glenn A. Buttkus

abandoned by love and planned obsolescence

as Shakespeare would have rightly acquiesced 

tragedy of sorts the likeness of a sustenance 

of Romeo and Juliet, renowned young lovers

oblivious of time ignored in many ways

of what outcome stuck on unpaved lanes

out in the open but had seen better days

wrought with sorrow and lots of pain!

cast a blind eye mocked with laughter

regretfully betrayed in a web of intrigues

a history of happenings akin to gunfire

enemies within unseen but well in league

Sanaa at d'Verse Poetics: 

exploring-minimalist-photography/

what's wrong!

                                                                                                         Author:Tellmeimok

Image: What seems to be 

the bother?  (here)

what's wrong!

what is troubling my mind?

a whole lot of encounters

making merriment 

mysteriously taking liberties

a troubling big smudge right

across my brain.

telling Hank something unlike

anything before, why?

a warning sign apparently 

must keep a lookout for

some other hints! 

(44 words)

Mish at d'Verse Quadrille #130

to include the word 'smudge'

swirled around devoid of blame

                                                                                              Author: Carrie's

Image:  Talented Hands with

Beautiful Creations  (here)

sincerity an elusive element 
swirled around devoid of blame
in the quest of beautiful creations  
rollicking akin to playing games
exhibiting an array of creative forms 

takes efforts to stake a claim

other times easy to come by
relationships extending for life
stimulant to good-natured highs
not given to having to strive

outwardly small in significance
stellar makeup, jubilant in feelings
extending help beyond expectations
good friends count as rare beings

Carrie's at The  Sunday Muse #164

they were lost in a reach of nothingness

                                                                   Author:https://authorhttps//rebcenter-moscow.ru/

Image: Sadness Written all Over (here)

a mind that swirled in eventual wildness
of tidal wave proportions in readiness

impacting on a barefaced soul of likeness
they were lost in a reach of nothingness

the amphetamine's initial overall effects
had a way then to transform the relaxed
slow progress in determined resurrects
to relate and  relent within strong impacts 

what every junkie had sadly hoped for 

to untie in time to untangle those knots
after popping in a fix, it softened of sorts
no more  resistance in enhancing the rot

but there seemed a common possibility

of the common reaction being triggered off
spasms of violent reactions showed chillingly

 a peacefulness side-stepped and not absolved

they eventually suffered alone in a dream-like

stupor not bothered nor aware of the real world

newepicauthor at  MLMM's LSD 25 

Music Challenge #184  - to write something

of the drug scene

must dreams keep appearing

                                                                                   Author: Imogenisla

Image: He willed himself

to dream again tonight (here)

10 of 12 given words:

nightmare, worst stony darkness revelations 

indignant word cradle, beast hand

fragments of his memories or
just figments of his imagination
salacious episodes popping

not a nightmare but worst

stony silence in the darkness

revelations of past events 
light and dark images dancing
in the shadows gone berserk

nothing had changed in his routines
but must dreams keep appearing 

in the still of nights

indignant and very much disturbed
he watched the clock ticking when
startled from his slumber eyes blurry

not a word through the whole episode

he cradled his imagination 

with a slight moan 

theft of his sleeping hours would leave 

him woozy but he remained uptight

the beast in him wanting to emerge
on the one hand his anger was subdued

he kept asking but answers eluded him
not that young to be privileged with
erotic dreams he persisted to get answers

he would like to dream again tonight!

MMT's the Whirligig #322

Lillian's at d'Verse OLN - how's your remodelling

if need be to even risk going into the deep

                                            
                                                                                   Author: Francesco Ungaro

Image: Risking the Deep 

for Solutions (here)

ironically the space extended is suffocating
why must freedom to move be curtailed
the surge to create space is most appealing
if reasons delimiting will not make it fail

if need be to even risk going into the deep

in search of wonders not known to man

find the staircase even to delve in while asleep

afflictions are solved guided through Providence

repent and not to provoke a reaction
good feelings are not subject to sanctions

under no pretext but on proper reflection

good intentions should not be abandoned 

Tricia at d'Verse : Poetics - take a risk

Nekneeraj at MLMM's Photo Challenge #369

Most perplexing to the mind.

