“Oh my God, I hate my life‼” “And what the actual fuck?‼” Teenagers love big emotion words. What will they do in an emergency When they truly need to measure Pain or excitement, despair or joy? And yet, don’t you ever say, “I’m going to…
Category: Marathon Poem
Exhausted Exhilaration
Body tired Brain stone cold Wired Here we are Longing, dreading Finish line in sight Three more to go High on caffeine And inspiration Music blasting, silently Exhausting, batteries Running on empty Living like renegade Love the underdogs Parade! Parade! Did…
Hour 21: Do Tell the Tale of a Fish’s Tail
I caught a catfish from Lake Powell. ‘Twas bigger than your pike so frail. It was this long from head to tail. My story has a fishy smell? I tell the truth, so go to— Well, Okay it wasn’t quite that swell. This…
Organic beauty
It’s not a Botox, it’s more than a skin deep. for a start, get your hormones back on track and look delightfully delicious and glow even in the dark. Empower yourself and take control of your menopausal syndrome and revitalize and restore your cell with…
Most of this is not super true.
His beard is thicker than an otter’s pelt His beard is softer than a chinchilla His eyes are bluer than the sky His eyes gleam brighter than headlights When something interesting meets his eye. He’s smarter than a genius More clever than a fox He’s…
12. Smile and pleasure
You play with me Around the house In the bushes In the garden You chase me Like a treasure I‘m your treasure It is happiness In its best memories We are innocent And playful You chase me And I laugh When you try to kiss…
Isabella
My eyes burn before my feet do, wrists bound behind me to a pole. What have I done wrong? My nose runs, I shift my right foot away from the smoldering stack. My back aches. Someone save me. Save me. Kill me now. A flame…
Hour 21 – Prompt 21 – A birthday celebration
Exaggeration poetry The teacher asked her student “How was your birthday celebration?” John’s excited voice was loud and he said “Miss, it was great. The cake was as huge as a whale. The balloons hung from the ceiling to the floor.” For someone who was…
Nothing but the best
Consumed with deceit Outer loses vs inner Virtue is her worth
Hour 21: Drip Drop Dead
(a pair of lanturnes) drip drip drop liquid chimes colour pooling red blink flutter waning light breastbone falling dead