If I could escape like Spaceman Spiff. If I could fly like Stupendous Man. Imagine myself into someone I can stand. Bill Watterson, you made it look so easy.

That fearless intangible time Stealing my life Grabbing one moment then another and another Graying my hair forcing my body into new contortions Spinning me into complacency Tempting me with ecstasy Promising me minutes That turn into seconds That flip into decades Life happens Corkscrews and…

The twilight sun has come and gone, without the rise of the new moon. The birds sing frantically, but the light is far from reaching them. Their panicked twitters and caws echo between buildings, but not to any human ears. That species that is the…

Once way after midnight, my eyes were blurry. I pondered about how weak and weary I had become from A Poetry marathon. Edgar, my dear literary friend, it’s well past the Witching hour, and that’s all I got.

I wish to thank the war horse That is this body. She does what I ask her to do. She runs headlong into battles, Bearing up against whatever onslaught Into which I would dare urge her. She will act in direct defiance Of all her…

Remember the beginning Every day was gold Moments shared together Every second – prized Making time was easy Because we were worth it Each day passes swiftly Realize that tomorrow may be too late   by Karen Sullivan Form: Acrostic

Poem 21 – The Power of Five Five was the number Anthony Horowitz imagined Not to be put to slumber With their gifts and abilities The world they would protect And when they met Their minds they would connect Five children lived before And now…

It’s so early in the morning or so very late at night depending on perspective. You offer to make coffee as I feverishly write and post write and post write and post. I lean over to kiss your shoulder to thank you profusely to love…

Blue is the color of my veins clamoring to breathe Blue is the color of his cheeks as he struggles to survive Blue is the color of the sea so wide and deep Blue is the color of the sky its so high above humandkind

In Maya’s words, “I’m a woman Phenomenally”. With her words and in her bravado tones She voiced that it’s okay to be a Phenomenal woman in the world today She raised the stakes in such a phenomenal way… I am phenomenally made A phenomenal woman…