It’s the Season of the Witch and those of us along the eastern seaboard have named her Sandy. Here, we’ll feel her steam through the overnight, but for those of you out there dealing with her full frontal assault, please know our thoughts and prayers are with you.
For those of us who will be celebrating a water-logged Halloween, if we celebrate at all, perhaps we can take some comfort in knowing our virtual pub has proven quite strong against the elements and the mood, as always, is welcoming and warm.
Tonight, the spotlight is yours, dear Poets…as we cling to your words as the anchor of “normalcy” (gasp!) they provide us. No matter from where in the world you may be writing, you can trust we are clamoring to hear you.
So bring us your best! The link is free and open. Will you be tricksters, weaving haunting spells and incantations in honor of the seasons? Will you take the role of healers, providing hymns and prayers for those in need? Will you be Tom and Jerry, battling multiple cartoon personalities in Technicolor? Break out your best costumes, take advantage of the virtual treat bowls and best of all, lose yourself in some of the most amazing poetry to be found on the web…or anywhere for that matter.
I’m Natasha Head and you know what time it is…
It’s OpenLinkNight…Trick or Treat?
dVerse 
Okay…marshmallow pumpkins or sour patch witches? Treat bowls at the ready…
Woohooo… candy apples all around! Happy Open Link Night!
Well mine’s all tricks, treats, and hopefully fun. Finally had time to fiddle with the steampunk sonnet prompt by Victoria from a week and a half ago. I’m apt to be an hour late and more than a dollar short these days. Hope it’s a happy halloween. Bad as the storm is, I think all our friends, relatives, and associates weathered it even if some are without power and may not have internet for a while. Enjoy y’all. Stay safe!
I hear ya Gay! The steampunk prompt was awesome and I missed it…you’ll be seeing the results soon, though!
Caramel for me please 😉
Thanks so much for being a safe harbor in the storm! Great intro Tash, love being here :D.
Always love having you Anna…and it’s so awesome to gather here each week…just happy to be here 🙂
Boo!
Back at’cha! Glad you weather the storm okay!
Phew…. doesn’t look too good to be first up and sitting at the bar before the doors haven’t stopped swinging does it?..LOL …Hi Tash. This is my fav pub 🙂
Hi Bren 🙂 It’s my favorite too!
Candy apples? Whoa! I’m in! See ya’ll later.
In the words of bossman Brian…see you on the trail!
To all the talented and wonderful people here at dVerse, I would like to say thank you to all of you for allowing me to be a part of your community. I would also like to apologize to those who read and commented on my poem Saturday. I have been under the weather, so to speak (nothing drastic), for a week or so, and as a result, I failed to return the courtesy by reading and commenting on your poems. I try to do so each and every time, but sometimes I don’t gitter done. I’ll try to do better!
Life and poetry tend to collide at the best of times. You and your work are appreciated Charles…and have granted me smiles and life lessons on more than one occasion…hope you’re feeling better 🙂
Feel better. You’ll have some more reading time soon!
i hope you feel better charles…
A precious remedy is knowing I make you smile. Thank you!
OK, today I had a hard time deciding what to send, and ended up closing my eyes & just sending. Whew. Be on later for some wonderful reading after work!
That sounds rather exciting! Will it be a trick…or a treat?
I wrote my poem last night instead of today, and now I feel like such a cheater — even though the rules don’t say the poem has to be written on Tuesday. I often make my own, much stricter rules. 🙂
Oh…you wouldn’t believe my little rule book…know exactly how you feel! But preparedness is a good thing…right?
I could never manage those rules. I’m 10 days or more for a prompt I found delightful. I wanted to write it in the form of “I am the very model of a modern major general” but decided I wasn’t nearly clever enough to do that, so I tightened it into a sonnet, but now it feels a bit short. Well let’s say it’s a work in progress. Ha. Good on you for meeting those personal deadlines!
thanks tash for tending bar today and surely our thoughts are with those that have to face the storm and i really hope that all of you stay safe out there… will be out on the trail after work… see you in a bit…
it’s been an amazing sight to behold…makes us realize just how fragile our all consuming worlds are…
smiles….we got pretty lucky here…i know there are those that were not so…my thoughts and prayers are with them now and in the coming days…
looking forward to a little poetic get away here…see you out on the trail….
a ton of rebulding ahead…glad you weathered it okay…the tail end comes our way this evening….but she’s pretty much blown herself out.
I hope everyone in Sandy’s path is okay! Although much of NYC is in bad shape, my neck of the woods (I’m in Bayside, Queens) has weathered the storm reasonably well.
