I am dark You cannot see me in the dark For i blend with it I am dark, i am night I am your darkest desire I am your darkest need Smooth and svelte Like Gulder Dark and stormy like the sea I am dark

I am just A memory to you Now   I was never A part of your Life   I will stop Thinking of You   So the memory Will fade

I remember When people spilled out And doors spewed them   I remember When children burst in seams And flew in the air   I remember laughter And banter And mirth   Now, there is only silence

The other day I went to the zoo, to my amazement, the gorilla tipped his bowler hat and greeted me with a ” How do you do!”   It’s a topsy turvy world out there, as I got invited to partake in a honey n…

My patient cat waits for me to finish reading. She knows I’ll feed her. She gets up from my keyboard when I need to work. Waits for my lap until I’ve finished eating, writing, chopping vegetables. Obeys when I tell her to stay off the…

{From the 2021 Poetry Marathon Prompts Hour Eight Text Prompt Try and condense the plot of a book, any book, into a poem. It can be very direct and recognizable, or abstract and obscured.}   First there were Annie and Audrey. Then Abby came along…

The Rabbit and the Owl (Poetry Marathon 2022 – Hour 10) Once upon a time In a village for away Lived a family of rabbits Franklyn Jr. was the head of the household He father Franklyn senior Along with his wives Lived with Jr.’s family…

Hour ten poem, based on the image prompt:

What will you do if nobody recognizes you? Will you become offended and ready to give up? How will you act if your name isn’t called? The hurt and pain feels so real, yet, in the scheme of things it’s not important at all.  …

If I threw everything in my studio into a pot, what would I get? Paints, papers, inks, glues, rocks, feathers, books and brushes computer, pens, pencils, erasers, easel, desk and cabinets canvases, boards, tiles, buckets, and more Would I create a masterpiece like our universe?…