The First Time

For the first time… I have considered not even starting- Wait. That is a lie. At the very least, I should be practicing honesty. I have thought about not starting a gazillion times in my life. I am fabulously great at not starting. Not starting…

The Tender Season

Hour 1 – 2021 Poetry Half Marathon   The light rolls in like thunder on a night when crows rest nervously on electric wires just below the tree lines. I look west – the direction of the sun plummeting into an envelope of spring vegetation…

No. 1

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2021: Hour One – Image Prompt

– From the Image – Wings on the wall, like Icarus amid the fall. Their ominous call beckons a warning – An ode to every mourning, Of times both grand and small.   The wings on the wall, strike a memory for all, And we’re…

Gaslighting

But you don’t understand, he’s lying and being abusive. Why didn’t you say something last year? I did, and I wrote a letter to the union. Oh, they never received it. When did this all start? I told you this already. Well, I have no…

You Did Not Move (prompt 1, 9 am est)

You did not move to Georgia, I asked every time we talked. I never understood why you balked. You did not move to Georgia, though I longed for you to be here. I never understood and sometime shed a tear. You did not move to…

Year 3

Hey there fellow poets! I’m honored to be writing with you again this year.   It’s my third time here and I have been impressed by those of you who put your works into books. Way to go!   Okay, it’s time to start poeting….

Hour 0

Waiting for a prompt Poetry Marathon Day Excited to start! @Mejia – Hour 0