Fifty words Exactly Utter madness Too tired to count On the home-stretch But it’ll all be over soon Giving way to sadness Triumph and delight Free to sleep all day and maybe even all night But hang-on what were those words again Almond or umbrella…

The Rainbow Umbrella A lot of things happen under the rainbow colored giant umbrella put up by the one-eyed fruit vendor upon the tiled pavement beside the central public building Hour 21 @varenyas

Nesting to bed by the sea with you, a curtain of palm fronds shielding us from prying birds’ eyes, ocean’s rhythmic whisper at our feet. nestled among the blooming flower-heads, here we will sleep, our weary bodies and our heavy souls sinking into clean white…

Text Prompt Write a poem that’s no more than 50 words, but one of those words must be either umbrella, or almond. Photo by Rhett Wesley on Unsplash Leading lights – I follow. I meet her gaze, with almond shaped eyes, bright as amber, dazzling…

Here, in this Observation Mountain towering above the earth, that’s where, we are told, The Big Eye watching over creation sits documenting good deeds and ill – or delegating to Its zillion auxiliaries, including the elements the four winds, waiting patiently for Reckoning when the…

my favorite city in all of the world smells like exhaust   very old buildings blackened with soot still charming   giant gold clock towers high with four faces   my favorite statue of horses nearby on a bridge   i once sat upon a…

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Reports are circulating in, yarns of a tale most obscene, Of romance pushed to edge of reason, ferociously extreme.   Authorities state of perplexion, of no true reflection, A nightmarish bond driven on blood lust supreme.   As filters and speculation, devastate the nation, Major…

Tiny things Shirt sleeves Front to back How to dip the spoon And not spread ice cream everywhere. All these things confused him. He knew hundreds of subway stops Train car facts Bus routes A brain stuffed With specific trivia Couldn’t navigate putting on a…

Revenant spices bring the soup to life the aroma and red wine do well to pacify a man’s soul on this dainty almond cruise, upon whom i brandish my knife in the direction of apples staring blankly at me from the white board table I…