WOMAN A woman is an angel on earth Shamefully only a very few know her worth Every woman is a combination of beauty and brains She can bravely walk through any pain Every woman is unique in her skills And she can master any work…
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour Nineteen – Of Scottish Summers
Hour Nineteen – Text prompt Write a poem describing your surroundings as inarticulately as possible but maintaining just a tiny bit of the truth. Of Scottish Summers If you live in Glasgow and look out of the window, You’d see all that is to…
“Spiked Color Wheel”
Hour Nineteen: Ekphrastic photo response Ruddy russet and golden field School colors somewhere Sky blued to match dolphin’s birthplace. Can a sky escape from clouds? Can one come down this single road and leave? Not till nightfall and even then, the colors will vibrate.
Redaction
I don’t know what I am (redacted word) some comic (redacted word) this is Playing with words for some (redacted word) Unbidden, unseen, unknown. I am (redacted word).
9pm. Poem 19. Gramma’s Bedroom (an haiku)
9pm. Poem 19. Gramma’s Bedroom (an haiku) Stripes, flowers, stuffed toys memories of everything in Gramma’s bedroom.
Winter Walk
My boots are thick But I can still feel Crunch of frozen water Snow packing beneath my feet The cold bites at my nose Tries to seep into my gloves My breath a smokey array Of frozen moisture White specks begin to fall Quietly from…
Retrograde
In the middle of the night Thea story changes The slate comes clean Morning says she’ll be here soon But the clock says she’s arrived Why doesn’t tomorrow begin when the light comes back?
Hour 14 prompt
TIME A stitch in time, saves nine Alas time can never be a slave of mine A low battery can pretend to slow down time But, even the theorems of Einstein can never stop time. Make sure to spend time with your friend, You never…
Hour 19: ACDC
I used to think That everyone would get nervous in a roomful of girls That it was perfectly normal To have your heart skip a beat When a pretty girl smiles at you You just want to be friends, right? I was assuaged By…
Hour 13 prompt
SHOW THE EARTH THAT WE CARE The Earth is clean and green But humans are selfish and mean The flora, fauna, water and tree Are all provided to us for free. Even though we have all live on Earth Only a few know it’s worth…