To dine at a corner table, long nights Of blues and poetry stringing together Speaks of loneliness. But yet, as you sit there with your jokes And your smile, a word whispers, lonely, The line in your shoulders The Atlases effort that it is, to…

Note: I love both the prompts 23 and 24 of the Hour 19 … so please let me write poems on both prompts ! Prompt 23 – Rewriting Beginning and End poem with a positive vibe…************** In the beginning there was Darkness… In the end…

I love all things Parisienne and French Eiffel Tower and flowered park bench sculpture gardens and oil paints drench.   I dislike snakes and spiders hairy rainy days and drunkards merry mostly workdays with splash days flee.   And teacher in London now I be….

I hover behind the bodies of traveling friends, at peace and waiting within. I am here, I reassure myself, buoyed by their blind support. None turn back, but their love is pervasive just the same. Their attention is focused on the next stop, to a…

A moonbeam twinkles in my eye my coffee the day’s starting high   Hush, the quiet garden sighs the fog rolls in and drifts my eyes   Sipping on a wine canteen later, damn this music machine plays a song to cause a dream  …

First Fight Episode 2 Assassin T8 shoots Dasher in the leg He cannot run Dasher punches first T8 returns with a kick to the stomach Dasher attempts to knock T8 out Punches him in the face But T8 has technology T8 teleports Dasher must warn…

(Response to Dear Little Self Whose Mother Didn’t Love You)   I called for you one night. You didn’t come. I couldn’t come to you because of the man with a knife who was in my bedroom door. He was real enough to me.  …

All the colors … All the pain … And the psychedelic warms; my image grows clearer … Oh glory, I am starting too see … me! The unknown artist found me … amongst the mess; the road less … the hidden woman; the death of…

There were days as a child, My mind would fill with wonder At blue sky, green trees, rainfall And heavy summer light that Wrapped you tight and kept you. But now? Y Too much clutter, not enough Of dancing alone and shower singing. Fear of…

The last time it rained my heart was perplexed. As drops land on the windshield, Your words flood my mind with regret. I should have left. Instead, I replied, “let’s give this another try.” Merely to stay by your side. A downpour of mixed emotions….