Christmas Snow (Hour 10 – Half Marathon 2021) I have wandered among the snowflakes Wondering what it is about the end of December That everyone loves snow I live in a city And snow becomes Dirty and slippery On the sidewalks and streets We cannot…
Category: Half Marathon Poem
Prompt 10, Hour 10: Peace
New year’s eve doesn’t hold the magic it used to. It’s just another year gone, then another year born. I write down New Year’s resolutions in my journal and I look forward to that. But nothing more. And it’s okay. Every holiday doesn’t need…
white noise and stomach bugs
Ah now, that same old song and dance wrapping yourself up in the mess of choices and emotions You can feel them struggling can’t you Blurring together until nothing is left until your heart is empty and your stomach is tied up in so many…
2021: Hour Ten, image prompt.
— Using the image — {TRIGGER WARNING: Resources below} The Angel’s blue glow, surrounds everything I know And instills a feeling in my chest — Sweet promises of safety and rest. And within the blue glow, There’s a fire that I know; Your soul…
09 – This Too Shall Pass
Temporary Tempo Temperature Aperture Miniature Miniscule Ridicule Rid myself of feeling This Feel absolutely anything but This Forget anything exists but This Enraptured Encapsulated Swept up in this sensation That presses my senses Pulls down the defenses And this Is only Temporary
08 – James and the Giant Peach
An ophan, some aunts Seagulls hoist fruit in the air Centipede protests
Prompt 10: Hour 10: Twilight
Under the twilight of the moon standing waiting For her to cast over me beaming her knowledge into my every pore. Excited to learn more looking up almost begging for her to take me in as her own personal vessel.
Shells
Even a sense of rest Seems terrifying Everything all the time is too Much And I end up on Eggshells
New Year’s Eve (Prompt 10, 6PM)
New Year’s Eve gives us time to reflect, on past and future days. We can choose to challenge ourselves, to find out better ways. To celebrate the good memories, to flush the bad memories away, to hold resolve to improve ourselves, in the up and…
An English Teacher Talks about Rules
It is good to obey all the rules when you’re young, so you’ll have the strength to break them when you’re old. –Mark Twain Why wait until you’re old? You kids know a bad rule when you confront it. Now, don’t break rules just for…