The wonder of love

                                                                                                      Author: Lip Kee
Image: Mixed marriage. 

Can it run smooth? (here)

They had it going for quite sometime
The wonder of love did transcend the divide
Pretty little darling awesome partner for a lifetime
Providence with divine intervention had to decide

Look further on ahead, there between truth and falsehood, 

A little empty space in all innocence

Much like the receding cold months to intrude
Glorious future awaited but now abandoned

Why had it suddenly gone chilly

Ever wanting to share divergent views
Petite lady and dashing beau looking silly
Success in a union based on tested values

Could mixed marriages be given the space
To make it work and forgetting differences?
When transposed into the similarities to face

It was love the pull factor the choice solution!

Note: A Quotation: 

To include a line of  Amrita Pritam's poetry,

"Look further on ahead, there between truth 

and falsehood,  A little empty space "

Punam at d'Verse Poetics - women are people-

invoking amrita pritam/

It gets one to useful sites

                                                                                                  Author: Dreysacz

Image: Browsing Intently  (image)

Browsing is fun and simple

often relates to some things

familiar. It will catch immediate 

attention. There is a relief on 

concluding with a tinge of 

education

It may instill awareness and

wonder for those uninformed

It gets one to useful sites

not anticipated

(44 words)

Linda at d'Verse Quadrille#153

and to include - browse

Sentiments provoked

                                          
                                                                                           Author: anon

Image: Pleading for divine intervention (here)

skies opening up clouds peek out
chirping gets louder euphoria 

over welcoming the greenery of Spring

sentiments provoked to go forward
life for the asking until very recently
conflicts among the big powers 

put the smaller economies in a grim 

and vicious vice

skies inundated with military hardware

draining on cities flattened and lives lost

grains exports restricted leading to

shortage and rising prices

effects of the conflagration 

with far reaching consequences 

bad times ahead economic woes looming

Carrie's at Sunday Muse #212

a soft sigh in the misty morning

                                                                                         Author:Tanya Grant

Image: The Heightened Tuallang (here)

in the misty morning with a soft sigh 
to limber up lithe supple and stout
to rally and mimic a chime to try 
for a person who is down and out

to detect a signal perhaps rightly
suggest to look up to the sky 
and not to just walk aimlessly
kicking a pebble to keep mobile

slowly move along the road for inspiration
there is never a right nor a wrong way

to shore up the inner self's determination

into an active being early in the day

weejar's at  MLMM's Photo Challenge #414

She searched her conscience

                                                     Author:Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington

Image: Depressingly Red skies  (here)

She searched her conscience calmly engrossed
He left without a decent word to allay her fears
Just another gullible victim beginning to be obvious
Believing his words which now seemed spurious

The skies never been this red she recalled in dismay
Perhaps angry in sympathy with her sincere yearnings
Not to appear slovenly and unkempt during the day

Time better accorded instead to counter human failings

The compound word - daytime

Lillian at d'Verse Poetics : compound me

a gaze of wonder

                                                                                            Author: Linda Trarbach

Image: Merrily doing a selfie (here)

curiosity kills the cat
we've always been reminded 
it can lead to a spat 

that one discovers

such like life is made

a gaze of wonder 

full of amazement

moment in time laced with

memories of days long gone

unpretentious subdued and quiet

festivities post pandemic

just days before

with the end of Ramadan

now the lull before the storm

still just as quiet

recording more snapshots

no more squinting behind the lenses

but for the presence of the smart handphones

to merrily focus on selfies

where everyone are in

without having to rush back

to beat the self-timer

that was how she had captured

many years ago of herself

in precious black and white snapshots

tattered at the edges now

there are not many of these anymore

now treasured for posterity

to whet the yearnings of curiosity

Rommy's at PSU - Poets and Storytellers United.

with -  Friday Writings #26: curiosity 

bare of any pretenses of luxury

                                                                                                   Author:Wouter Engler

Image: Cramped in a Small Craft  (here)

definitely a window of opportunity
not to pass off the joys of boating
though crammed in a small craft

bare of any pretenses of luxury
and seemingly deprived 
but lots of fun to a teenager

that was a long time ago
when given the chance
what a thrill!

it was a lucky break unplanned

but was invited on board
with kaleidoscopic hallucinations then
on how it could have been a luxury yacht

it brought back memories

of that day in May
unreal in thinking perhaps

but dreaming of the good life!

Sanaa at d'Verse OLN - LIVE May Edition

Nature’s orchestra

                                                                                                  Author: Qazwsx96

Image: Fried Crickets, a Delicacy 

ready for the Palate (here)

Awakened from sleep
Wee hours of the morning
In cool mountain air

Heard from the thickets
Little creatures rarely seen

Among them crickets

Shrieks from one so small
Repeated musical sounds
Nature’s orchestra

Crunchy little things

To satisfy curious bids

But smooth down the throat

Note: A set of  Haiku

Misky at d'Verse Poetic Tuesday

bon-appetit-food-poetry

Full impact from all directions

                                                                                                Author: anon

Image: Wind swept (here)

Spring sneaked in so colourful
Greenery galore, it is
Picturesque and beautiful
Great time outdoors peaceful bliss

Cold that enveloped the mind
Was just a passing irritation
Normalcy now all the signs

Appeasing much expectations

The wind taking a cue

Full impact from all directions

Messed up all the hairdo

Lining up all the fun but forgiven 

Carrie at Sunday Muse #209

they throw tantrums in their anger of need

                                                                                               Author:Daniel Case

Image:  Children at Play  (here)

need we go far, to take a peek

to see for our own self the situation 

the upheaval affecting not just the meek

but those bashed beyond recognition

not physically but more emotionally

best liken in those of children

who exhibit feelings most naturally

of anger and bargaining without inhibitions

untold joy in having small children around

always the urge to catch one to kiss and hug

like twinkling stars of the night ever present

shrieks and shouts are music unplugged

get two together they readily communicate

in a crowd they'll bring the house down

boisterous and noisy they sometimes irritate

expected of them and not to be frowned upon

they throw tantrums in their anger of need

minders reason to instill discipline and acceptance

in reality a child of whatever bids often slips

the minders are the ones to learn compassion

Note: Delicate reasoning of anger 

and acceptance with children

Jade's in d'Verse' Poetics:  Kubler-Ross’ stages of grief