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celebrating life, celebrating poetry, dancing in the workbreaks, it's all about people, OpenLinkNight, poetry, poetry sharing
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, depending on where in the world you are..
Are you still a bit breathless from celebrating?
I am – cause I did not only celebrate our 2 years pub anniversary last week but also my 25 years wedding anniversary as well – and it’s good to give room to celebrate those special events, looking back at what was and let the mind spin and visionize a bit about the future as well – pausing in thankfulness – smiling about the little anekdotes along the way…
We had a big party with family and friends on saturday, and I haven’t seen some of them for quite a bit – and it was just so good to spend an evening together, eating, drinking, talking, laughing – and the one thing I thought again and again was:
It’s all about people, it’s all about the people we meet along the way – those are the true treasures and what enriches and stabilizes our lives.
The day before the party my daughter came back from Australia after studying for half a
year at Sydney university – and when we prepared the party place (a construction site which we thought is good symbolism for a marriage as well) I just enjoyed working side by side with her, decorating the place, inflating balloons, preparing the tables – setting up the music equipment – at one point, admidst the loads of work and unfinished things around, we just started dancing (see pic.. smiles) and yeah –
I’m here because of the people – of course because of the poetry as well – but I could read good poetry alone in my living room – I could write poetry just for me or for publishing a book that will be sold to readers I never met and never will – but what attracts me here and what makes me stay and come back again and again is every single one of you.
So thanks for being here, thanks for traveling that journey with us and thanks for partying & dancing in the work breaks with us as well.. smiles — happy OpenLinkNight!!
If you’re here for the first time, this is how it works…
- Write a poem (no specific theme) and post it to your blog
- Copy the direct URL of the poem into the Mr. Linky.
- Insert your name into the Mr. Linky so that people get to know you
- Visit others and leave them a comment. Tell them how you felt when reading their poem. Be specific
- If you like a poem, share it on your preferred social media platform like twitter or FB
- Join the conversation in the comments section—it’s fun and a wonderful opportunity to connect
See you out on the trail — Claudia
dVerse 
Happy Anniversary to you!! And thank you for being here, you and everyone else in this wonderful community. You are so right, it is all about the people. *Cheers!*
cheers to that kelly…smiles
Wow the place is hopping already! Happy OLN Claudia!
ha smiles..happy oln!
Happy Open Link Night and, belatedly, happy anniversary, Claudia!
thank you…
Claudia, Thanks for hosting and Congratulations on 25 years! Today I decided to link to a poem I wrote earlier this year as part of my 40 poems for Lent, and interestingly it has a little something to do with celebrating. 🙂 Well, it’s time to go get me some lunch and then come back for some poetry. Peace, Linda
ha smiles…enjoy your lunch linda…so what’s on the menu…? and cool on the celebration theme of your poem…will check it out in a bit
Lunch is an Arby’s roast beef sandwich and their new house made chips. Only on the way back to the office I started wondering if the chip seasoning has milk protein in it, which means I can’t eat it. Will be checking online before I start eating.
oh i do hope it has no milk protein and you can eat it…
No milk! 🙂
Aww, what a heart-warming story Claudia. I am so glad you put that picture up of you and your daughter dancing. Got goosebumps looking at it and feeling the love. Thanks for sharing and for hosting OLN my friend. I plan on stopping in with a poem. The weather in Minnesota is so beautiful that I have no excuses for not being inspired. See you at the pub later on…
nice…over here it’s scorching hot at the moment…the newspaper wrote we’re having tropical nights… you can sit outside at 1:30am in a t-shirt and it’s still too warm… ha
It is all about people, there is nothing better than good company, Claudia. Thanks for hosting and happy open link to all.
thanks for being good company pam…
Beautifully expressed – Happy Anniversaries!
thanks anna… you’re just starting out right… smiles
:D.
ha. no need to count days there…they will come…smiles.
As ever, thanks for the ride! I had posted this particular piece on Sunday, a poem to go with the painting that I completed for my aunt before traveling to the US. Happy poeting everyone! ~peace, Jason
a painting for you aunt…how cool…
Happy anniversary Claudia and happy link night everyone 🙂
smiles…thanks yelena…and happy poeting…
Hi Claudia and all the pub patrons. We’re having a thunderstorm – second one today – so I’m going to log off and hit the trail later or tomorrow. Hope you all have a fun evening.
stay safe tony.. it looks a bit thunderstormy here as well…not sure though if it will hit..
