On the corner late at night I listen and I hear it. Purr and grimble Hiss and fight And I’d rather not come near it. But I prefer this to silence silencio A verb, request, a noun Silence Silencio Adjective and found To be most…
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour Twenty-two: Planting a Pizza Garden
They started with seedlings: Tomatoes, onions, basil, oregano As these were growing They placed two hula hoops In the sunniest spot on the raised bed And drew lines for each sprout They watered and weeded and waited For the harvest So they could savor a…
Hour 22 – Pizza
Pizza P is for the painful way you burn my mouth I is for incredibly, incredibly hot Z is for a zillion degrees, the temperature of this pizza Z is for zombification. From the too hot pizza. It could happen. A is for AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! (Maybe…
#Prompt 22 – 2023
Healthy Eating … Scottish Style Deep fried pizza Frozen Oven ready Quarter or half portions Plunged into hot fish oil until crispy Pizza supper … Just add salty chips Brown sauce and vinegar A Crunch supper … Add batter A unique flavour A dubious nutritional…
Running
Running from the truth Because it hurts Please just choose To put yourself first Hiding from the lies The damage is done My heart cries We’re not having fun Back and forth Lacking stability We are worth The possibility No sparing feelings No actions from…
23~14
my ———– feels dead never full of life but ——- me to ——— So. Much. ———–! practically ————me leaving me ——– like i ——– i ———- ——– …
Hour 3 Because I somehow Missed Posting This One
Oh my god I almost missed posting this poem!! I’m glad I decided to double check what I have posted. And then checked that against my Google doc. Thank goodness I caught that mistake! Hour 3 Every library I have ever been in…
You
Effortlessly bleak nothing happens in a vacuum No one is entirely alone Not all who are lost are weak Everyone gets a little help. Misery doesn’t love company It demands it.
That’s Amore ~ Dean Martin Devotional
That’s Amore ~ a Dean Martin Devotional the song~ plays in my head when my marathon mother prompted pizza pie a big ol’ slice right in the eye cheesy, right? I think of her grateful for her light Me, her selenophile…
The Silence (prompt 22)
it seems fitting that the internet would go down right as I begin to write about how silence is an experience I tend to avoid at all costs silence used to scare me more than a raised voice or a slammed door because it often…