The winter for Glowest on You coldest Desperately needy of shelter Grey covers wraps around you Like a blanket or cloth thrown over Thick warms the bones Driest days of daisies In the dawn of nights Ebony darkness A hot tea to sip on Over…
Category: Marathon Poem
Woods – Hour 2 Prompt
Nowhere to stand In this wetland Its easier to climb than it is to walk Bridges from fallen trees Swatting at nettles and at the bees Maybe it was a yellow jacket Slashing through blackberry bramble Was only part of the slow ramble Rarely was…
Pebbles in the lake
She’s there In a scene straight from Frost : ‘Between the woods and the frozen lake’ Throwing pebbles In despair, Wondering where it’s all going to lead… The guns, the rage, the hurt, The heartache Of not being master Of your own fate! She…
Playground vs playstore
hour – 2 Playground Vs Playstore The spirit of teaming and the fun Thrill of knock-and-run Those swings and slides Giggles and Mari go rides Laying on the grass Couting the stars Those Hazy memories of summers Nostalgia is now all we possess Happiness Of…
Christmas Angels on a Snowy Eve
Hour 2 Prompt 2 Christmas Angels on a Snowy Eve (inspired by Robert Frost) Amid a winter’s walk profound With starlight whisp’ring soft around The moon stretched long her guiding light Toward a peaceful, soothing sound Angelic voices in the night Led…
The Call That Broke Me (Hour 2)
That evening when the call came that broke the news that broke my heart the receding sun was a dark ball death in the house my heart sank like an undermined building mama gone? this isn’t just a death it’s THE death and you said…
An Unbroken Dream
Where lies a feverish unbroken dream Not here, in this twisted rowdy land I cover my eyes to the howls and shrieks Tugs on my body beg me to turn away And listen to boresome tales from morons Hungering for money for their shiny things…
DogSpeak #2 Hour 2
DogSpeak #2 You sleep half as much as I do which is still not enough but when I wake for the first time, no matter what the clock says, it’s time to get up. Get up. I have to go out. Get up. Now! And…
Between the Woods and Frozen Lake – Hour Two
“Between the woods and frozen lake…” Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, line 7. Between the woods and frozen lake A figment in the snow A foreign sign found at daybreak What is it? I don’t know I ponder should I take…
Second Thought
A black pot of vultures spiral Below the cabinets they sit there In darkness dusty underneath England Like rotor blades chopping on through Vaporize stars Drys as the sand burns hot Your bones weaken or stiffen A slip off of words you said Needle of…