The Watchtower Haiku (2022 Poem 20)

soul slowly healing spotlight shining endlessly heart behind high walls tuesday afternoon how did my life come to this walls crumble to dust hope springs eternal the watchtower is no more my heartbeat expands (Prompt: Write a poem using one of the following titles: The…

Hour 20

We wandered through the fields, stumbled upon the most cottage-core scene ever. A mattress in a field of flowers, but imagine the dampness in the morning. Even worse, imagine all the ticks that would comatose my system. My parents took me for a blood test…

DogSpeak#20 In Dog Years

DogSpeak #20 In Dog Years Humans like to calculate our ages in dog years, seven of ours to one of theirs. We dogs like to think our life span on earth is shorter because we have less to learn. These figures are guesstimates averaged out…

No Place Like Home, Hour Twenty

No Place Like Home The concierge was made aware in advance that this was to be a second honeymoon, no expense spared for the middle aged lovebirds reigniting their romance with tired, damp matches. A nest was made near the water, whose lapping made the…

20th Hour: The old man’s promise

The watchtower had stood the test of time Kingdoms had disappeared, resolves had crumbled But the tower stood, tall and proud Looking its nose down upon time itself The old man screwed up his eyes, sheilding them From the sun that shone like a ripe…

Coo coo

I am a cuckoo clock. I watch myself go in and out Of control

Companion

If you are a book lover, life is so wonderful. It teaches your attitude and inspires who reads books, never consult a doctor You never live alone with loneliness the books always with you as a friend. if you never read a book You never…

Any City

What city is complete without apple trees and honey? Sweet things for the sweet among us… Do hardened walls and concrete stalls serve life? Yes, momentarily…. enough to get some rest in the midst of clang and clatter.

Public Notice–Hour 20

ATTENTION POETS: Pursuant to the use of metaphors Cease and desist immediately All poets found to be in violation will be subject to unicornucopia We’re serious about this so you need to just stop it or the consequences will be swift as stated above