This one’s passed over now – the forecast is for it to be like this for a couple of days here.
peace tony…we have had some nasty ones of late…and flash flooding the other day….stay safe….
hello everyone, Tuesday afternoon is all of a sudden very exciting. thank you all for writing such wonderful poetry and Claudia for hosting today. Happy Reading! *smiles*
ha smiles…yes…happy reading
Happy OLN & anniversary Claudia ~ I am back from vacation myself so I can relate to the celebration high of reconnecting with family and friends ~
Happy Tuesday to all ~
nice…welcome back grace… i bet you had a wonderful time
O, hey diddle dee….happy anniversary, Claudia…and I’ll drink to that…a sloe gin fizz…Cheers!
smiles…enjoy that gin fizz jackie
Many congratulations, Claudia – such a sweet picture of you and your daughter. Much fun! k.
ha yes – we were dancing to walking in memphis – it’s good to have her back..
Congratulations on a quarter-century of love Claudia! That is such a wonderful thing to read in this day and age of disposable marriages. What a weekend. You’ve earned the respite. Sit back relax and tend bar.
you know, i was just about to give up a few weeks before cause we started fighting about the party invitation leaflet… in the end there was none… ha.. i can be so stubborn…smiles
Happy anniversary, and thanks for all you’ve done for us here!
woot! the queen of limericks – always good to see you in the pub madeleine
Quarter of a Century, Claudia! Well dome! And two years, for one of the friendliest, NO! THE most friendly gathering of writers/poets in these blogs! I am SO glad to be allowed to do thid, it is a thrill each time
Prediction: One day you will have a world conference at the Pub, and if it’s within the next 10 yrs, I can prob BE there! HA! That would be a thrill of thrills, to meet all the (my wife HATES this word!) PEEPS!
Love and Peace, and Poetry,
Steve Elsaesser
PS. My first linky is broken (#21…#29 is a good one. Can yu or Bri remove the broken one please? THANK YOOOOOO!
ok – broken link removed – and how cool would it be to see you driving on your scooter to our world conference – ha – def. would be fun
smiles…i am down with the conference my good man…
just got to find a central place…or we could do a cruise ship…and just swing by each country and pick people up…hmmm…smiles.
It is about the people, and I always enjoy hanging out at dVerse.
I’m so glad you had such a great anniversary celebration, Claudia. Congrats!
yeah – it’s such a cool place to hang out
I just wrote and published this with no prompt cuz it was in my head. Synchronously, I received your OLN prompt so am linked up. Me writing while dizzy and confused. Will do my best to visit and read as I can. Writing doesn’t really require my eyes. Typing is my “natural” way of thinking. As always, thank you for this wonderful place where I have learned to express myself in a very different way.
oy – hope your eyes are getting better maggie – and cool coincidence that the post went up when you just finished writing
its all about the people we meet along the way…smiles….
happy to be hanging….blowing in a bit after opneing today so i gotta play catch up…smiles….see you all out on the trail…
smiles…good to see you boss…smiles
love the spontaneous dancing…smiles.
Oh my! *pouring a glass of wine* Here, Claudia. It’s time for you to relax. You have been busy.
Happy Anniversary 🙂 Twenty-five years is fantabulous. Congratulations!
And Happy OLN 🙂
smiles…a glass of wine sounds nice..
BIG congratulations for the 25th…the site looked great…what fun and so good to have your daughter there. This one is about catching up with an old aquaintance after 40 years not seeing……someone we met on the way.
wow….meeting again after 40 years…that’s awesome…
Happy anniversary on both counts! And thank you Claudia for hosting!
What a happy story!
I notice that the glasses are in place. First things first 🙂
Here’s to the next 25!
My brain is on empty, poetically speaking, and has been for quite a while. But I’ll be visiting over the next 24 hours.
We too are making the most of the unusual weather and go for midnight walks with a torch or under the moon.
nice…it’s after 10pm here and still so hot that you start sweating if you just move your toes…
hoping that poetic brain pops back to you soon aprille…..
midnite walks with a torch sounds cooly adventurous….
You’re so right Claudia, it’s all about people. I’m so glad you enjoyed your anniversary last week, both of them. The picture says it all, enjoy the moments.
smiles…just coming from your place myrna… always so good to see you …
ok poets – will call it a day now… really tired because of the heat and biking and working all day in an AC-less office – need some beauty sleep and will catch up in the AM when it’s a bit cooler hopefully… smiles
hey without AC def makes weight loss easy…smiles…not insinuating you need that…worked in a factory in highschool and sweat off enough i would lose weight daily….
I hurried to link my poem when I had a moment without reading and just got back to such a touching post. I missed you, I guess, so I hope you sleep well..but you’re already beauty-full. Happy Anniversary. I so glad your daughter was home to celebrate with you. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long since she left. Enjoy.
dinner break here…
be back in a bit poets….
Happy Anniversary to you! Wishing you happiness always.
Happy 25th Anniversary, Claudia…
Oh.. there are 73 links already.. wow! I just posted something..
need a break from internet right now.. will come back later to read through those links..
have a good time.. 🙂
” I could read good poetry alone in my living room – I could write poetry just for me or for publishing a book that will be sold to readers I never met and never will – but what attracts me here and what makes me stay and come back again and again is every single one of you.”
