The Friday Fling Travels To Villanellaville To Write About Travel!

  Friday Fling #234 for May 31st 2013 Shhh!  Wanna hear a secret?  Promise not to tell a soul ok?  Oh all right.  You can write a poem about it.  But that’s it. Here’s the secret.  There’s this place, see, called Villanellaville.  They say you get there by asking your muse.  Your muse knows the […]

CONSIDERING THE FORKS IN THE ROAD — A “Simple Sunday” Piece

    “Two Ways” by *m-eralp       CONSIDERING THE FORKS IN THE ROAD   Considering the choices I’ve had along the way, some so clearly marked by signs and lights, illuminated so bright and no mistaking the way and some not so clear, the path rather dim, I wonder now if it really […]

CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Spends Vacation Time In Villanellaville!

This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 P.M. EDT.   Friday Fling #234 for May 31st 2013 Shhh!  Wanna hear a secret?  Promise not to tell a soul ok?  Oh all right.  You can write a poem […]

Get Lost in the Lines with ME!!!

This is a compilation of all the lines for this week’s collab that will post on Friday night at 9PM Eastern. Hope you’ll pick a few and join in on the fun! All are most welcome.

WITH SUMMER’S RETURN (short piece with photo)

      WITH SUMMER’S RETURN   Delicate perfumes usher in the day that summer returns and spring tiptoes away. And my soul dances among scarlet blossoms and golden buttercups whose tender green leaves glisten in the sun as the fluttering birds sing Nature’s happy song.     (c) barbara kausteklis 5-28-13   Written for […]

POEM: June

This is my Pick-Apart poetry creation for the CPC monthly challenge of that name, where we choose 25 words from a poem and make our own poem from them.  The featured poem which I used for this is James Russell /Lowell’s “What Is So Rare As A Day In June.”

CPC PICK-APART POETRY LOOKS FORWARD TO SUMMER

Welcome to the May 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we approach June and look forward to the arrival of Summer in just a few weeks. For many of us, in fact, the Memorial Day Weekend marks at least the unofficial beginning of summer. So let’s celebrate the occasion with some poetry that looks forward […]

IT’S THAT TIME, GIVE ME ONE-MORE-LINE!!! (CLOSED)

This is the first blog of three for the “CPC” Collab development process. On this blog we add lines and play off each others lines to generate lines for the collabs. Come on over and join in the fun. All are welcome!

~Broken in a Rainbow~

~Broken in a Rainbow~ Did you wrap me in a rainbow? Treasured, Measured. And I, Was I hidden? Tucked away, In a kaleidoscope of broken glass? Washed away? By the… Shards of my tears, Layered, Colored, …fragments, Collected, Rolling around inside, Lying jagged on the ground. Forgotten, Ignored, …incomplete. Didn’t you see? I…I was just […]

~Memory’s Ghost~

~Memory’s Ghost~ I am a ghost among your memories, Held close, …deep within. Playing over and over, Time and time again. Our days, …our nights, Linger still, …within your mind. With each breath you take, You remember, My sweet kiss, …my soft skin. I am the ghost of your memories, Held close, …deep within. With […]