Good Day All, My name is JGomez and this is my 1st- 24 hour Poetry Marathon. I have never did a marathon before, not even a walking marathon, however I am excited and pump for this adventure. I know it is going to be a…

It’s warmth wraps around me a woodsy smell envelopes me it is soft & worn as I put my arms in its sleeves I remember, it working in the woodshop – Daddy’s workshirt… soft memories hug me…

the aroma wafts towards my nose, I think of the hands that lovingly prepared those hand-cut potatoes, thick slices piled high in the cast iron cooked to crispy perfection as my teeth sink in, ahhh, yummy grandma’s fried potatoes!

boom, clatter, crash as I sit watching the train slowly pass… screech, rumble growl the cars pick up speed… clackity-clack goes the track and I watch it go by…

the rain beats down on the windshield wipers bashing at the chaos trucks splattering more water than those tiny blades can swipe cursing the rain, the car zooms along I’m wishing I had time to stop and dance in the rain…

Prompt for Hour Twenty Four A proud old man lives below me He doesn’t go out too much Too fragile to even bow Limbs cracking at seams Into the dead of the night I could hear his words building an enterprise of his senses To…

Prompt for Hour Twenty Three Soft like butter Feels like felt Saws like sin Seas like svelte

Prompt for Hour Twenty Two Her yawning curves An hourglass of gunpowder Buttons straining

Prompt for Hour Twenty One Dear Myself After sincere reflections, I’m afraid I don’t see I to I I refute myself, at the risk of being cruel I mean, I don’t see I Neither I’s my, nor me’s mine My’s only I, mine’s only me…

Prompt for Hour Twenty On the train of needs Alice woke up in an elf suit They were passing through the forest of no trees About to reach the Zone An unnaturally bright moon cast strange shadows Wraiths from recent dreams Alice looked around Her…