Sweet and Bitter Stuff of Wonder
Brought to you by Mary K
POCKET
A pocketful of lies or emptiness –
The hopes I hoped just did not reach
That fluffy addition to my cozy coat.
So, I sat and thought –
What if I tore it off?
No more lies or emptiness.
Yet, will hopes stick
As if stitched?
© 2026, soulmary
Another beautiful prompt from d’Verse Poets: Quadrille #257 – Pocket
THE PEACEFUL HUM
Late summer glows sweet and softly sad
I gaze dreamily at the gold blessing me
In patches between the tall branches,
Crystal tears fill my eyes brightening my day,
I hum a tune so peaceful that all my silent being
Immerses in the joy.
© 2026, MaryK
To see where this poem was inspired, you may visit the d’Verse Quadrille 256 prompt here. There are so many poems written in answer to it that you can spend some quality time enjoying.
Reverse Poem
After warming up those limbs in the sauna,
lying in a pool of mineral water,
still feeling the hot steam,
I cast a lazy eye at the mountain peaks
standing proud across the field.
Standing proud across the field,
I cast a lazy eye at the mountain peaks
still feeling the hot steam,
lying in a pool of mineral water
after warming up those limbs in the sauna.
17.08.2018
This poetic piece was written in response to d’Verse Poets prompt from 16 August 2018. Just keeping up the game, nothing serious.
Bouncing
like erratic balls
given to a child to hush
his displeasure with his coffee-sipping mother
who left him in the nursery
Where it doesn’t matter
that the place is full of colours,
toys and noise.
Gaping loneliness is bouncing –
millions of coloured balls.
(c) 2018, MK
This weird quadrille was written for d’Verse – Quadrille #48 – Bounce. It was my first quadrille, and I’m not sure I did it correctly. For example, what do you do with “a” or with hyphenated words? The obvious solution – check fellow poets’ approach and adopt it. It was a nice challenge.
