My grandfather had a deep, rumbling way of chucking that came from deep within at things he found amusing – me, mostly. Originating in a large belly promulgated by years of jovial beer drinking his chortle still echoes When he was amused my grandfather’s best…
Category: Marathon Poem
Mirror Hands : Hour 5/Prompt 5, 2022
Midnight dancing with twelve personalities of mine. Mirror too confused to create the number of vines.
Hour 12 (2022)- DnD With Friends
A Villanelle: Every Friday night we gather with friends We play a Dungeons and Dragons game The fun it never really ends. Our adventures take us around many bends In all of it, no evenings the same Every Friday night we gather with…
RAJAH
Run farther Always knowing Justice cannot Absolve this Hatred anymore See this And trust Nothing can Deter or Oppose this Real affection
Diaspora, Hour Twelve
Diaspora Our family is a Viking horde, descended from hardy Swedes and Norwegians amid a colorful range of other backgrounds. Fifty to one hundred people we consider family have gathered together around a pool every 4th of July thirty-six of the last thirty-seven years, excluding…
In the Rooms, Women Come and Go – hour 12
Hour 12, Prompt 12 In the Rooms, Women Come and Go Betty’s machine-gun laugh rat-a-tat-tats from the far corner where the hostess positioned her Attempting to soften the gunfire with the plethora of ornament-themed throw pillows and expensive red rugs between the shrapnel…
12 Point of Origin
12 Point of Origin Adopted finding new brothers and sisters DNA speaks of Sicily and ancestors who Ventured across the sea to a place called Brooklyn with collections of their folk Beautiful men and one being a father Who I will…
Zoom Poetry–Hour 12
Melinda, your mic is off Lisa, would you aim your camera so we can see your whole face? This is how I want it I’m hiding out Do I go now? Who’s next? I’m just listening today Gwen, you’re muted No, Hawaii doesn’t do Daylight…
Text Prompt-Poem 12 Gatherings can be challenging
Gatherings with others Can be challenging especially if you have been rejected Also if you suffer from Anxiety it can be damaging As you don’t want to socialise anymore with friends You sometimes hide away in isolation You have cut off from friends and family…
Poetry Marathon Hour 12:
Well, if I complete this poem, I’m half way there – I can do this – I can get this out and successfully. There is no real and actual prompt here – but at the same time – I’ve been doing these cute collages between…