Scrolling past pictures all day, for years The universe confined to four corners of a screen What is the purpose? What does it say? to stop on one that means something.
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour Four – Zentangle
On Friday, I read a lot of Zentangle poems. A zentangle poem is a blackout or erasure poem, a sort of found poem with designs made on the unused portions, instead of just blacking out the extra words. Read more about it on this post…
Suburban Pastoral #4
At the tree convention an agreement was reached The sugar maple said Let’s not throw our coins in the fountain, let’s plant them in the reeds by the river bank. The silver birch added I do not want to be a money tree, but a…
As she stepped out
As she stepped out into the woods her dreams came alive flanked on both sides by verdant green and pool of water in front A remnant of memory captured by her fleeting emotions whether she chose the dream or the dream chose her Hour 3…
Mission Statement – hour 3
The hourglass is breaking And I still don’t have a line That fits this prompt’s parameters Repeating 3, 4 times You should see the balls of paper Cluttering my floor Full of lines that repeat 2 times But couldn’t, anymore Well, shit, there’s just 3…
Hour 3 (2021)
As soon as her pupils glanced me way Mine dilated to let in her light With one look I melted for her Her fingertips grazed my skin And the molecules shifted between us With one touch I melted for her She gave me tongued promises…
Hour 3, Prompt 1: Worth It
I am playing hot potato again turning my histories over between veiny hands always desiring something more delicious and burning through a forest of tastebuds, old journals, and bridges that used to lead to familiar places But, if it was easy, would it be an…
Prompt 3- There is beauty here
Watercolors, Crayons Green or Purple over Black I write a poem with my art and rarely look back I was born with rhythms Flowing through my brain I make up tunes in my head and flush them down the drain its hard for me to…
The Sweet Scent of Rain (a double Haiku)
Subtle breeze whispers, sunshine promise underneath, rainbow peeking through. Wind, faint hint of grass, soft tinge of impending drops to wash the air clean. (I see you, fellow sinus and allergy sufferers! 🙂)