As we were preparing for this anniversary, I took the opportunity to look back over the year—flipping through each prompt, clicking on a few links and remembering some of the fun times.
What a year we have had.
Hundreds of poems. Thousands of poets. If you participated in everything, you have 158 poems you wrote, just for dVerse. That is pretty amazing.
Every week, I am impressed as well with the quality of work. It is really cool to see people, over time, refine their voices as well. It is great to see new faces each and every week, among friends that have grown familiar.
I wish we had a slide show of pictures inside an actual pub of each of you delivering your poems or sitting around tables chatting like you do in the comments.
Today though, we will look back and ask each of you to pick one poem you wrote throughout the year and link that in — an encore performance — as we take one more look back before we move ahead into Year Two.
- Pick a poem that you previously linked to dVerse
- Click on the Mr. Link below and enter your name and the direct url
- Visit a few of those linked, even if you read it before, and let them know your thoughts—and enjoy it again.
- Tweet it out, Facebook it, whatever your social media choice
- Have fun!
Thank you for a great year! ~Brian & Claudia
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Hello Everyone. I’ve been spending a little while today looking at my last year’s poems. I think quite a few need re-writes. I’m linking one that has gone through a couple of revisions. It had a way to go when I first posted it for rhymed couplets and I’m sending it out again to see if it has been improved. I’m most eager to read what y’all have chosen. Thank you and happy anniversary to us all!
you def slave the forms…and thank you for stretching me this year gay….never really tried them until this year…they scared me honestly….smiles.
Well, that was easy, since I have just linked one poem to you guys–sorry if you have read it already.
hey it does not matter if you have been here a week or a year…you are def welcome…
Thanks, Brian–promise to link another that has not been read by you guys next time 🙂
most def…just think of how many you will have to pick through for next year…smiles….
Indeed! This has been (to borrow an expression from my Sixties past) a Real Trip. I have found this site to be the best I have found as far as the quality of art and the wonderful personalities participating. I haven’t participated much as of late as I put together two books and published them…some of the poems I’d posted here. Again, I’ve enjoyed my involvement here with all of you wonderful fellow poets.
humble bows….thank you sir…way to go on the books as well….
Since I’m new to dVerse I thought it would be ok to post something, while new to dVerse, was an older post on my site. 🙂 To another good year for you guys!
i hear that…glad you have jumped into the journey sir
Posting my very first piece that I shared to your first Open link night. Thanks everyone. 🙂 Have a good night all…yes, here’s to many, many more years of dVerse and all the fabulous poetry shared here.
smiles…very cool…thought about going back that far….i need to check back when i was there earlier it looked like comments were closed…
Well, congrats to Brian and Claudia and to all. I started looking and found many things I’d completely forgotten about – this may say more about my memory than the large number of poems (or perhaps about their quality), but no – won’t say that – I think it’s been incredibly inspiring to be part of this group and brought out work that I would not have anticipated doing.
Now picking something a bit hard – a favorite poem or a “best” poem–some of my favorites lighter, as it were – on the other hand – well…. k.
smiles…def did not define best…mine was the one that stuck in my mind because circumstances around it…smiles….glad you are here k….
Me too. (Glad I am here.) I don’t know about best – I chose a poem very close to my heart. k.
those are often the best…smiles…
One?!?!?! Well, ok. Not a happy, celebratory one, but one I was rather proud of how it turned out.
oh but it was powerful!
Happy happy anniversary ~ Gay, I have learned to write in different poetry forms, thanks to your guidance during the early months of my writing. I shared a poetry form during the OLN (Tuesday) as this community has played a big part in my journey.
For today’s meeting, I chose a free-verse poem close to my heart. Hope you enjoy it.
Again to everyone at D’verse, thank you for all the support and encouragement.
glad to be part of that journey with you grace….smiles….
