generations
rattling bones
I am the altar
#MarigoldVerses Day 7
#haiku #poetrychallenge
#DiadelosMuertos
rattling bones
I am the altar
#MarigoldVerses Day 7
#haiku #poetrychallenge
#DiadelosMuertos
November 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM
generations
rattling bones
I am the altar
#MarigoldVerses Day 7
#haiku #poetrychallenge
#DiadelosMuertos
rattling bones
I am the altar
#MarigoldVerses Day 7
#haiku #poetrychallenge
#DiadelosMuertos
books without words
burn through folds of time
absence of language
#MarigoldVerses Day 6
#haiku #poetrychallenge
burn through folds of time
absence of language
#MarigoldVerses Day 6
#haiku #poetrychallenge
November 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
books without words
burn through folds of time
absence of language
#MarigoldVerses Day 6
#haiku #poetrychallenge
burn through folds of time
absence of language
#MarigoldVerses Day 6
#haiku #poetrychallenge
tiger stripped tabby
premonitions of presence
a bony finger beckons
from the shadowed edges
of All Hallow's Eve
#MarigoldVerses Day 8
#5lines #tanka #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
premonitions of presence
a bony finger beckons
from the shadowed edges
of All Hallow's Eve
#MarigoldVerses Day 8
#5lines #tanka #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
November 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
tiger stripped tabby
premonitions of presence
a bony finger beckons
from the shadowed edges
of All Hallow's Eve
#MarigoldVerses Day 8
#5lines #tanka #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
premonitions of presence
a bony finger beckons
from the shadowed edges
of All Hallow's Eve
#MarigoldVerses Day 8
#5lines #tanka #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
By your side
in the hush
of an ending
Braiding grass
when you embraced
a beginning
What lies between
those thresholds
wasn't mine to carry
#MarigoldVerses Day 9
#poetry #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
in the hush
of an ending
Braiding grass
when you embraced
a beginning
What lies between
those thresholds
wasn't mine to carry
#MarigoldVerses Day 9
#poetry #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
November 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
By your side
in the hush
of an ending
Braiding grass
when you embraced
a beginning
What lies between
those thresholds
wasn't mine to carry
#MarigoldVerses Day 9
#poetry #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
in the hush
of an ending
Braiding grass
when you embraced
a beginning
What lies between
those thresholds
wasn't mine to carry
#MarigoldVerses Day 9
#poetry #poetrychallenge
#DíadelosMuertos
Marigold Verses ~ Day 10
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Gift of Continuation & Legacy🌼
On Día de los Muertos, we celebrate what lives on:love,laughter,stories, courage & ancestral wisdom
✍🏽 Write a poem about what death cannot take,what we carry forward & the legacy we leave behind.
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Gift of Continuation & Legacy🌼
On Día de los Muertos, we celebrate what lives on:love,laughter,stories, courage & ancestral wisdom
✍🏽 Write a poem about what death cannot take,what we carry forward & the legacy we leave behind.
#MarigoldVerses
November 2, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Marigold Verses ~ Day 10
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Gift of Continuation & Legacy🌼
On Día de los Muertos, we celebrate what lives on:love,laughter,stories, courage & ancestral wisdom
✍🏽 Write a poem about what death cannot take,what we carry forward & the legacy we leave behind.
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Gift of Continuation & Legacy🌼
On Día de los Muertos, we celebrate what lives on:love,laughter,stories, courage & ancestral wisdom
✍🏽 Write a poem about what death cannot take,what we carry forward & the legacy we leave behind.
#MarigoldVerses
Marigold Verses ~ Day 9
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Conversation Beyond Time🌼
There's a day called Día de los Angelitos.We honor children who have passed, welcoming their souls with love & remembrance.
✍🏽 If you could speak across time with someone who has died,what would you say?
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Conversation Beyond Time🌼
There's a day called Día de los Angelitos.We honor children who have passed, welcoming their souls with love & remembrance.
✍🏽 If you could speak across time with someone who has died,what would you say?
#MarigoldVerses
November 1, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Marigold Verses ~ Day 9
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Conversation Beyond Time🌼
There's a day called Día de los Angelitos.We honor children who have passed, welcoming their souls with love & remembrance.
✍🏽 If you could speak across time with someone who has died,what would you say?
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Conversation Beyond Time🌼
There's a day called Día de los Angelitos.We honor children who have passed, welcoming their souls with love & remembrance.
✍🏽 If you could speak across time with someone who has died,what would you say?
#MarigoldVerses
Marigold Verses ~ DAY 7
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Ofrendas~ Offerings🌼
During Día de los Muertos, ofrendas honor loved ones through food, photographs & treasured objects.