Here’s my Nutty Limerick. Thanks!
Happy to have you and happy you were spared, Madeleine…our thoughts are with those who were less fortunate for sure.
Hope all are well…and stay safe…
Indeed!
Happy open link night!
Thinking of all those affected by hurricane Sandy..was a rough storm.
Wishing you all a happy Halloween!
Welcome back to the pub Gwen! We’ll get you one of those candy apples! 🙂
Thanks, Natasha, for hosting the tricks and treats and the poets that go bump in the night–best thoughts to everyone in the storm’s path for the situation to get better as fast as possible. I have a Howl-oween special up–tied up atm but will around tonight to read and comment.
caught glimpses of your offering Hedge…we’ll be seeing you soon!
No rush–I am all behind, since I laid down for a nap after gardening and fell asleep til morning–this getting old stuff sneaks up on you! Just now off to read and return visits myself.
Hello everyone, have a safe and enjoyable Halloween!
Best day ever! 🙂
So glad to be sharing something with you all… so glad to be reading you all — it always feels like I’ve stayed away far too long. Sigh.
I never dreamed I’d be addicted to Tuesdays! You poets are to blame 🙂 LOVED your post today Becky…showing off the good-side of our species…we need more of that!
Hi, everyone. Those of you in Sandy’s path, I’m battering you with prayers, thoughts, positive energy…whatever, from the west. Stay safe.
Thanks for hosting, Natasha, and I hope everyone who was (or is) in Sandy’s path is doing OK. I’ve been away most of the month. It’s nice to find the Pub cruising along now that I’m back home. Cheers!
Welcome back! Have a feeling the pub will be here for a while…as mentioned by Anna…our safe harbor 🙂
Ghoul Evening Ms. Too
the tricks are a plenty
and treats, well you brought them
but I shant have any
for my words I shall gift you
with no sense of shame
but I must worn you
stand clear of the flame
for witches and warlocks
were both in my past
and revenge shall been mine
so tonight get the gas
with the embers of anger’
and damnation from sin
I bring you the legends
let the party begin
muahhahaahaahaahaahaahaahaaahaaa
That was both eerie…and really quite awesome! 🙂
I’m serving up satire disguised as nursery rhyme. I think I may have to record it (gasp) to bring out all of the implications, and may. But try it. You may feel that it is a treat and not a trick after all. Off to make calls for Obama, stepping around the storm debris. Things at my house are fine. I hope that anyone who needs help will say so!
Given the large number of links for me to read, it looks as though Sandy has spared a few poets! I’ve been thinking of my American friends all day and worrying.
Excellent prompt tonight!
I have tried to leave comments on blogger posts but it refuses to allow me, grrr! I use my WordPress ID and it just says error 😦
try the name/url option…
I’ll give that a go, thanks Brian.
A drink at the dverse pub is just what I need on a Tuesday afternoon. Thanks for serving it up, Tashtoo.
and don’t forget the marshmallow pumpkins! 🙂
alright, made it to 70 and i am off for family time…be back tonight to play some more…
Finally home from work and happy to be joining my friends at the pub. Hoping all you boys and ghouls, especially those who faced the brunt of this Frankenstorm, are hanging in there and doing okay. Sharing something fun and appropriately spooky for the season! Happy All Hallows Eve, y’all!!
Happy Halloween Ginny!
I’m glad to have a welcome place in the midst of stormy weather, both literally and figuratively… I’ll have one of those candy apples thank you!
woot great to see you apryl!
I hope all in the storm’s path are safe. I have family on Long Island and am a bit concerned, since I haven’t heard a word from them. My poem comes from an anniversary I went to on Saturday. How I love Mexican tradition.
Thanks for hosting Tash.
Pamela
Happy Samhain to one and all. Hope all of you over the pond are safe and warm and well.
Welcome back Shan! And a Happy Samhain to you and yours on the other side 🙂
My thoughts are also with our brothers and sisters on the East Coast. Be well.
Thank you for hosting tonight.
Always an awesome gig! 😉 Thank you for joining in!
My posts are becoming fewer. But oh is this one long.
excellent, excellent excellent…
A bit out of the loop here in NYC. I have a new poem – it’s NOT about the storm,but it is about a terrible tragedy in NYC about a week ago. Kind of grim (sorry.)
