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Hello dVerse Poets! Sanaa here (aka adashofsunny) delighted to host Open Link Night today and Live edition on Saturday.

You can link up one poem of your choice below or write to the optional mini prompt which we are offering today.

This is a live edition, but we will only have one opportunity to join on Saturday at 10 AM New York Time. The session will run on Google Meet.

Please click on the link below to join us on Saturday:

https://meet.google.com/ccb-tygc-zud

Now for the mini prompt: 

The Circle Theatre by Edward Hopper, 1936 wikiart.org

I would like you to draw inspiration from Edward Hopper’s painting “The Circle Theatre.” Write an Ekphrastic poem or simply use the title of the painting as a springboard for your poem. The choice is yours.

For further inspiration, here is a poem by Derek N. Otsuji

Theater of Shadows

Nights we could not sleep— 
summer insects singing in dry heat, 
short-circuiting the nerves— 

Grandma would light a lamp, 
at the center of our narrow room, 
whose clean conspiracy of light 

whispered to the tall blank walls, 
illuminating them suddenly 
like the canvas of a dream. 

Between the lamp and wall 
her arthritic wrists grew pliant 
as she molded and cast 

improbable animal shapes moving 
on the wordless screen: 
A blackbird, like a mynah, not a crow. 

A dark horse’s head that could but would not talk. 
An ashen rabbit (her elusive self) 
triggered in snow 

that a quivering touch (like death’s) 
sent scampering into the wings 
of that little theater of shadows 

that eased us into dreams

Out of courtesy, please link back to dVerse Poets Pub if you are sharing your poem. I look forward to reading you over the weekend!

To join us for Thursday’s Open Link Night, here’s how to join: 

  • Write a poem in your blog. You have the option to use our optional prompt as described above.

  • Enter a link directly to your 1 poem and your name by clicking Mr. Linky below and remember to check the little box to accept the use/privacy policy.

  • There you will find links to other poets and more will join during the next 48 hours so check back to read other entries.

  • Read and comment on other poet’s work, we all go here to have our poems read

  • Please link back to dVerse from your site/blog.

  • Comment and participate in our discussion below, if you like.

  • Have fun.