a rare taste of love

                                                                            Author: João Silas joaosilas

Image: Happily Entangled in Love  (here)

the 11 of 12 given words:

rare, taste, love, crude, rich habitat,

ripens, heat, seed, sea survive

a rare taste of love

somewhat crude in  a rich

habitat given to an environment

strange in its make-up

love ripens to reach a crescendo

high in its intensity 

a temperament befitting 

of young lovers in heat

the seeds of matrimony

once provoked in a sea 

of expectations will withstand

an onslaught of madness

pandemic or no pandemic

the will to survive 

and fight to be heard

is supreme in young hearts

MMT at The Whirligig#342

Linda at d'Verse's OLN #302

Lone hearts cower in silence

                                                                                                 Author: FTPPTF

Image:  An Eerie feel (here)

He thought he could discern glimpses of movements 

behind him darting across chasms of emptiness, playing 

tricks with his imagination. They were even accompanied 

with sounds. Why were there rustling leaves?

Trudging in the evening sun all alone through tall trees 

of stony silence. Fear he had to endure for his house 

was at the far end. Why must he walk alone?

He had to brave the quiet path idyllic in its structure. He 

kept asking why he was subjected to all this. No choice 

was extended to him. What did he do wrong?

Imagination

lone hearts cower in fear shows

measure of conscience

Frank's at d'Verse with Haibun Monday

to include, the word, fear

his head kept spinning his thoughts numbed

                                                                                                  Author: CalistaZ

Image: Sleeping Soundly 

Despite Bad Dreams (here)

fragments of his memories or
just figments of his imagination

salacious episodes popping
like crackers all heavy and juicy
light and dark images dancing
in the shadows gone berserk

nothing had changed in his routines
but must dreams raucous and ravenous
keep appearing in the still of nights

he watched the clock ticking when
startled from his slumber his eyes blurry

theft of his sleeping hours would leave 
him woozy but he remained uptight
he kept asking but answers eluded him

what could he do to rid off the dilemma
he had not been thoughtless but still his
head kept spinning his thoughts numbed

not that young to be privileged with
erotic dreams he persisted to get answers

he would like to dream again tonight!

Magaly's at PSU Writer's pantry#93

somewhere up high in the sky

                                                                           Author: Photo credit Sebastian Wahlhutter

Image: Leisurely Hammock Crossing (here)

somewhere up high in the sky
I had my short leisure in a hammock

it was there and then it moved
a slow pace like a tired red fox
along a line bridge together with many others
 
my short leisure of merriment 
has no bearing whatsoever on heights
no time to worry
it is a straight destination to the other end
to experience a rare moment in space
with a deep fall down below

but extending an alternative if it fails to move
 
all is not lost, a fulfilment of sorts somewhere 
a choice offered in jest above the Kansas Prairie
holding the key of life
against a slight wind.

 
how it offered a simple solution

the beauty of a bungee jump

with no strings attached

The Original Poem 

Lost in Plain Sight
BY PETER SCHNEIDER
Somewhere recently
I lost my short-term memory.
It was there and then it moved
like the flash of a red fox
along a line fence.
 
My short-term memory
has no address but here
no time but now.
It is a straight-man, waiting to speak
to fill in empty space
with name, date, trivia, punch line.
And then it fails to show.
 
It is lost, hiding somewhere out back
a dried ragweed stalk on the Kansas Prairie
holding the shadow of its life
against a January wind.

weejars at MLMM's Photo Challenge#387

Laura at d'Verse Poetics - lost poems

and found poetry

an ashen faced shock

                                                                                     Author: Dickinstein

Image: A Near Tragedy 

- just a Black Eye  (here)  

seemingly contrived 

bemoaned of feel

more of embarrassment 

for being careless

not physically hurt 

but it did seal

an ashen faced shock 

nonetheless

happened sudden 

in times of stress 

mouth 'masked' 

but more blinded

to woes of worry 

when the survival instinct 

is supreme

(44 words)

Shay at Sunday Muse#182

with Photo Challenge

Sarah at d'Verse's Quadrille

- to include the word 'ash' in

44 words

he was nabbed by the police subject to rigorous questioning

                                                                                       Author: DingoFilter

Image: Wrapped under an Arbuthnot Tartan plaid (here)

10 of 12 given words:

cringe freeze privacy hilltops hide escape sorrow swivel limp
miscreant (a person who has done something wrong or unlawful)

plaid (chequered or tartan twilled cloth)

he cringed to think how close it was
trying to freeze his privacy unto himself

as a way of forgetting the woes impacting

a hermit's routine ideal up the hilltops

it was not  to hide nor to escape the sorrow
to just bid his time to be alone to swivel
around without any particular reason
but he was sporting a limp the past week
when he slipped unceremoniously in the 
driveway and crumbled in a blob 

the miscreant they were looking for had

an uncanny resemblance in gait and also

headed for the hills on the last count

it was his ill-luck to have pulled the plaid

from the drawers on the way out of the house 

again a blunder

he was nabbed by the police subject to

rigorous questioning as to the colourful 

tartan plaid which appeared similar

just goes to show one cannot take lightly

anything colourful to have on one's person   

MLMM's  at Wordle #261

Lillian at d'Verse OLN LIVE 

Nothing is static as it is all relative

                                                                                                  Author: Keven Law

Image:   Moving forward (here)

Nothing is static as it is all relative
Remaining unchanged and inactive
will not mean remaining unaffected
It is regressing when others move forward

To change is to keep pace not to falter
To innovate is to change for the better

Logically progress should be accepted
It will have to be seen as readily adhered
For resistance to change is a natural

As the comfort zone is constantly rattled

Rosemary at PSU Writer's Pantry#91

more gamers with sophisticated devices now!

                             
                                                                                             Author: Carrie

Image:  Your move! (here)

on adjacent squares to the Black King

the two Queens menacingly facing up

the timer keeps ticking

a critical moment thinking hard

your move!

such is the beauty of the game

strategy, planning, moves

all in the head within split seconds

with two Generals trying to outwit

in battle in the most 

sterile moment in time

brought to its highest level

during the Fischer and Spassky era

which captured the attention

of the enthusiasts and players

Grandmasters' openings 

on everyone's lips

in the meantime having to tolerate 

Fischer's strategic antics

the ever-patient Spassky 

tested and provoked to the fullest

there are players now, yet

but there are more gamers

with sophisticated devices

gone are the days

that used to get every enthusiast 

transfixed and hypnotized

Carrie at The Sunday Muse #181

power comes with responsibility

                                                                                       Author: Michael Törnqvist

Image:  Menacingly Huge (here)

Power thrust unto them
Politicians, newspaper editors
Pray uphold for the many
who are weak, helpless and lost
Not to further make life
miserable for the deprived

Those powerful seem to forget
power entrusted upon them
comes with responsibility not

stoned with drunken fervour

(44 words)

De at d'Verse's Quadrille Monday

for a poem of 44 words and to 

include the word - stone

to love and be loved

                                                                                              Author: Carrie

Image: Two in One (here)

the 12 given Wordle words:

find make faces father men bitter became 

beard buying mends bowed blocks

never had it so good

to find it all in one

a make-up on faces

for a father's child

now fully grown

men's privilege

to adore and forget

bitter encounters and

other unpleasant memories

what became of women's

tenderness in turn for

mustache and beard

to love and be loved

looking for the blessings

buying for time

that mends the heartache

with heads bowed

both looking forward

minus the mental blocks

to hug each other again

MMT's The Whirligig Wordle #338

Carrie's The Sunday Muse #180