Welcome to OpenLinkNight everyone. As you know, OpenLinkNight is your opportunity to link 1 poem of your choice as this is no prompt-day. For those who missed the Mr Linky deadline the past week or this Tuesday’s poetics “Don’t Box Me In: Chagall” this is also your opportunity to share your poem. Out of courtesy, please link back to dVerse Poet Pub if you are sharing your poem.

For those looking for inspiration, here is our optional mini-prompt: write an ekphrastic poem based on Frida Kahlo work (see below) and/or use the title “What the Water Gave Me”, as part of your poem.

What the Water Gave Me – Frida Khalo (1938)

Here is a poem by Pablo Neruda:
Your Feet

When I cannot look at your face
I look at your feet.
Your feet of arched bone,
your hard little feet.
I know that they support you,
and that your sweet weight
rises upon them.
Your waist and your breasts,
the doubled purple
of your nipples,
the sockets of your eyes
that have just flown away,
your wide fruit mouth,
your red tresses,
my little tower.
But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters,
until they found me.

If you are new to dVerse, here’s how to join in:

• Write one poem and post it to your blog.
• Enter your name and direct link to your poem into Mr. Linky.
• You will also find some other amazing poems! Please read and comment.
• Provide a link to dVerse so others can find us too.
• Drop in to say hello in our discussion below.
• Have fun!