In the night Moon sight Stars so brightly Here comes more darkness of Shade ebony Many runs deep inside For you to see more light Like a candle being lit Noel prayer Sermon told freely Gathering up for worshipping Fellowship with the saints Communion in…
Category: Marathon Poem
Subbing in America through Haiku: Hour 1 (prompt: swimming)
* Trigger warning * blue invitation best friends for life she tells her both swimming in red
Morning Silence
It floats through the balcony doors Makes the curtains dance As light poors in How long have we lived A song we never Sing
Water Hour 1- 2022
In the early morning hour Darkness and silence Settle on the world I worship water Soothing, sparkling Coaxing me into awareness. The giver of life The sacred Wai Tumbling gently Over my tired, sore body A daily christening Resource of angels Slowly flows down the…
A Depressed Person Finally Showers-Hour One
That first night back, I almost didn’t want to bathe. Cold tile bit into the backs of my thighs, my back, supporting as gentle rain showered down, warm, soothing sounds pounding down as it swirled down the drain. Too tired to move. Too tired to…
Hour 1: Drowning
Down, Down we go Struggling Losing Losing hope Down, Down we stay Still At peace At peace with fate. Down. Down the hand reaches Taking hold It won’t let go Up, Up we go Towards life With hope Hope to endure.
not the right kind
content warning: usage of the f-slur (f*g) as a device; discussion of being lgbtq+ and discrimination; sexual harrassment and threats i am not the right kind of queer. my existence is a debate and discourse, and folks like to say i’m not real –…
Hour 1: Swimming in the Heat of 1950s Mississippi
Wednesday was Colored Day At the Jackson Public Pool Arriving too late, All we could see was a rainbow of brown heads Bobbing up and down in water Once cool but now heated by bodies Packed like cargo but Pressed too close together…
Welcome Poem Hour One
Another year here, Eventuality arrives, The gauntlet begins.
Welcome Haiku Hour 1
Welcome new writers, all aboard the uphill ship, Eventful journey.