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

#d'Verse, art, photography, poetry, The Flower Hour, Thursday Doors 2 Minutes

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

Henri Rousseau painting featuring a bright pink flamingo with its long neck angled down to the ground. The bird is in a lovely garden filled with flowers.

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.

TC in a red seater standing outside the Hotel Keppler with our luggage.
Picture caption: Bonjour TC. I like the red seater he’s wearing. I chose it!

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.)

Picture caption: Guest lounge at the Hotel Keppler with a double glass door onto a small courtyard.
Picture caption: Guest lounge with double glass doors onto a small courtyard
tables and chairs on the other side of the guest lounge where you could order alcoholic drinks or, if you are me and brazen, Earl Grey tea in a teapot. The same double glass doors are in the background.
Picture caption: tables and chairs on the other side of the guest lounge where you could order alcoholic drinks or, if you are me and brazen, Earl Grey tea in a teapot. The same double glass doors are in the background.

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.

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103 thoughts on “Roberta Writes – d’Verse, care quadrille and light and truth of painting, Thursday Doors and The Flower Hour”

      1. We went through this with Ruth’s parents only we were 2500 miles apart. This too will pass in time and you will find other care responsibilities to deal with. Seems part of life’s inevitabilities!

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  3. Hi Robbie.
    I especially loved your last poem, though the care poem resonated more as I remembered my aging parents.
    The hotel in Paris looks lovely.Very much like the one I stayed in 3 years ago.
    I hope you have a lovely weekend.

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  5. Lots of goodness here Robbie. Nice balance of serious and lighter verse, along with a beautiful painting and fun pics. Enjoy your break and that cozy lobby. You certainly work hard enough!

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  13. this post is a delight, Robbie: like the red sweater too, your delightful poems — both ! they are gems ; and that pink flamingo: pic and poem; damn it all — I’m going to have to bookmark these šŸ™‚

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  14. You poems both resonated with me. Those of us who are care givers and problem solvers do get worn out. I just had to deal with an issue between my two brothers. One lives in Thailand, one in Canada, and I’m here in Spain. But I had to sort it out as best as I could. Sigh…

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  18. Lovely photos and poetry, Robbie. I was a boos like you, one I think my staff was happy to see go on vacation. But I always preferred enough work to keep the week moving rapidly.

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  21. You crack me up talking about how you approach your job. I have a tendency to be SO organized, I lose friends. However, I despise my OWN inefficiency and as a result, organization tends to pop up from the simple things to the seemingly complicated in my life.

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  26. Wonderful poetry for a tyrant to be writing. Thank you!

    Oh wow, the conservatory at the hotel is stunning, rich and lush. Love that.

    Lovely post, Robbie! ź§ā¦šŸ©·ā¦ź§‚

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  34. I remember reading that you left your old job. Looks like you are doing well in a new one. All the best with that. Lovely photos and verses. Life is a constance challenge. May we take it calmly and carry on as we need. (((Hugs)))

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