Hope all are well! k.
i thin it was wonderful…still keeping you in my thoughts k…
Thanks so much, Brian, for your wonderful kindness–on top of all that energy! k.
i got just a little left for the day…we had a mean game of flag tag this evening that has depleted me a bit…smiles..
is there anything better than, after a long workday, coming to a crowded pub for a pint of verse or two..? smiles…looking forward to start my reading round now…
hey claudia…hope you had a good day…some good stuff out on the trail…for sure…
yep…some great stuff out on the trail…will take a little break and get a coffee at starbucks before i start my second round… hope you had a good day as well..
To all those suffering in storm Sandy, I hope you can find a way to bunker down and bundle up. Perhaps if you’re lucky enough to still have internet you can enjoy some hot drinks here? Praying for you, and I’m sure it will produce gales of poems 🙂
Prayers and poetry…there’s healing in those words!
Just heard on Rachell Maddow some possibly 20,000 in & near Hoboken (per mayor) are completely cut off and have not been rescued yet or otherwise accounted for…oh my, I think I need to read some poetry to divert my mind for a time ..
..and i think i should watch the news…thanks for the heads up…
http://roslynrosssmallstones.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/trick-or-treat.html
Oh, treat for sure, come along for the ride 🙂
And apologizing in advance, have to post and run, but will be back tomorrow to enjoy this diversity of talent
ha…sometimes life gets in the way of poetry… don’t run too fast…smiles
Good evening all.. 🙂
hey good evening…good to see you
and good morning as well…smiles.
i’m in!
and our prayers and thoughts for all those caught without power, clean water, or safe shelter
wishing you a safe flight to paris!!
Smoother seas from the gulf today… a tricky treat 🙂
Thanks, Tash.. look forward to all the great poetry to be had and to rubbing shoulders with all you kind poets out there.
nothing better than rubbing shoulders with lots of fantastic poets on a tuesday night..good to see you becky
Happy Halloween! I love this time of year.
Time for trick or treats
With kids ringing loud door bells
For candy and sweets
loving the avatar….batman is def my fav superhero…smiles…happy halloween!
Thanks, Happy Halloween!
Always a treat when you’re at the bar, Natasha!
and you as well…..enjoyed the form play last week man…
I’m posted. Happy Halloween to all. Thanks Natasha.
Always awesome to see you Kim! 🙂
After hiatus of almost three months, I am back to dVerse and looking for ward to reading so lovely stuff. Hope you would like some of my Haiku and a verse that’s about death…
http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/2012/10/whispers-love-destiny-and-death.html
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Shashi
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
shashi!!!! great to see you man….glad you came back to poetry…smiles….really enjoyed your haiku!
Happy Halloween to you all! http://miskmask.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/bewitched/
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, Poets! Good to see we’re still going strong!
@ Kathleen Everett : Word press will not allow me to log into your site, sorry. Enjoyed your lovely poem, though.
Have yourselves a ball, one and all – and thanks for the invite Tashtoo!
My word, the pub is crowded tonight!
My poem is a litte sad, but at least I’m not living through a super-storm.
you gave me a tear today….hugs
will be in and out today…back to school post-storm & i have poetry club today with the students as well…
nice…poetry club sounds cool…can i come…? smiles
come on…smiles.
Great intro, Tash ~ I’ve left a poem about a walk on ‘them thar hills’ today 🙂
… and so sorry, ran out of time to comment on all the poems of others 😦
Sorry for my tardiness. I was busy last night and didn’t make it back to read and comment until now. Wonderful post, Tash and thanks so much for tending the bar. *hug*
We’re going all day long Beth! You’re right on time 🙂 Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween, everyone!! I’m ready for some poetic tricks and treats 😉
Awesome! Bring it 🙂
Well look who the storm blew in. I’ve not been around much recently – an overdose of life kind of got in the way. Hospital appointments on the next 2 days, then an insanely busy week to follow. Just applied for a new job too. If I get it, it’ll be incredibly challenging and rewarding.
Welcome back Tony! Happy Halloween…and best of luck on the job prospect
I thought I’d do a little trickster thing: it ain’t a poem, nor prose …
I wish I could dress like these guys for Halloween: Socrates & Whitman.
Hi Tashtoo. 🙂 I am glad to meet you and thank you for tending the bar today. I hope you have been safe from the storm. My best wishes to you all too. 🙂
We had about 20 or so little ghoulies. It was great fun. Did some fine reading and cannot wait to do some more. Think there was a lot of ghostly writings and a lot of serious thoughts and concerns this last week end and this week with the storm. I am very impressed with those who honored those in their time of need. And those who wrote because of their trouble with the weather although they were removed from their homes and evacuated. My heart goes out to those families who have losses of life and of course homes. I hope for your rescues and for your aid. Good Night.