Going back to BlueFlute’s Vampire Prompt for me…and some blatant self-promotion…holy smokes poets…why didn’t you shut me up! 😉 A quieter year ahead from me perhaps…where’s the fun in that!
woot…chiller for sure…smiles…and def ont eh quieter year…but louder in voice…
Always strange returning to the fold of poems past, but the one I’ve reposted is one of the ones I’ve remained happy with, reminding me that despite the veneer of civilisation, we are all animals… :-))
haha…there are some i no longer let out of the closet…smiles….yes we are….
What a great idea!
why thank you sir…smiles….
Choosing was easy: I had so much fun learning how to write framed couplets from Gay’s post, that linking to this post seemed the obvious choice.
it was def a good choice….a non limerick too…oh my
LOL! Hard to believe, huh? 🙂 Me, in non-limerick mode!
It was difficult to choose just one poem for an encore. Although most of the time I post for Open Link Night, I was interested to find that the final 4 I narrowed it down to before choosing just one were inspired by either a dVerse Saturday prompt or the Thursday Form For All. 🙂
I like the idea of a picture of everyone together in the pub, even if it would have to be photoshopped. 😉 Looking forward to seeing what others thought deserved an encore. Peace, Linda
it would be really cool…it would have to be a huge picture…oh my…ha…
I met you in April 2012, I believe, though my dating may be a little off. So, I have only been here three months, but the Pub is already a big part of my life. Here I give you my first post at the Open Pub Night, a child’s look at the Lady Columbia, the personification of the USA (as in “Columbia the gem of the ocean . . . “).
a great one to look back on…and i love having you here susan…keeping me on my toes…and inspiring me…smiles.
I’m choosing to share the French Ballade form that Gay introduced to us sometime back. It was a fun and challenging form and I like the topic that I chose. Thanks to everyone for your support and guidance this past year…I have learned so much through being a part of dVerse Poets. Love…
i love your voice in that one…strong!!!!
Interesting time of reflection – some 60 poems written over the year, all but 2 published on this site. I have gone for one with virtually no views or comments but which I think is an over looked little gem!
glad to get a look at it john, it is a gem…glad to have you on the journey with us as well…smiles.
Your prompts have called me out of a place of hiding, one I didn’t even know I was in….!! so glad I’ve found this site and the marvelous people connected here. I’m linking Albatross and the Dove – written on Memorial Day- as a way to make peace with where I am right now.
woot…that is what i like to hear on the prompts…there have been quite a few that have taken me places i dont know that i would have gone…not jail yet, that is a good thing…smiles…
A uber groovy concept to be certain, but as I first walked into the pub last week I won’t be able to participate- but I will certainly enjoy sitting back with a brew and reading this anniversary celebration. Peace.
hey man….you only been here a short time and already making your mark though…i know your comments anywhere….haha…love th way you groove…
You guys are simply phenomenal…you keep pulling rabbits out of that hat…and your generosity and support is priceless. Thank you ever so much!
seriously, you are a fav ma’am…if that is rabble i will take it any day…smiles…
Happy Anniversary! (have I said that yet??). My ‘best’ (?) poem dates from last October. One thing I noticed browsing through was, I hadn’t posted that many poems to dVerse prompts, sometimes because I couldn’t get my act together before the curtain dropped… I will try to do better in this new year of prompts.
smiles…we keep you on your toes with the 33 hour limit..we do it honestly though…we have just found once the page flips many people wont come back to it…and we have OLN as the catch all as well so if you miss you can def drop it there….glad to have you here ruth!
agreed – I wasn’t trying to put blame on you or make you change the way you do things, you guys rock 😀
oh i did not feel that at all…just using hte opportunity to explain….we get that question quite often…
I remember it was Brian who found me first. I had only just started writing poetry half heartedly ) in the summer of 2011. I had set up my first ‘blog’- with no real obvious way of leaving comments. I had no real idea about how to blog, blog etiquette, or that hundreds of talented poets were just waiting a couple of keyboard taps away. BUT- Brian reeled me in….encouraged me….this led me to meet Natasha Head, Claudia…. I got more positive encouragement….and then I REALLY got into it….started reading LOTS more of the @dVersePoets…..i set up a PROPER blog…and then my mind got blown….
