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Hello all, once again we have dVerse Open Link Night, and as usual we both provide an optional (simple) prompt, but since it is Open Link, you may opt to link up any on poem you have.

The mini prompt today is green. 

Here in Sweden the first green will start to show after a long winter. If you live in the southern hemisphere the lush green might slowly start to shift towards the wilted brown or yellow hues.

If you live in the tropic, green might be your every day, or if you live in the desert, green might be rare. 

You may also be green in terms of being inexperienced or you may be green with envy. Recalling being discarded by your first real love.

As inspiration consider, which uses the green as that of youth in his poem about ageing.

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
by Dylan Thomas

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever

The force that drives the water through the rocks
Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams
Turns mine to wax.
And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins
How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

The hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud sail.
And I am dumb to tell the hanging man
How of my clay is made the hangman’s lime.

The lips of time leech to the fountain head;
Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood
Shall calm her sores.
And I am dumb to tell a weather’s wind
How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

And I am dumb to tell the lover’s tomb
How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm.

Listen to the poem.

If you want to, you may also take inspiration from Dylan’s poem, or maybe by Kermit’s song.

but since it is Open Link you are free to link up any poem you want as long as you link back to dVerse.

Once you have linked up to the poem directly on your blog you can read the other’s poem, comment below if your want to, visit other entries and have fun reading the other contributions.


If you feel up to it, join us at the live session on Saturday at 10 AM est by following the link below.


https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YWM2NzNiNGEtYmIyMC00ODhjLTgwM2ItNDQ0OTdjNmQyNjg3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2232e073f9-d0e2-40c8-8e3f-584da2acc97d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22eb2054e6-9067-4bc5-8986-4281f96f5505%22%7d

If you cannot participate there will be a recording here if everyone accepts to be recorded.

Part 1