Two by two Follow the leader Left right left right Away we go
Category: Marathon Poem
How are you (haiku)
How are you I said You said I am fine, are you Dead hearts don’t beat well
Prompt 24: What Poetry Did While We Slept in V2
Bleary-eyed, now listening to documentaries for audio stimulation, after Rosanne became too annoying, I lean back, dully realizing that only a few hours previous I’d been dancing to the Pixies in my living room. I stayed awake with Poetry; Poetry kept me awake while keeping…
Poem 23 — Hidden Places
You rest easily In privacy, You sleep peacefully In private, Embracing the genuine comfort of the mattress overtime hours of a job you despised bought you. It feels like Heaven, Not blue sky without clouds, Without the Pearly Gates, Not the place grandma resides, The…
Tough Grandmama
I refuse to wait for the opportunity, so I borrow a bike from dad. Its not a mountain bike nor is it a fixi, its only a leisure bike, and all of the bikers would steal a glance at me and the bike, sometimes…
Sleep
Everyone is wide awake Enjoying the travel On winding mountain roads Rushing into mist covered hills And all i want is To push publish And put my nauseous zombie head To sleep No more metaphors left Goodbye
Mr Cooper
Cooper you are sweet Lost and lonely short and cute Cooper, I love you
You Are Almost There
almost there, almost here where I am almost finished with the words, finished with the heat, finished with the dark solitary journey. not so dark traveled with Carmen Miranda, with a friend who cheered for me on email, with a friend who called to…
Whatcha Doin’
I’ve stayed awake all day, and night Tis’ the 24th hour and I’ve survived Some have failed, so many of us succeeded Through our eyes the coffees bled And whilst, most full marathoners will be running off to lay their weary…
The Night is For Sleeping
I should be sleeping Yet words hold me hostage I have forsaken my soft dream making bed For the cold plastic metal clacking and clicking of nonsensical statements