Our Miss Brooks goes home at night, Where the rooms are empty, The chairs are silent, There never were any of her own children, and the Work is never done. Papers to grade of course and Dinner to drink. A page of curricular notes…

There’s a footprint on the ground By the jungle near the sea It’s ten feet long and two feet wide People come from everywhere just to see This giant footprint on the ground Some say it’s from the time when Giants roamed the earth And…

a list poem Family mom and dad brothers and sisters aunts and uncles cousins, grandparents and more and those unrelated special people friends and others  

gear head I am love muscle cars i do My Dad would dragrace in Riverside we were Colored in those days memories of my Mom looking like Dorothy Dandridge in Jackie O glasses us eating a crusty hotdog and orange bottled pop Uncle Bailey standing…

Arctic temperatures did little to slow the creature.   As the scientist became thinner, weaker, ematiciated, the creature seemed to grow, embolded. With gloveless hands the creature whipped the dogs pulling the sled. The creature’s hideous eyes didn’t water from the blistering cold. The creature…

Evening time was the best Tomatoes were ripe and ready For plucking Steam them and squash them Put them into Jars Don’t let the Children know That inside each jar is also A bit of kindness, a dash of smile A handful of love and…

The lights would flicker on and off, The room turned into a loft. The walls would slip away, And I would say, ‘Leave me alone to pray.’ To pray that the darkness would go away…

I really struggled with this prompt. I don’t really know any famous movie characters that well that I can use their typical wordings, without which it’s hard to write in that character’s voice. I was about to give up and go off-prompt, but then I…

…I’m large and in charge Kissing women of green… …New worlds before me I travel unseen… …My best friend so stoic His enemy the warm one… …A flash from the skies? Nope. It came from my ray gun…

If loyalty were tangible He would take the shape of you.