Happy Anniversary!!! And to continue with our celebration, we have a special guest host, one of the co-founders of this community, Claudia Schoenfeld.
Wait, I have to wash my hands and take off my shoes because… oh dear…. too late.
I have to clean up that mess before one of the pub owners show up 😉
I don’t know about you, but I love gardens – and gardening myself.
There’s so much magic in all that change and life and things to discover.
I have a patch where I grow vegetables, which is pretty chaotic but AWESOME!!
And then there’s a pond with sea roses and dragon flies and all kinds of tiny creatures that seem to be from another time.
Just sitting on a bench in ANY garden to me is wondrous and beautiful.
So are you in for a bit of garden poetry writing?
Write about your own, your neighbour’s or your city’s garden – or one that only exists in your imagination. Write about harvest, growth, decay – where ever the word “garden” takes you.
Have fun!
I’ll be around to read what you’ve come up with.
Oh – and by the way, did you paint the pub walls? I like the new colour!
The smell though is still the same – after all these years – nice.
And did you put the flowers on the tables because of the gardening theme? No – I guess you always do.
It’s nice to be here.
See you around!
Claudia
- Write a poem based on the writing challenge as described above. Post it on your blog or website.
- Enter your name and direct link to your poem in Mr. Linky.
- Remember to check the box re: privacy policy.
- Follow the links to other poets. Read and comment on other poems. We all appreciate feedback on our poems.
- Link back to dVerse so others can find us too.
- Have fun!
Grace said:
Thank you for this garden inspired post Claudia.
Happy anniversary to all our folks who bring sunshine with their words here in this community.
We got apple pies and cakes and berries on the house. And ice wine and beer!!!
claudia said:
Hmmm nice – i love a good apple pie
brian miller said:
Hello friend. Thanks for taking us into your garden letting us see all the beautiful sights. This was fun obviously I took a little different take on the garden but I love just the meditation that can happen in a garden and relaxing in nature Grace captured that really well in hers. I will be making my rounds here shortly.
claudia said:
I loved your take Bri!
Ingrid said:
It is nice to meet you Claudia! What a beautiful garden you have, and what a beautiful pub community you created with Brian. Many thanks to both of you. It’s a great place to be.
claudia said:
Nice to meet you as well Ingrid! And I agree – the pub is a great place to be
claudia said:
Happy tuesday! Would someone like to have a drink? I prepared some cocktails with hibiscus blossoms for the garden/ing prompt.. looking forward to reading what you’ve come up with
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
That sounds perfect… I have some fresh mint we can use as well.
claudia said:
I love fresh mint!
brian miller said:
Mmmmm. I I’m down with both of those
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Nice to write about the garden… I can actually sit outside and read your poems while the birds sing like crazy….
claudia said:
How nice!!
sanaarizvi said:
Apple pie for me please 😀 .. Loved writing to the Garden theme. There is so much to learn amidst nature, isn’t it? Once again, Happy Tenth Anniversary to all of you 💝💝 May the journey continue!
Thank you so much for hosting, Claudia 😀 So good to see you.
claudia said:
So good to see you too Sanaa! Will be over to read yours in a bit
sanaarizvi said:
💝💝
Mish said:
Thanks for hosting, Claudia and THANK YOU for co-founding this wondrous place for poets. I’m still catching up with quadrilles but hope to join in a bit later. The theme is perfect for inspiration to grow some poems. Today I am trouble-shooting with my tomato plants in pots that insist on tipping over in the wind. Next year, bigger pots!
claudia said:
So nice that you’re growing your own tomatoes. I have quite some in the garden as well – hidden between the sunflowers – ha
Mish said:
We have about 6 varieties and waiting to see the results as we’re not really familiar with them all. If I had more sun, I’d love to grow sunflowers! Your garden looks so magical and peaceful.
claudia said:
the fun thing is that the sunflowers just grow themselves – they show up each year – and i even have to pull out some of them – otherwise they would take over completely..
Linda Lee Lyberg said:
What a lovely garden you have Claudia. Mine is suffering in the summer heat here in AZ. But I still find beauty in the circle of life that is so evident in a garden.
claudia said:
We had so much rain over here lately… I would love to have a bit of sun
Mish said:
Sparkling water, lime and mint for me! Too early for a mojito. 😉
claudia said:
Lime and mint on the way 🙂 We can have a mojito together later on 🙂
msjadeli said:
Hello Claudia and All. What a lovely welcome to the post and oh the photos of your living sanctuary of a garden. I can imagine sitting on the bench and being completely relaxed there. I know many (most?) of the pub poets love gardens and gardening so your prompt is most fragrant. Thanks to you and Brian, we have this place to gather and smell the flowers. If you’re pouring, I’d like a pint of Magners please 🙂
claudia said:
Pint of Magners on the way 🙂 Enjoy!
