It is still nighttime 5 am here Cat is confused His people off schedule Invading his quiet time Just outside the window I hear the ocean Gently hitting the shore A sound I barely notice I can sense the moon disappearing and the sun readying…
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour 3: Jaclyn on Vacation
Lumber Jac She traveled light and west and such to feel Pacific’s sparkling touch, and tread, barefoot, on the rocky shore, where bluster bold and gray-bearded skies Roll like waves in endless tides. She tread where beanstalks never grew, But Jac’s giant could…
Card Game Memories (2022)
Invitation to play Teaching the rules Preparing The game begins Card after card is played Occasional rule reminders We pick up speed As my opponent catches on Flashbacks to high school Friends gathered around a desk Waiting in anticipation New comers “slapping in” Something inside…
A Dulcimer Breeze
Redfern on a hill, whistling in dulcimer breeze Elven maid strumming to a forgotten tune She remembers only from a grandmother’s lullaby Before Men came to ignorantly burn and chop Fairies played tag between golden towering trees Exotic birds belted song to bring in sunny…
Dance with Me
Have this dance with me Run your fingers over the wood and play a harmony Duets are forever dances even when we aren’t moving our feet to the rhythm And yet we are as the notes fill the room and we sway in time Each…
Lapwings on the Moors – hour 3
Hour 3 Prompt 3 Lapwings on the Moors The clouds settled early over the moors today Reminding me of the frosts that coat the late lapwing eggs in their nests So I ran I ran to gather them To protect them To…
Hero
We don’t know what it means anymore. Maybe we never did but we’ll give it our best shot & therein lies your answer. It’s being able to make those split-second calls without a moment’s hesitation. It’s walking into a shelter & not leaving until…
Poetry Marathon Hour 3:
Again I am using the “I am incomplete without you” prompt journal by Iain S. Thomas and this time I’m using page 63: A bird that can eat words lands on this page, what words does it eat? And What words doesn’t it eat? POEM…
Hour 3: Settle
The mountain mist settles Revealing winding paths with no end The lofty winds carries Our wishes up these paths Towards the lonesome tree Of red and pink Under the clear blue skies Where life meets eternity The wish is simple It’s doesn’t want much Just…
Flesh
Glass Tin indium oxide Keratin Niobium pentoxide Phospholipids Hyaluronic acid Meissner corpuscles Pacinian corpuscles silica coating Lithium Blood Light