Quoteworthy! Let’s journey on, Claudia.
Happy anniversary Claudia!
hiya mary!
I wrote a piece last night and posted on my site, are there any rules about reposting in The Pub for open link please?
nope not at all…post away….
Thank you Brian – I have placed a music clip with it – assuming that is also okay?
whew…its a powerful one too…
tore me up…
yep, that is fine…the words were enough…might pop in later and catch the music…i need to recover first…
Not sharing tonight (still entertaining family from California), but just want to pop in to congratulate Claudia & husband on their 25th. In this day and age an amazing milestone, and obviously a love that transcends life’s little unforseeen turns and bumps. Best wishes to you both!
Hope to be back next week to post. Happy OLN everyone!
nice…so you having a good time with fam? doing anything special?
Embracing my inner child, Brian. So far did Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, Old Sturbridge Village living history museum, movies today (Turbo), tomorrow Museum of Science and Dr. Seuss Garden. Nine year old Caleb will have lots of memories to take back to CA!
Linked up & ran for an afternoon with my brother; saw RED2, a terrific humorous & exciting film! I loved your intro, Claudia, the reason anyone hangs around a Pub, tavern, restaurant, or club, is the fellowship, the people you meet, and those you befriend, become closer to. The astonishing thing about dVerse is the warmth & the talent of the couple hundred poets who hang out here. And the clarion bellows are filled to capacity on the power-punch OLNs. Some of the other prompt days do not get the free form energy that OLN always gathers. So nice to be a small part of it.
actually i rather like the prompt days…its like family…there are a lot less taggers that just disappear after they drop a link…and most have something to say…its a different kinda energy you know….
Yikes! It’s already after 9PM here, I’m number 81, and I’m posting a silly sevenling I used to keep calm today–not knowing I was about to lock myself out of my house! But I had enough errands to enjoy until my tenant returned from work 3 hours ago. So, I’m hanging out for a little while, but I won’t read much until the weekend. I’m happy to hear that you celebrated BIG for all the anniversaries, Claudia. It’s about the people. Which is good, since you read my poem before. I tightened it up a little …
Travel–first to Philadelphia yearly meeting up north of here, then to the Hudson Valley to see my folks and then a short weekend at Omega Institute for a writing workshop on memoir with Marge Piercy. I took one with her back in 1980–but back then it was to learn how to teach creative writing in groups of 30+. This one is for me. Fun.
phillie…nice…the writing workshop sounds fun too….will be in baltimore next weekend for a 4 day fam trip….so heading north myself…
nice…will be heading north for my holiday this year as well… but still a bit to go…oy..
very cool…have fun traveling… and the writing workshop sounds awesome
good morning c…smiles…
on my way out…
be back in the AM to read…
sleep well..
oh it just started raining here…you may excuse me… i think i have to go and dance a bit in the rain now…. smiles….nice and cool….
Congratulations to one and all for completing 2 years of dVerse. Many many congratulations to Claudia for her 25th wedding anniversary. So , here is a poem for you on this special occasion. ” Soulmate”, hope you like it.
smiles…over to read…will be the last that i catch before heading to work…
thank you all at dverse for such a gift of a site.
Ed! how’s your little one…? smiles
I’ve been watching too much TV this past week–so it’s all about House of Cards.
Hi
hi – smiles… on my way over to check who you are…smiles
ha you have punny…smiles.
good morning poets…i will be in and around…taking the boys to the water park for the day so will be in cognito but catching up this eve….
water park sounds wonderful… have fun!!!!
taking a break…need to lotion up…i am getting a little pink…ha…
nice cool water…and no ER trip after the slides…smiles.
hahah…smiles…
happy anniversary to you! here’s to more milestones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
excellent!! Just busted this poem out this am! Look forward to reading everyone’s work
Claudia, happy anniversary! 25 years is a long time, and I agree that marriage is a construction site. I also am simpatico on the idea that poetry is a community activity — and what a community you have built here, so warm and supportive of one another! I love being a part of it. Thank you for being here.
thanks for being a part of it marya
Happy Anniversary our dear Claudia! Many many many more to you and your husband! I spent yesterday celebrating my birthday so was out and about. Will be out on the trail this afternoon and will seek a little inspiration shortly and see if I can post some offering before the expiry of Mr. Linky. Looking forward to the reads. ❤
wooohoooo… happy belated birthday gay – that’s awesome – and looking forward to your poem…
good morning…catching up with the overnites and then will hand over the key to victoria for MTB – we’re writing list poetry later today…
This is a very beautiful gift whoever provides this structure. I could read here for the rest of my life and never post and find joy here. Thanks Brian for connecting. I’m not sure if I would have participated without that prompt! I am 53 and have never been interested in Poetry until now. Always good to find new avenues of joy in life!