I slowly crawl into bed hold my breath position myself on the diagonal stretch the spine rolling to the side groan escaping pain/relief of pain it’s all one the sighing the grousing the feeling both things at once is odd the word is ecstasy
Category: Marathon Poem
Keeping in Shape
Keeping fit and be in good health Is more important than amassing wealth Of what good is riches and wealth without corresponding good health? Many believe that vising the gymnasium or losing weight Or having a personal trainer is a vanishing trend As a…
CHILDHOOD
The sweet vibes Of childhood dreamscape Of moonlight tales Beyond screens at twilight We sang novel songs Like screeching tyres The warmth of brotherhood Triggered a neighborhood of endless friendship… The artless boon regaled our innocent minds We read tomes aloud in storytelling mood The…
Shunning Shower
Water drops keep falling From the shower head Stinging my skin As i wash away My daily sins Floral scented suds Mirrors steam over Hiding the tears I cry, as Water drops keep falling From the shower head
Shampoo
my arms used to get tired straining up to wash my hair but as I grew up my arms got stronger learned how to massage and scrub lengthy golden locks long hair was itchy hot and frizzy and tangled and a good cause was asking…
H13: Herding Cats
1 2 3 4 Move along, little dowgies, Er, uh, kitties Move along more. Feed and water, Scoop, scoop, scoop. Lint Roller roundup For the whole troupe. Two fetch, one rolls over, Especially for treats. And one eats bones that a dog likes…
Stranger
Stranger The man with a strange mask Carries firefly caged in a bottle Set out for a difficult task To heat the porridge For the uninvited guest Staying in the invisible cottage Hour 9 @varenyas
Reverence
Reverence in the silence between butterfly wings between hummingbird heartbeats between us, there is the space of prayer find it in a grain as small as a mustard seed in a trust large as the firmament in a sacrosanct place for contemplation be a witness…
Hour 12 — Signs at the Panama Hotel
Beth A. Fleisher Hour 12 Prompt: Take a book off the shelf… First line: Old Henry Lee stood transfixed by all the commotion at the Panama Hotel. Signs at the Panama Hotel The Panama Hotel was old. The guidebooks said historic, and that’s…
Hour 13
Sometimes we think We’re pulling weeds When really we’re digging up The flowers we forgot to water ~take a closer look