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    Poetry by Dead Men

    poetry by dead men my feet were crossed within his lap as he read to me poetry by dead men. i listened with awed intent as the atmosphere around me slipped into oblivion, as the spine of books crackled upon opening spilling with pages in sepia tones spoken...

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    • Beautifully penned, Kelly. Excellent write my friend, really dig the imagery. Nicely done per usual. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • My one and only reply. Thank you most kindly, Damian. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

    • Kelly, Kelly, Kelly!!!
      A huge 💥CONGRATULATIONS💥 to you on your excellent Win! 🏆

      No one paints wondrously vivid, deeply emotional, metaphorically enthralling Free Verse imagery more magically brilliant, via the endlessly colored medium of creative articulation ⁓ than YOU!
      And, no one’s poetry excites and enthralls my depths more thoroughly than Yours. You’re a True Master Poetess – in every sense of the words. I’ve always enviously admired your incomparably original skills with a pen.

      Your first two verses alone made of me a living, breathing voyeur to the captivating ambiance and verisimilitude in your moment’s reality … I mean, truly, I was there ~ even when the snow began silently falling.

      I couldn’t be prouder of and happier for you, Dear Kelly, always … hugs! ⁓ Richard🖌

    • You and I go back quite a way from posting on the WC together …that’s what makes this review even dearer to me! And here it is, Thanksgiving morning…and here I am giving thanks for you! xo

      • I, too, have always been thankful for You, Kelly 🍷

        I joined the Café in 2005 as Rascal, and rejoined in 2017 as Richard, and it was then (9-years past) we shared our first poems, and I’ve been smitten ever since.✨

    • Wowzers! This was great!

    • “my heart became a voyager to the past”

      Some writers don’t need (don’t use) huge words to try and hide their mediocre poetry with glossy accessories. You don’t.
      You are incredibly effective talking to the reader in a language we all can follow fluidly. That is skill. You have it.
      Truly rewarding reading your material every time.

    • I was anxious for your review. I am now wearing the smile you gave me! Thank you!

    • There’s a quiet enchantment here—how the simple act of listening becomes a journey, a communion with voices long gone. I love how the snowfall mirrors the unfolding of the words, each line falling gently yet leaving a lasting trace. The poem makes memory, literature, and presence feel alive at once…..Great to see you here.

    • Thank you, Thomas. Your insight into my writing this is quite complimentary. So kind, indeed!

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    Dating Details (Senryu)

    he asks,      how do you like sex?i like it infrequentlythat’s one word or two?rwjenkins©2025

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    The Tale of Rabbit Jack - Audio Version

    © 1992I've been an entertainer almost all of my life. This is a story I performed many times in Austin, Texas, primarily at Chicago House, a now defunct theater just off 6th Street, the famous Entertainment District of Austin....

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    • Superb work. Tremendous.

    • Well, Thank you, Thomas. Superb, huh? Tremendous, too? Two out of three words that are pretty damn good. I don’t know about that third one, though. That’s one word I kind of like to avoid. But I sure do thank you for the other ones. You know, of course, that there’s a version with words, too. Just in case you might want to read it sometime. Hmmm, I think I’ll start adding a link to the text versions of these audio versions, just in case some folks might want to take their time.

      Thanks again, Thomas,

      FD/K

  • ~———————————•§•———————————~

    SESSION FOUR
    Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
    This session will be on the Japanese Senryu form.

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    SENRYU 川柳
    (sin-rew)

    A Japanese 3-line, unrhymed form of mostly human theme, similar to the Haiku in that it consists of 3-lines of 5/7/5 syllables each, completely without punct…Read More

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    • SPECIAL NOTES:

      [example 1, of course, violates the no rhymes rule, but I wanted to show it anyway as a possibility of using the basic Senryu format’s flexibility]

      [examle 3 | repeated from above in proper format]

      K A T A N A

      sharp samurai soul
      forged folded tempered by fire
      victorious dreams

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    Love Sonnet LXIX

    Love Sonnet LXIX   Love isn’t always on time, sometimes it travels back country roads, avoiding ruts and detours, and often, gets lost on unmarked lanes of dead   ends. And then, then you come across an open field filled with Blue Bells and Poppies, swaying to African...

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    • It comes exactly when it means to. Sometimes when we’re not looking. Beautiful poem

      • Exactly, Willow. And, I think too, this “unexpected love” is or becomes the love of your life!! Thanks for your kind words, Willow, you and they are much appreciated.

    • Both beautiful and brilliant… and when it’s unexpected it’s more fulfilling and overwhelming… and… right.

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