Roberta Writes – d’Verse, W3 and Thursday Doors

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It’s been a bad week. I ended up resigning from my job yesterday. It is time but its been a hard decision because there are a lot of people I like at the firm and I know they need me. This is my ninth and final resignation. But the cemeteries of the world are filled with indispensable people so the firm will go on. It will just be that much harder for the people I like and respect.

My week reflects in the poem I’ve written for d’Verse Open Link hosted by Bjorn. You can join in here: https://dversepoets.com/2026/02/12/open-link-401-and-february-live/

Vampirism

the more you give

the more some people take

attaching themselves

like starving leeches

gorging on your life blood

becoming fat and bloated

greed waxing into laziness

while you diminish

energy drained

passion destroyed

reduced to a breathing corpse

Then, they spit you out

moving on to exploit

the next high performer

W3

Svenja’s prompt: Haiga. You can join in here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/02/11/w3-prompt-198-weave-written-weekly/

The theme is  “Let the overall theme reflect the long-awaited shift from winter to spring.”

South African weather is very different to Northern hemisphere weather. We get no rain for over six months during the winter period and as we exit winter, it gets incredibly hot and dry before the rains come in late October or early November.

My photograph is of a beautiful red rose after a rainstorm.

scorching sun

wilted flowers dream

of spring rain

Thursday Doors

For Dan’s Thursday Doors, I am sharing a video of a building I made in Brussels. The video shows a building with all the doors and windows. The fascinating aspect of this building is that its decorated with bicycles painted in the primary colours.

I am sharing this for my talented artist and dress designer blogging friend, Resa. You can find Resa’s amazing art blog here: https://graffitiluxandmurals.com/2025/01/04/skart/. This post by Resa, titled Skart, features some amazing skateboard art and a poem about skateboarding written by me.

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158 thoughts on “Roberta Writes – d’Verse, W3 and Thursday Doors”

  1. Sometimes we must do as we feel, no matter what the more objective or pragmatic side of things keeps whispering (or yelling) at us. You poem speaks volumes, and it seems you have done the right thing, having already given the uneasy or unfair situation at work a chance as long as you possibly could.

    The rose photo is wonderful, Robbie, and so is your entire post.

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      1. That is quite true, I agree! Yes, and the letting go part is also important, since we do get used to some routines, and then having to rearrange our days, form new habits… but it feels liberating, after all.

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  2. Robbie, “wilted flowers dream of spring rain” feels especially resonant to me — that tension between “scorching sun” and longing says so much in so few words. BTW, I’m thinking of you, and I’d love to hear what you’re considering next. ❤

    ~David

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