I guess what I’m trying to say is…@dVersePoets is a real living, breathing community- the @dVersePoets gave me the confidence to keep writing and gave me some self belief…. I get blown away every week with the sheer quantity AND quality of the work posted- hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of poems – that is pretty amazing
And you know what? I never find any ego….just encouragement and positivity- and THAT is awesome
For me- I’ve still got a LONG way to go, lots to learn, lots to write, lots to read….
But what a cool journey it will be.
The poem I’ve linked is one that for me was written at a turning point, I’d begun (I think) to find my style a bit more- and I guess…started feeling happier with my work-
you made me smile all over sir…and look now you are on staff…and have some of the most played prompts….i would def say you have earned your keep….and i love reading whatever you write…
just getting in from work, hope everyone is having a great day…catch up soon…and leaving for Missouri late tonight for vacay…woohoo!
nice…i chose the one that jumped to my mind first..and yeah..was rome…smiles…about to go through the files for the poetry reading and almost bed time over here…so will be around tomorrow to read your best of’s…
hey i will got to rome any day…smiles….rest well claudia…cant wait to hear the poem!!!!
Looking forward to reviewing these…but it may take me a while. Thanks for the fun party!
yay. you made it….hope the trip is going well…sorry i did not get the link in…killer day…claudia had to link me earlier as i was stuck at work and sent an email asking….thank you victoria…you have been a blessing this year, pulling double duty at times…i appreciate….
I’ve been reading but I’m going out this evening. Don’t think I’m snubbing you guys. I’ll be back to read later & tomorrow! Great stuff so far!
have fun gay! smiles.
Okay!! Be warned, I have discovered Soundcloud, and I am about to drive you all crazy! Most of you have probably read my poem, “Cannonball”, but you haven’t heard me read it, and I promise you’re in for a treat! Enjoy!
Oh good! I’d love to add the voice to the duck.
haha….i think i might already be crazy sir…but i can go deeper…smiles.
Happy Anniversary…
I’m so new to dVerse that I have only five poems to pick from to re-post, but I went ahead and chose one of them. 🙂 I’ll be around later to read.
~Paula
i am glad that you did…as glad as i am that you found us…smiles.
Oh here it is! I was commenting on the wrong thread. 😛 What I realized while sifting through old poems is that the comments of the dVerse community is so important to my process. A poem isn’t really done till I get your feed back, telling me what worked, telling me that you “get me”. There are so many poems I never linked and they just float there unfinished because they have not been processed by the dVerse machine. I kinda feel sorry for those little poems.
bring them around…you never know what we might do with them…you hit on a key though and that is the community aspect and how that def develops our voices….happy anniversary ma’am
Happy Anniversary! And I’m glad you are continuing :))!
Thanks for being there and I wrote quite a few since I joined in January or so. I like most of mine and a few standout….Kiss Ride, French Bleu, My Red White and Blue (the one I posted for tonight) and Cascading Moon(which I wrote one morning in about 6 minutes). You have made me impress myself, ha ha.
Maybe that’s the thing about poetry…you get to impress yourself.
was continuing ever at doubt…whew that sent a shiver down my spine…smiles….impress yourself…that is awesome…smiles.
Hey all, really cool to be able to follow people’s think processes and see how we’ve all grown through dVerse.
I also enjoyed thinking back through poem’s I’ve posted and ended up with one with isn’t my best poem structurally, but is my favourite in terms of subject and some lines.
Thanks for all comments and feedback, it’s always appreciated (especially tips to improve!)
Here’s to another year, hurrah! haha
hurrah! smiles…sorry i missed that one earlier it was def a treat!
