You were never abandoned I wanted you to know I planned to return There was broken off shards of glass left in my heart burning lights head nods and kisses I longed for you I squattered in vacant houses with you Willing to be nowhere…
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour 21: Ode to My Pillow
Even though your comfort seems so out of reach, you bring me sweet dreams as I think of you. Such a firm little cloud, you cradle my head, at those times I manage to get to bed. Without you, I would probably be such a…
Hour 21-Lacking Focus
This is when I cannot Will not Concentrate on anything not right not worthwhile not worthy of my focus I have no focus I am a slit of who I was All the walls are broken down I don’t have energy for doubt I don’t…
Blessing of the Haiku
God Bless the Haiku, Marked by tight-metered constraint; A poem that ain’t!
Hour 21 – Ode Deux Tres (text prompt)
An Ode to Time Always present, yet unknowable, an ineffable pace constructed on the premise of change. Your passage is marked not by your existence but by the perception of it, unique to your peers and overwhelming to those too small to grasp it. And…
Haleakala
Once fire and ash. The molten lava flowing. …
I’ve Noticed
I’ve noticed all the gray in my hair the lines upon my face I’ve noticed the weight gained the pain in my aching knees I’ve noticed not being able to bend the strength lost to stand again I’ve noticed the years as they pass In…
Poem #21 — Haiku
I knew it was you Every cell in my body I won’t deny it
Hour 21: The House by the Sea
It was just there Atop the old hill A little, cozy abode With windows facing the sea The doors creaked So did the floorboards The smell of old wood Lingering in the air And when you looked to the side You could see paintings, pictures…
Not odd (hour 8 prompt)
I think Odysseus got it all wrong off on his adventures little planning, reservations not made in advance obvious why his trip went badly Wrong spots, wrong time of year wrong monsters a little planning goes a long way so did Odysseus but it didn’t…