WORD SALAD POETRY Timed Writing: 20 minutes Rules: 1) Write a poem using all twenty (20) words in the salad. 20 words for 20 minutes. 2) Make the poem as short as possible (meaning, add as few extra words as possible). 3) Underline the salad…

Got lost today Hopefully to find a new way A way through darkness To the light A way that flowers grow Swaying in the wind   I left prepared for the journey Everything I thought if needed Would be within arms reach Now I’m here…

edgelords if i could : look over the edge : of everything : what would i see the edge : of the horizon : more dust the edge : of the earth : tree roots crumbling into air : ocean waterfalling into mizzle the edge…

Swan Lake Swan Lake for some is but a dance But, here, it is vacation A camping trip that at a glance Yields rest and relaxation Picturesque hints of crystal blue Meet up with forest green A break from life, a fond adieu From all…

Blood on the walls Shattered glass on the floor Broken China across the kitchen and dining area The furniture helter-skelter It was as if I’d walked into a crime scene Not unlike the ones I’d read about, or Seen in the movies Had I wished…

In an ice-covered cube they move, two vows bind their love, like frost entwined lovely she, dashing he, find this frozen space, like minds hold and have, rich, poor death may tap door but their ice lives on strong.   – Sandra Johnson, 9/2/23  

we are part of the earth we came from it and we will return I know this because you once read to me from a book and I found I liked it better than the voice that reads to me in my own head I…

Prompt for Hour Six – Text Prompt The earth is actually flat, you look over the edge and what do you see? Describe it.   Conversations with God   Should have been the stuff of nightmarish fright. But strangely it wasn’t, it felt right, as…

You follow the trail, Quietly observing. Taking in all the sights and sounds, You close your eyes. Capturing the moment in your mind, Recording every detail possible. The quiet babbling of the brook, The chirping of the crickets being exchanged for the chorusing of the…

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