Kaleidoscope (Poem 17)

One view Many perspectives The Kaleidoscope besides its beauty Also teaches us That looking in one direction Not only offers different perspectives to different people But also provides varied views To a single person         Text prompt number 16: Write a poem…

3 am hour/prompt #19

3am light rain descends as night moves toward morning’s light. poetry’s passion sits on my chest reminding me, like Robert Frost’s little horse, I still have hours to go before I sleep. Sweet sleeping hounds keep me company, poetry family check’s in on by email…

Poem 19

Playful predator begs for attention. Whiny and responsive, he demands for his creature comforts. Like a fly  begging for escape through that damn  window. He demands for any kind of  stimulation he can get.   The thinker indulges the predator’s impulses, Leading with a great…

WHAT IS WORK (hour xiii)

Work is not about the midnight calls It’s not about the late evening client parties It’s not about the pillar-to-post dashes on public holidays It’s not about stealing worship presence on Sunday mornings Work is not about the nightclub rendezvous It’s not about killing effort…

Hour 17 prompt

EDUCATION Transfer of knowledge happens even in birds and bees Mother bird teaches the child how to fly from the trees The lion teaches the cub how to hunt Even pigs teach their piglets how to grunt Knowledge sharing is known as education This happens…

Hour 16 prompt

FREEDOM A few months ago, the thought never came, That a new virus would come, and life would never be the same! A few months ago, the thought never came, That even going out of the house would never be the same. A few months…

Storm – Hour Nineteen

Storm Salty air blows around in circles The breeze picks up seaweed from sand The current reacts to the gusts By crashing to the shore Seafoam swirls the rocks Shells dig in deep Safe from harm Black clouds Storm

Hunting Life

Well gone are those feary while we think a living prey will live soon without a baby when killing seize their destiny Fisherman goes for fishing catching salmon with netting working the clock like a king shorting breathe of fins living Hunters matches to the…