Happy anniversary my friends. Posting the first poem I ever posted (Jan 2012). I instantly found a talented, generous and supportive community of artists here and I am so grateful to have found you all.
Your pal, Buddah Moskowitz
whassup my brother from another muther…smiles…great to have you in the pub mosk….
I have 17 poems that I linked to dVerse. Not very many but I’m already finding it hard to choose something to show. I found dVerse just as I was about to give up on link-ups. I really like how the link-ups and prompts are hosted here. Even if I don’t have the time to participate, it’s enjoyable to read the article that precedes before the Mr Linky. Every post contains some gem of an idea or something worth looking into, such care in their preparation.
Thank you DVerse Team, all and each of you for your efforts. 🙂
i appreciate that feedback…i do think we have some top notch articles…i am glad we were there…and that you did not quit…you def have a voice…smiles…
i’ve entered my “shape of gratitude” poem, which seems fitting, as i’ve much gratitude to everyone here at dverse, hosts poets readers et al, thanks so much you guys
adan, you are def one of the ones i would love to meet in the real world…and your lovely wife as well…just dont try twisting me into a yoga pretzel…some of those positions look like they hurt….you are a blessing man…
lol ! thanks so much brian, it would be a pleasure, and maybe one day sheila and i will like-wise get the pleasure 😉
oh, and no worries, no pretzels from, more like slow held easy poses (but boy do they do you good 😉 )
Happy Anniversary dVerse and thank you to the team and anyone who has visited my page from this one. I am so glad I have found my way to the pub. 🙂
apologies in advance if I don’t get to read as many contributions as I’d like in the coming days – I’ve got a rather hectic week coming up and may have limited internet access. But I would hate for anyone to think I was taking without giving anything in return. Normal service will resume shortly!
i hear you…i am about to drive 14 hours to missouri so i am getting time in tonight…i hope the week turns out easier than you expect….
Thanks Brian – you too. 🙂
I’m in. Won’t be able to make the rounds for a while, but will do. Sorry to those who’ve seen poem before – but at least it’s a short one. k.
at least its a short one…snort….is that a smack at me…you calling me long winded…just playing with you k….def loved meeting you in person…and sampoling from your table…def would not mind that again…smiles…and apreciate having you on staff as well ma’am….you do good work…smiles…and bring elephants to the party! woot!
alright poets…when next i am here…i will actually be 14 hours away from where i am currently sitting…and several states….will be back tomorow evening to catch up with you…
and hey if anyone is in missouri near branson, hit me up on the email…we will grab a cup of coffee…
I only made it through the poems in the first column of Mr.Linky so far, but I’ll be back. These poems! These poems ARE the best. How could I have missed 9 months of it. (“There’s no place like home.”)
Brian,
You got it before–it was from January–one of my first to link up–but it was on a different blog I was doing. Pre-exclusive-poetry blog! I love this pub–I have learned/been reminded of so much about poetry through dverse and have been so inspired by everyone else’s work. The challenges and interaction are wonderful! Thanks so much Brian and Claudia for creating/maintaining the site and for all the other contributors as well–you guys rock!
I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you for all that you do, Brian, Claudia, and gang. This must be so much work, but I’m so grateful you do it every week.
Being brand new to poetry when dVerse began, I can say that I would have given up the entire thing long ago without the support of this site and all the lovely people who took the time to stop by, like or comment…so encouraging. It has really meant a lot to me.
I linked up my first more ”serious” piece written last August : )
Thank you, thank you, thank you. xxxx
Love, Eva.
Ugh, I’m sorry I don’t know what’s wrong with me, other than traveling from the east coast to the west I added the wrong post, can you remove the first one please? I apologize.
I really want to thank you both for all you do and for this place of solace for a solitary writer I tend to be a recluse and you help me feel safe about sharing my poetry. I’m thankful for the ways I’ve grown here and for the work I’ve produced as a result. Hats off and big smiles 🙂
You’re always safe here Apryl and feel free to let your imagination flow. These are kind and caring folk..all!