                      
                                                                                                  Author:Crookesmoor

Image:  At the Crossroads (here)

To include the following sentence:
“Crucial to finding the way is this: there is no beginning or end"

Most perplexing to the mind. Having to seek a remedy seem the second-best
thing to do. Crucial to finding the way is this: there is no beginning or end. One 
is invariably stuck midway. To move forward is equally impossible as to retreating 
backward. The idea is to make a start and then move, just move. It is bound to 
lead somewhere.It makes it easier then to decide mindfully of the resources available 
and the stamina to sustain. It is more to favour going forward. To adopt this 
stance is to be progressive going along with prospects of discovery, and fulfilment.

By extension, it is going towards the end, expecting to reach a goal working on a 
prospective target. On the contrary to go to the beginning is to be searching for 

indications of a likely direction with prospects of keeping on searching.

(144 words)

Merril's at d'Verse: Prosery -finding your way

to grab the elusive rainbow

                                                                                  Author: IIP Photo Archive
Image:: Rainbows and departing 

storm clouds, (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:

stretch scene seek sing break 

closet open claim pride rainbow

extending a stretched hand to go beyond

to a scene yonder across pristine skies

to seek an endearment spellbound

singing across daffodils in the wilds

ungainly steps break over fast waters

that plunge icy cold furiously down below

lamenting a closet of life's woes that enter

into an open abyss of melted white snow

resolute resolution stamps a hard wallop

to readily claim the little pieces and get on

pride of lofty goals a little more assured

to grab the elusive rainbow the ultimate aim

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle#504

Sports, the arts and music are on offer

                                                                                               Author: anon

Image: Ability and Talents 

Transcend Age and Gender (here)

People see what makes sense to them, 

reality notwithstanding nonetheless
Is it not a brilliant idea to provide for everyone

Where does it say one is not at liberty to have fun

Take volleyball hockey golf athletics even soccer

Whether individual or team games does it matter
Where the fairer sex have excelled to great heights
Women as a sports personality have all the rights

Do not think only men should be allowed to marvel
It may just be thoughtful to offer women their all

Sports, the arts and music are on offer just as much

For women are made for it with the feminine touch

Carrie's  Sunday Muse #163

Dylan at MLMM's First Line Friday

blowing bright by the sea

                                                                                                           Author: そらみみ

Image: Seaside Tranquility (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:

blowing bright sea stretching broken 

hum common rising moon shining

basking in the sun

taking in the tan

blowing bright by the sea

not any more to worry

the stretching breeze seeks

to brush by my cheeks

broken lashings of the waves

slow hums in low octaves

free to laze easy

common latitude from being busy

rising moments of solitude

feelings of gratitude

no one to intrude

heightened my mood

nights are just as breezy

the moon above held sway

shining in a good way

none that I’m seeing

engulfed all my being

not a bother in the world

but then where is everybody?

MMT's Sunday's Whirligig Wordle #321

Water Apples

                                        
                                                                                                Author:Tu7uh
  Image:1 A Bunch of Jambu (here)

 Image:2 My Jambu tree in a corner of the house compound

Image:3 The first sprig of flowers hidden among the leaves

Image:4 The best way to enjoy jambu as shown above is with 

a dipper comprising soya sauce with cut onions, chilly and a 

dash of celery or mint. Yummy, my mouth just waters!

This is a revamp of an earlier posting 

Jambu tree, at last

You finally spawned some buds

Some years of waiting

The toil and fond care

Overzealous  manuring

Leaves greener than green

December arrived

Wondering what variety

Just eager to see!

The water apple ( Eugenia aquea) is variously known as jambu (Malaysia)  djamboo wer (Indonesia ) tambis (Philippines) chom-phu-pa ( Thailand) and chambekka (Malayalam, India) This is indicative of its wide distribution in South East Asia.

It is succulent and crunchy, some varieties are sweet whilst some are sour. It is available all year round

Just over a week ago I noticed my Jambu tree had spawned its first flowers. I’ve nurtured and applied fertilizers regularly for the past couple of years. I had initially applied NPK but I realized it was not good for the soil. I later got treated organic manure and had positive results  The leaves came with a rich dark green and more luscious than before.This was the day that I had waited for.

Kim at d'Verse Poetics: 

How to cut a Pomegranate