✍🏽 Imagine an altar made of words. What would you place upon it?
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Ofrendas~ Offerings🌼
During Día de los Muertos, ofrendas honor loved ones through food, photographs & treasured objects.
✍🏽 Imagine an altar made of words. What would you place upon it?
#MarigoldVerses
October 30, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Marigold Verses ~ DAY 7
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Ofrendas~ Offerings🌼
During Día de los Muertos, ofrendas honor loved ones through food, photographs & treasured objects.
✍🏽 Imagine an altar made of words. What would you place upon it?
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Ofrendas~ Offerings🌼
During Día de los Muertos, ofrendas honor loved ones through food, photographs & treasured objects.
✍🏽 Imagine an altar made of words. What would you place upon it?
#MarigoldVerses
Marigold Verses ~ Day 8
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Between Two Worlds🌼
During this season of thinning veils, shadows stir and silence listens.
At midnight,a door between worlds opens...
✍🏽Write a poem from the threshold. What happens when something on the other side calls your name?
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Between Two Worlds🌼
During this season of thinning veils, shadows stir and silence listens.
At midnight,a door between worlds opens...
✍🏽Write a poem from the threshold. What happens when something on the other side calls your name?
#MarigoldVerses
October 31, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Marigold Verses ~ Day 8
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Between Two Worlds🌼
During this season of thinning veils, shadows stir and silence listens.
At midnight,a door between worlds opens...
✍🏽Write a poem from the threshold. What happens when something on the other side calls your name?
#MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼Between Two Worlds🌼
During this season of thinning veils, shadows stir and silence listens.
At midnight,a door between worlds opens...
✍🏽Write a poem from the threshold. What happens when something on the other side calls your name?
#MarigoldVerses
October 26, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Words don't come
when I try to write
about your presence
Only a lump in my throat...tears
the emptiness in my arms
when life left your body
I remember the loneliness
after you were gone...
It's been 2 years
#MarigoldVerses
#poetrychallenge
when I try to write
about your presence
Only a lump in my throat...tears
the emptiness in my arms
when life left your body
I remember the loneliness
after you were gone...
It's been 2 years
#MarigoldVerses
#poetrychallenge
October 29, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Words don't come
when I try to write
about your presence
Only a lump in my throat...tears
the emptiness in my arms
when life left your body
I remember the loneliness
after you were gone...
It's been 2 years
#MarigoldVerses
#poetrychallenge
when I try to write
about your presence
Only a lump in my throat...tears
the emptiness in my arms
when life left your body
I remember the loneliness
after you were gone...
It's been 2 years
#MarigoldVerses
#poetrychallenge
In the heart of the night, he wandered through a black forest. Shadows whispered secrets as he followed a path only he could see. At dawn, he awoke, clutching a single, black feather and the words Baba Yaga on his lips. The dream lingered, a reminder of a journey yet to come.
#MarigoldVerses
#MarigoldVerses
October 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In the heart of the night, he wandered through a black forest. Shadows whispered secrets as he followed a path only he could see. At dawn, he awoke, clutching a single, black feather and the words Baba Yaga on his lips. The dream lingered, a reminder of a journey yet to come.
#MarigoldVerses
#MarigoldVerses
Marigold Verses ~ Day 6
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Language of Absence🌼
What does absence sound, smell, taste, or feel like?
✍🏽 Write a poem without using the word "missing." Or let an ordinary object holding a memory of loss speak.
#MarigoldVerses #poetry
#writingcommunity
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Language of Absence🌼
What does absence sound, smell, taste, or feel like?
✍🏽 Write a poem without using the word "missing." Or let an ordinary object holding a memory of loss speak.
#MarigoldVerses #poetry
#writingcommunity
October 29, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Marigold Verses ~ Day 6
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Language of Absence🌼
What does absence sound, smell, taste, or feel like?
✍🏽 Write a poem without using the word "missing." Or let an ordinary object holding a memory of loss speak.
#MarigoldVerses #poetry
#writingcommunity
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼The Language of Absence🌼
What does absence sound, smell, taste, or feel like?
✍🏽 Write a poem without using the word "missing." Or let an ordinary object holding a memory of loss speak.