msjadeli said:
Thanks much. Cheers! 🙂
merrildsmith said:
I’m just stopping in to meet Claudia and say, hello. You have a beautiful garden, and I could write about gardens most any day–but today I’m swamped with work and then going out. Thank you for co-founding dVerse and for hosting today!
claudia said:
Thanks for stopping by to say Hello Merril! Wishing you a light hand with your work and a beautiful evening out – have fun!
merrildsmith said:
Thank you!
robtkistner said:
Thank you for returning to host, triumphantly! Congrats Claudia, to you and Brian, for the 10 years of dVerse. As I wrote on your blog, you should be proud. In my 17 years of posting my work online, I have seen many such sites come and go — but yours has stayed, and stayed strong, owing to the care with which is was built, and the capable hands that have carried it forward. Truly an endeavor of love, for all involved! ❤️👍🙂
claudia said:
There is definitely a lot of enthusiasm and hard work needed to run a place like this. I have highest respect for Grace and Björn and the team who keep it going – they’re doing an awesome job!
brian miller said:
glad your wife is okay rob.
claudia said:
I enjoyed, reading the poems that are linked so far – good stuff!!!
It’s already getting late over here and – I hate to say it – but the older I get, the more I need my beauty sleep – ha.
Will catch up with everyone tomorrow after work. Keep the poems coming 🙂
lillian said:
THANK YOU, Claudia for starting dVerse. What an amazing place it is. So many times in the past 5 or 6 years since I joined, I wished it was a real pub so we could really meet, face to face, from across the globe. And now, thanks to Bjorn, once a month we do OLN LIVE to put faces with names and words, and we hear the voices reading their works. The gift of modern technology added to the gift you and Brian created 10 years ago!
I enjoyed reading your prompt here and seeing the beautiful photos. I took you at your word to see where the word “garden” takes you 🙂
Happy Tuesday, everyone — and Happy Tenth dVerse!
brian miller said:
And you took us ona world travel of garden blooms around the world… 🙂
claudia said:
Just read yours Lillian – thanks for taking us with you on your travels! i so enjoyed this!
rogblog666 said:
hi Claudia big thanks to you and brian for creating such a wonderful place for us poets. i am a newbe here at the pub about a yearish. these wonderful people have taught me loads. i will read any poems posted tonight in the morning. i am all poemed out this evening after preping for the first physical meet up of my local poets group since the start of the pandemic. i am a tad excited about that happening on thursday evening. i am off to bed night all.
claudia said:
Sleep well!
Sherry Marr said:
Lovely to see you, Claudia. Your garden is beautiful. It reminds me of the HUGE garden I tended when my kids were young. I was in tune with the nature spirits, and everything grew so big, so plentiful.
RedCat said:
Nice to meet you Claudia!
And a big thank you to you and Brian for creating this place. I never thought I’d find such community or that it would teach me so much.
Your garden look lovely. And made me torn between writing and actually gardening. 🙂
The prompt took me somewhere unexpected. Which is always a treat. A prose poem that’s easily twice as long as I usually write and, nearly without rhymes, which is uncommon in my poetry.
Apple pie sounds delicious!
Helen Dehner said:
Thank you for a lovely challenge …. I live in a townhome, no garden. Lots of trees and landscaping to keep me happy …. my stream of consciousness poem is imaginary.
Frank J. Tassone said:
Good Evening, Poets! I’m honored to meet you, Claudia! Thank you for your hard work, along with your co-founder(s), in establishing dVerse Poets Pub!
My wife, an avid gardener, would certainly appreciate your choice of prompt!
Thank you for hosting for the 10th anniversary! 😀
claudia said:
Good morning – cup of coffee and catching up with a few before work starts…
brian miller said:
Sorry was in ER the last 9 hours. All’s well or will be. Tired. Will return visits in morning
claudia said:
Oh no – what happened?
Helen Dehner said:
Sending healing energy your way …….
Grace said:
Oh no. Sending you positive healing thoughts.
M said:
Hi Claudia – in your honor, I’m having a wee bit of scotch. Nice to see your garden, and you again. Cheers ~ M
claudia said:
Nice to see you as well – cheers!
Lona Gynt said:
Posting late, was up late weeding. Bringing Berries, had a Pina Colada though. Thank yu for the post, it opened something up for me that needed tending. 🙂
claudia said:
Will be over to read in a minute…
pvcann said:
You planted a great pub Claudia, and your very own garden too, thank you for the gardening moment.
claudia said:
those gardening moments are the best – aren’t they..
claudia said:
whew – made it through all the poems… thanks for joining in everyone
Grace said:
Thank you Claudia.