Slow season got slower a visitor named covid was lurking unwanted tourists were denied they might be enablers of the dread   the humpbacks on their own annual tour dined on Alaskan krill far from their winter playground and were missed a whale statue dramatic…

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen. A daemon’s after me darkening my door, No clue if it’s bad or good It lingers in the hall While I try to…

  The world sees you You see the world The world attempts to stifle your mood With trends that beguile the heart Of death trails Of robbery snares Of soaring suicides Of battering hopes The moods swing Radically to the dissident vibes Of a faltering…

“I am absolutely going to find you.” You left with my bag of books. I had testing tomorrow, and you ran off. I took my shower, washed my hair. I made a snack for both of us. On the table it was all set for…

If I ask you a question What’s your reply going to be Would you think it through with purpose To answer honestly Or would my very asking Be only for my gain As you make up an answer Without a truthful grain If I’m asking…

Hour 12 (Marathon Prompt – Pick a random book from the shelf.  Read the first line and the last line.  Pick one and use every word of that line somewhere in your poem.) The Book:  A Million Little Pieces First Line:  I wake to the…

Sentence picked from The Essex Serpant, by Sarah Perry: “A young man walks down by the banks of the Blackwater under the full cold moon.”   Dark green waters take on nightly shades, and now, Blackwater Bay, would make a fine name for such a…

Sixth sense, powerhouse, she’ll tell it to you straight “You are beautiful.” “You are smart.” “You’re not told.” “It’s never too late to start.” Extra Kleenex, extra gloss, extra whatever it is that you need She’s got your back,  whether blood or you picked her…

The moon casts a shadow over the sun In the dark times you think evil has won But you also take a moment to see what you’ve got which is greater than most you have quite a lot. So you start to ponder what life…

Without Comparison brighter than the aurora borealis glitzier than the Times Square ball dropping lovelier than a field of fragrant lavender sparkle of light sprays grander than a hundred thousand stars more enduring than the Milky Way a splay of radiance deeper than the Grand…