#MarigoldVerses #poetry
#writingcommunity
#BlueSkyRemnant | after the bare branches appear
#FoxProse | the eve holds her breath
#AmpersandAfterDark | chalk around the bed
@madp03t.bsky.social
#vssdaily | wilt
#MarigoldVerses | Day 6
#poetrychallenge
#poetry #vss
#FoxProse | the eve holds her breath
#AmpersandAfterDark | chalk around the bed
@madp03t.bsky.social
#vssdaily | wilt
#MarigoldVerses | Day 6
#poetrychallenge
#poetry #vss
October 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
#BlueSkyRemnant | after the bare branches appear
#FoxProse | the eve holds her breath
#AmpersandAfterDark | chalk around the bed
@madp03t.bsky.social
#vssdaily | wilt
#MarigoldVerses | Day 6
#poetrychallenge
#poetry #vss
#FoxProse | the eve holds her breath
#AmpersandAfterDark | chalk around the bed
@madp03t.bsky.social
#vssdaily | wilt
#MarigoldVerses | Day 6
#poetrychallenge
#poetry #vss
Marigold Verses ~ Day 5
#poetrychallenge
🌼The Ghosts Among Us🌼
In Mexico, Oct 27 honors departed pets. Some believe our lomitos 🐕 & michis 🐈 return from Mictlán on Oct 28.
✍🏽 Write about a presence that still walks beside you, a beloved animal, a lost soul, or a memory.
#MarigoldVerses
#poetrychallenge
🌼The Ghosts Among Us🌼
In Mexico, Oct 27 honors departed pets. Some believe our lomitos 🐕 & michis 🐈 return from Mictlán on Oct 28.
✍🏽 Write about a presence that still walks beside you, a beloved animal, a lost soul, or a memory.
#MarigoldVerses
October 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Marigold Verses ~ Day 5
#poetrychallenge
🌼The Ghosts Among Us🌼
In Mexico, Oct 27 honors departed pets. Some believe our lomitos 🐕 & michis 🐈 return from Mictlán on Oct 28.
✍🏽 Write about a presence that still walks beside you, a beloved animal, a lost soul, or a memory.
#MarigoldVerses
#poetrychallenge
🌼The Ghosts Among Us🌼
In Mexico, Oct 27 honors departed pets. Some believe our lomitos 🐕 & michis 🐈 return from Mictlán on Oct 28.
✍🏽 Write about a presence that still walks beside you, a beloved animal, a lost soul, or a memory.
#MarigoldVerses
October 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Marigold Verses~Day 4
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Path of Marigolds🌼
Cempasúchil petals traditionally guide souls home during Día de los Muertos.
✍🏽 Imagine a path of marigolds. Who or what would you welcome home, a loved one, a forgotten dream, or yourself?
#MarigoldVerses #
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Path of Marigolds🌼
Cempasúchil petals traditionally guide souls home during Día de los Muertos.
✍🏽 Imagine a path of marigolds. Who or what would you welcome home, a loved one, a forgotten dream, or yourself?
#MarigoldVerses #
October 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Marigold Verses~Day 4
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Path of Marigolds🌼
Cempasúchil petals traditionally guide souls home during Día de los Muertos.
✍🏽 Imagine a path of marigolds. Who or what would you welcome home, a loved one, a forgotten dream, or yourself?
#MarigoldVerses #
of the #poetrychallenge
🌼A Path of Marigolds🌼
Cempasúchil petals traditionally guide souls home during Día de los Muertos.
✍🏽 Imagine a path of marigolds. Who or what would you welcome home, a loved one, a forgotten dream, or yourself?
#MarigoldVerses #
October 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Old fence at twilight
A gate swings open to no one.
The creaking clings,
like a whisper too proud to die,
echoing through the bones of the brick.
Some thresholds never forget who passed through.
#PoetryChallenge #MarigoldVerses Day 3
A gate swings open to no one.
The creaking clings,
like a whisper too proud to die,
echoing through the bones of the brick.
Some thresholds never forget who passed through.
#PoetryChallenge #MarigoldVerses Day 3
October 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Old fence at twilight
A gate swings open to no one.
The creaking clings,
like a whisper too proud to die,
echoing through the bones of the brick.
Some thresholds never forget who passed through.
#PoetryChallenge #MarigoldVerses Day 3
A gate swings open to no one.
The creaking clings,
like a whisper too proud to die,
echoing through the bones of the brick.
Some thresholds never forget who passed through.
#PoetryChallenge #MarigoldVerses Day 3
MARIGOLD VERSES~DAY 3
of the #poetrychallenge
What the Bones Remember
If your bones could speak, what stories would they tell?
✍🏽 Write from the perspective of your bones. What memories, ancestral echoes, or untold stories might they carry?
Share using #MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
What the Bones Remember
If your bones could speak, what stories would they tell?
✍🏽 Write from the perspective of your bones. What memories, ancestral echoes, or untold stories might they carry?
Share using #MarigoldVerses
October 26, 2026 at 7:30 AM
MARIGOLD VERSES~DAY 3
of the #poetrychallenge
What the Bones Remember
If your bones could speak, what stories would they tell?
✍🏽 Write from the perspective of your bones. What memories, ancestral echoes, or untold stories might they carry?
