Roberta Writes – d’Verse, care quadrille and light and truth of painting, Thursday Doors and The Flower Hour

d’Verse

I wrote for two d’Verse challenges this week but didn’t find time to post my poems until today.

The quadrille about care if for Sanaa’s prompt here: https://dversepoets.com/2026/07/27/q-252-quadrilling-without-a-care-in-the-world/

The second poem is for Melissa’s prompt here: https://dversepoets.com/2026/07/28/launch-light-and-truth-of-painting/. I did choose my own Henri Rousseau artwork though.

Care Worn

For many

marriage ends our carefree days

Financial obligations mount

as we work relentlessly

towards building a home

Children introduce

financial and emotional cares

We teach and guide

these precious young souls

Beflore they fly

aging parents bring

new responsibilities

The circle of duty

Pink Flamingo (shadorma)

giraffe bird

decked in shades of pink

flamboyant

featherhead

thoughtfully contemplating

fish filled waterway

My Mind

constantly in motion

ebbing and flowing

like the oceantides

I like to keep it

well fed with books

and other fodder

I’m afraid

if I don’t

it may fall back

on itself

and consume me

I wrote this poem today after sorting through my work week in my head. It was a good week. I got a lot done. My young colleague told me on Thursday afternoon just before I left for the week that she was exhausted. She also got a lot done because I give delivery dates for work that I then review. I think its a good thing the team has Friday’s to recover from my tyranny – haha! I am getting a 40 hour week’s worth of work done in 24 hours and that takes drive and determination.

Thursday Doors and The Flower Hour

Terri decided to suggest flowers in planters for The Flower Hour this week. Eeek! I don’t take many photographs of plants in planters. Then, I remembered the indoor conservatory in the delightful hotel TC and I stayed in in Paris. It is called Hotel Keppler and was very old fashioned and delightful. I also took photographs of some of the doors in the hotel so this is a double whammy for Dan’s Thursday Doors too.

You can join in Thursday Doors here: https://nofacilities.com/2026/07/30/austrian-room/

You can join in The Flower Hour here: http://secondwindleisure.com/2026/07/28/the-flower-hour-41-in-a-planter/

Hello, and welcome to Hotel Keppler.

Please take a seat in the guest lounge while we complete your check in. (Well, I got to sit, he had to stand at the desk and fill in forms.)

Two slightly different photographs of the indoor conservatory in the dining room of the Hotel Keppler. It was very pretty with lots of greenery and lovely flowers. The food was very good too.