I have just 5 dverse poems and the one is that which I forgot to post at time. So?? Can I post the one I forgot to post at time. The others are recent ones and it will be boring, no?
are best off’s ever boring…? smiles
thanks Claudia….I am a newbie here, I was a bit confused….Thanks.
Oh, so I was supposed to be writing poems this last year. I’ll keep that in mind this year and may give one a try. Thanks u all for this site. I wish I had more time to submit on it. But when I do, I thoroughly enjoy it.
We’re always eager for your work Henry! You’ve been a big part of dVerse!
oh and we’re always eager for your singing and playing as well henry…bringing music to the pub..nice…
“I wish we had a slide show of pictures inside an actual pub” … That would be neato. 🙂
“It is really cool to see people, over time, refine their voices as well” … I agree.
I agree. Some of us have met up at pubs. I met Claudia in January 2011 at the Troubadour in Kensington in London and Brian and Claudia met in New York. I was supposed to go to New York last year, but unfortunately other events prevented my going. We really are real people out here and even “cooler” in person!
it was so cool meeting you gay..
Happy Anniversary, d’Verse! Thank you, to each of you, who make this place happen! 🙂 You are appreciated.
I’ve been inspired here. Linking up here has def propelled me to write when it would have been easier not to. 🙂
It was fun and interesting to go back and look at the poetry submitted for the past year. I just finally picked something from last summer.
This is a great place on the internet for poetry. 🙂 Muchas Gracias.
smiles..muchas gracias for hanging out in the pub and making it such a dverse and alive place ..
I have enjoyed every minute in this pub and posted a lot of WIP poems. I’ve linked the second poem I ever posted here, at the first Form for All, I think. My first poem really didn’t deserve the outing!
always good to see you viv..
ok..finally made it back and off to read some of your best off’s..
I am so sorry to be missing the party–I just checked and found 127 poems tagged dVerse, and every one with so many kind comments. The support of this community has been overwhelming, and I want to thank all of you for being part of it. Since I can’t return visits atm, I’m not linking in, but just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their kind words in the past, and the pleasure of reading their poetry, then and now.
Don’t be silly. You have a doctor’s note. You should still link up. You are one of the best poets; don’t withhold your work. 🙂
Thanks to everyone – it’s been a wonderful year 🙂
If there’s a prize, I think Claudia’s going to take it. That was unreal.
whassup everyone! i have landed in branson…cool to see everyone jumping in and having fun…will be catching up troughout the day…um after a dip in the pool and a few slides down teh waterslides….maybe…smiles.
haha nice…have fun on the waterslides…and good to know you arrived safely
smiles…having a blast….
I don’t have quite 158 for dVerse, but a nice little heap. Tossed in the one that seems to have stood the test of (a relatively short) time the best…
making my way around slowly…about wiped out from the drive…have a handful left to visit so if i dont get to you tonight, i will def finish in the AM…smiles…so excited to see so many turn out for this…
and some of you may have already heard the group reading…its on FB already but will be in the post tomorrow as well…claudia did a great job putting it together…
I’ll give a listen. Missed the deadline for this and the reading, too. Oy, the joys of bipolar life…
Hope you have a great trip, Brian, and yes, Claudia is a godsend, too. Love to all, Amy
Sorry I’m late. Been a tough week at work for me, and it isn’t over yet… but had to drop by and chill a bit.
Thanks to everyone here at the pub – you’ve been amazing partners in crime!
I’m the one with the file baked into the apple pie, hee hee.
I echo Sam’s gratitude for this blog, which took off like a naked toddler avoiding Big Boy Underpants!! I had one chosen, which I’ll leave.
This blog is a revelation for poets – some of the best writing I’ve seen yet, thanks to the talented people drawn here. I’m excited to be part of it – and curse my depression for missing the deadline!!! Amy