Sitting in the light, of night Rested like a cat, at that Penning like Ol’ Poe, you know And never rhyming better. Senses quickened, like a chicken Revveling in the gab, like a hermit crab Eyesight whole as mole Because I’m not a quitter.
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour 20: Mornings Aren’t For The Weak
Each morning when I wake up, I slowly check the time Try to remember what day it is, even if I heard my alarm chime. I crawl out of bed all bleary-eyed and take care of necessities Honestly, up to that point, I avoided all…
twenty: Uniform Corruption
Uniform Corruption All of the deeds witnessed We took pictures and oaths of truth Wanted freedom to need of freedom Was confronted by the devil A cunning fellow disguised as overseer Chance that we would be seen being pushed To the road to hell with…
10pm. Poem 20 Mornings with Lucy
10pm. Poem 20 Mornings with Lucy She comes to me at first alarm laying her head on my breast settling in tummy to tummy She makes biscuits and closes her eyes to heal me with her rhythmic purr. She is my morning. She is the…
Poem 20
Morning Theta waves wakes me up to influence— a meditative state, which opens my heart to hear, “Today is a great day!”
Hour 18: Ghosts
2 days after my great-grandmother died My little sister stood in her crib Pointing, giggling, and saying her name I hope she was right I hope ghosts are real It’ll be fun Haunting those who’ve haunted me
Prompt 19
It is so dark I can’t see anything but the halo of time from the microwave
Hour 14
I was going to use the prompt but then the poem I wrote didn’t make sense for it. Hour 14 Social media is amazing at letting us connect I’m able to see update on family I don’t see often I can be part…
Fat Girl in a Pretty Dress (20)
She’s feeling self conscious in her new dress ducking behind my figure as we meander through the evening streets of Chattanooga just as the streetlights begin to flicker on it is this yellow thing, I don’t know the term but her breasts pool out of…
PERMANENCE (hour xix)
Wherever I am His splendor will be over me That place will be home *Inspired by a combination of the text and image prompt