Take it Easy!

                    
                                                                               Photographer: Tisha Mukherjee

Image: Walking Slowly

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sigh in the morning 
to limber up easy
mimic a chime to screen off 
any bother and walk slowly

to look up the sky 
to detect a signal 

just walk aimlessly
never a right nor a wrong way

to shore up the inner self

Lisa at dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille Q 258 

I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen…

From the Angels

                                                                                        Author: Vyacheslav Argenberg
Image: Engrossed in Pleasant Dreams

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An extension of the imagination
Registers its presence in the nights
Emerging for a split second or longer
Then disappears into tight lockers

If an angel is to deliver its message

Likely it says good dreams are for good living
Bad dreams are aftermath of bad intentions
Not to get mixed up in lots of misgivings
But rather of dreams that are all pleasant

In the realms of the subconscious 

Messages flow from the angel's choice

Rosemary at PSU Friday Writings 

#249: Message from an Angel

A Good Meeting

     

                                                                                                           Author www.konftel.ru

Image: A Well Conducted Meeting                                                                        

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To include the line,

“the dead were settling in under their mud roof and something 

was shuffling overhead”

A perennial problem of flotsam in the mind was forever in 

intruding and accumulating fodder to spew lots of hot air.

In a meeting they were happy to dump big logs not driftwood 

to scuttle fresh ideas. The dead were settling in under their mud 

roof and something was shuffling overhead

It was done with such finesse of creating goodness for acceptance. 

The intention was to create a diversion to set a good mood for 

discussion. The idea was to seek minor agreements in between 

but sinister in intentions. 

Such were  antics of certain elements who with spectacular words 

cast a wet blanket over brilliant ideas. They did it with such 

eloquence to win over the fence-sitters. These were people happy 

to remain tight lipped not giving the group the benefit of their wisdom

The meeting would invariably end without a proper conclusion

Kim at d'Verse Prosery: Something shuffling overhead

A Piercing High

                                                                                                    Author: Bruce Marlin
Image: A Cicada

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Melts the quiet of twilight
Sudden piercing highs
But just as suddenly it
turns melodious

Layered
lingering but firm

Oblivious of the
encroaching dark, 
An eerie
ensemble beckons

An orchestra for
the long haul 
Throughout the night
Morbid in nature perhaps

Mating game or distress call

All sounding the same

to the unaccustomed ear

House Calls

                                                                          Artist: René Magritte (1898 – 1967)
Image: Rene's 'Son of Man'

(courtesy of d'Verse OLN #417)

Some few things in being fair
Mind is occupied with thoughts
Good thoughts, making one unaware
It gets therapeutic of sorts

An apple a day is making headway
Engrossed in thoughts without a slide

Going for the better a doctor leads the way

A friend always going with pride

Standing tall making house calls

 All the more at peace with time

For the sick and immobile suppressing his gall
Sacrificing leisure is a healthy sign

It has to do with the heart
It appears all right when relaxed
The mind has a way of being smart

To take it within its stride

Mish at d'Verse Open Link Night # 417

Rendezvous at Night

                                    
                                                                                                     Artist: Azul

Image: Mother and Child by The Rising Moon

(courtesy of Lillian at d'Verse 6 Oct 2026)

drawing on lost times each showing 

concern not having met for so long 

to be a lot nearer the mother kneeling 

the child kissing her with a song

hugging upon meeting excitedly 

talk and friendly banter commenced 

of a meeting of two souls happily

involuntarily separated by parental

divorce now meeting by the moonlight 

not staying put at the starting grid

but to blabber on the stories of old

reminiscences ugly or otherwise

wanting to have them told

with no intention to repair or restrain

or to settle scores but to bear the pain

thinking only on the good times together

insisting it to last forever

Lillian at d'Verse Poets Pub

Introducing an Eight-Year-Old Artist!

sighs of relief

                                                                                                           Author: ID 4653867
Image: Happiness

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Tedious close to a
good year where many
give sighs of relief

Radiance of new dawn
heralds discourse of hope
But conflicts and social 
woes still exist

Pocketful of rainbows 
in the distance are showing 
good signs of meeting a hope

that appears encouraging

Note: De to please delete # 24, it was a mistake! Thank you.

De Jackson at d'Verse Quadrille #257: 

A Pocket in Your Poems

Memories of Failed Love

                                                                                                       Author: Giles Laurent
Image: A Loving Couple

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Memories of a failed love
Contending on his mind
He was not about to back-track
A bad experience best forgotten

He loved the company of ladies
And long for their presence
Their perfect upkeep and frailty
Their sweet caresses and humour

What he wouldn't give for 

the resurgence of youth
The succulent exchange of ideas
The elegance that both enjoyed!
Never a dull moment

Magaly's at PSU's Friday Writings #247: 

Reframing Negative Concepts

of love torn apart

                                                                                          Author:WEI, WAN-CHEN
Image: Broken and Torn Apart

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A resurgence of yearnings of the heart

Sustenance of love torn apart

The last he remembered was being helpless

No garland of love or flowers

        
Demands from youngsters are more brazen

Santa sneaks in with presents

contrary to Yuletide cheer they declined the offer
expensive items they implore

A city kaleidoscopically engulfed in lights

Foliage but varied and bright

Many were all screened for the position

Why get a younger person?

tumbling, jumping to hold their attention

waif left to his own as an orphan

Grace in d'Verse Poetry Form: Breaking up the Couple(t)