Share using #MarigoldVerses
of the #poetrychallenge
What the Bones Remember
If your bones could speak, what stories would they tell?
✍🏽 Write from the perspective of your bones. What memories, ancestral echoes, or untold stories might they carry?
Share using #MarigoldVerses
rain tapping on the windowpane
cold wind blowing 'tween. half-naked trees
wet earth weaving in 'n' outa pine groves
cabin in da woods of the Appalachians
on the banks of Loyalsock creek
built by generations of Flocks
cont'd in the comments
#MarigoldVerses
cold wind blowing 'tween. half-naked trees
wet earth weaving in 'n' outa pine groves
cabin in da woods of the Appalachians
on the banks of Loyalsock creek
built by generations of Flocks
cont'd in the comments
#MarigoldVerses
October 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
rain tapping on the windowpane
cold wind blowing 'tween. half-naked trees
wet earth weaving in 'n' outa pine groves
cabin in da woods of the Appalachians
on the banks of Loyalsock creek
built by generations of Flocks
cont'd in the comments
#MarigoldVerses
cold wind blowing 'tween. half-naked trees
wet earth weaving in 'n' outa pine groves
cabin in da woods of the Appalachians
on the banks of Loyalsock creek
built by generations of Flocks
cont'd in the comments
#MarigoldVerses
🌼Marigold Verses Day 2🌼
The Scent of Remembering
During #DíadelosMuertos, copal incense is burned to honor & welcome returning souls.
Recall a meaningful scent or light some incense. What person, place, or memory does it awaken?
Follow the fragrance into a poem.
#MarigoldVerses #poetrychallenge
The Scent of Remembering
During #DíadelosMuertos, copal incense is burned to honor & welcome returning souls.
Recall a meaningful scent or light some incense. What person, place, or memory does it awaken?
Follow the fragrance into a poem.
#MarigoldVerses #poetrychallenge
October 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🌼Marigold Verses Day 2🌼
The Scent of Remembering
During #DíadelosMuertos, copal incense is burned to honor & welcome returning souls.
Recall a meaningful scent or light some incense. What person, place, or memory does it awaken?
Follow the fragrance into a poem.
#MarigoldVerses #poetrychallenge
The Scent of Remembering
During #DíadelosMuertos, copal incense is burned to honor & welcome returning souls.
Recall a meaningful scent or light some incense. What person, place, or memory does it awaken?
Follow the fragrance into a poem.
#MarigoldVerses #poetrychallenge
October 24, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Lupe
tía de sombra y luz
playing your
tambourine con vida
y tus pies
dancing with laughter
la familia gathered
around tu cama
Abrazitos
tía de sombra y luz
#MarigoldVerses #Poesie
#DíadelosMuertos
tía de sombra y luz
playing your
tambourine con vida
y tus pies
dancing with laughter
la familia gathered
around tu cama
Abrazitos
tía de sombra y luz
#MarigoldVerses #Poesie
#DíadelosMuertos
October 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Lupe
tía de sombra y luz
playing your
tambourine con vida
y tus pies
dancing with laughter
la familia gathered
around tu cama
Abrazitos
tía de sombra y luz
#MarigoldVerses #Poesie
#DíadelosMuertos
tía de sombra y luz
playing your
tambourine con vida
y tus pies
dancing with laughter
la familia gathered
around tu cama
Abrazitos
tía de sombra y luz
#MarigoldVerses #Poesie
#DíadelosMuertos
Day 1 of Marigold Verses:
10 day #poetrychallenge
Names We Carry
Inspired by cempasúchil, the marigolds that guide souls home during
#DíadelosMuertos
Whose name lives within u, remembered, inherited, forgotten, or longed for?
Begin a poem with a name. Follow where it leads.
Share #MarigoldVerses
10 day #poetrychallenge
Names We Carry
Inspired by cempasúchil, the marigolds that guide souls home during
#DíadelosMuertos
Whose name lives within u, remembered, inherited, forgotten, or longed for?
Begin a poem with a name. Follow where it leads.
Share #MarigoldVerses
October 24, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Day 1 of Marigold Verses:
10 day #poetrychallenge
Names We Carry
Inspired by cempasúchil, the marigolds that guide souls home during
#DíadelosMuertos
Whose name lives within u, remembered, inherited, forgotten, or longed for?
Begin a poem with a name. Follow where it leads.
Share #MarigoldVerses
10 day #poetrychallenge
Names We Carry
Inspired by cempasúchil, the marigolds that guide souls home during
#DíadelosMuertos
Whose name lives within u, remembered, inherited, forgotten, or longed for?
Begin a poem with a name. Follow where it leads.
Share #MarigoldVerses
October 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM