My roll of thunder was too loud to hear the taunts that day when I strutted my bedazzled orange tutu to school, and my shoulders never crumbled as I slipped into my tights and stepped into the disc of stiff tulle, strode across the stage…

Prompt for Hour one- i. a mildew stained coat, dyed by a clever Rangrez* in a russet brown shade burnt on the pyre of miseries and abandonment embers caged in an Urn neatly placed on the Oak fire mantle. ii. rosary bead ingrained with thoughts,…

From the four directions comes the breath, the wind of my ancestors. As my feet touch the ground my eyes delight in the many shades of green. Water so precious, the very essence of all, blesses my lips with seeming abundance. Each breath I draw…

And then, the flow began: The life that was their own, The life that was her own That urged a broad wingspan; No longer words, alone No longer friends outgrown…. She found true love without a man; Won lands afar without a throne; Traversed where…

The fire of her love Why makes me cold Like sea water, so bold Acts as a protecting glove The wind of sighs Ultimate heaps of cries Enhance the life with emotions Love is the mother of commotions On the earth; where we sow A…

On the parched face of earth Where died, my joy and mirth I recollect the residues of love For existing beneath and above The seeding of our joy Starving for water with continuous cry My tears are enough to water The dead plant, to alter It’s…

I kept this a secret Being here, in my house, by myself In my head, where I already spend so much time Living a life internal Because no one needed to know Of the years I have waited Of the years I have wasted Until…

Rico is screaming Point of no return, walking Into silent thunder and Overhead zigzags Blinding Inhale a deep breath Before a summer rainstorm- Amazing ozone Too bad pittie has Astraphobia   Diane Morinich, 2017

Prancing renegade flowing over the meadow and through the grass Unmeasured cadence tiptoeing, twirling, cajoling active and silent.   Gushing torrent crashing vividly continuously Giggling with interaction flirting as silk drapes moving forcefully onward.   The gargoyle’s long hard glances are everlasting and petrifying Monstrous…

  What do you want? Endless road or cul-de-sac? You know the way to work, Their schools, music lessons. Not needed. Throw out the Rand McNally and Garmin. Make your own MapQuest. Explore a new path Or stay within your gated community, Safe. Make new…