Pride to some Beloved she was to the others So they kept her close to them, Like she was a gem… They cared for her in all the ways, Over protection she got from everyone in the way So she made her place in the…
Category: Marathon Poem
Sundoggy (Hour Four)
Sundoggy Fuzzy blue arms fling past my face whipping wildly in the wind. With tail wagging, she drops her blue baby in my lap as if presenting me with the Hope Diamond, and stares eagerly into my eyes, seeking their approval. I…
Infinite Sky
You and me adrift at sea afloat on an ocean of hopes and dreams. Above us hangs a blanket of stars. An infinite sky for a love like ours.
Hour 5: Untitled
I lay on the couch Frozen I place, watching It inches closer, growing Ot starts the size of a penny But soon a plate A dog I want to move Run on six fewer legs But I can’t It reaches to touch my face And…
Pilgrim’s dream
Pilgrim’s dream Sleep, you are unvanquishable, The eternal shadow of a jaded sun; How long a voyager can you be? The free fledgling will return to its abode To refill with hope the unwanted vacation: You are the Morpheus The single actor on the stage…
Prompt 6 Hour 5
You were there rocking that porch chair. The loose board squeak A rhythm so pleasing to my ears. We had grown old, enjoying the ease of life. Lemonade and finer things Amidst the sparrow song and the raven call That loose board squeak quickly became…
Prompt 6/Hr5-Dream
There on the hilltop Going click A single Knight In her shiny kit Across the way Down by the river A parade of people With arms and quivers Above the river A bright blue awning Sitting beneath it A Queen’s Maid is yawning Without much…
Hour 5
Everyone I ever knew Has crowded onto my bed Which is impossibly large and only grows But I can see their faces each so clearly Their mouths opening to speak All one wordless noise And then they’re gone Proportions restored And there you are Breathing…
Zen
The eyes are everywhere Daring… Glaring… Faces at the windows Staring… Despairing… Curled up in bed I hear your breath Softly rumbling, sound of death My head upon the pillow lies In the dim light, a shadow flies. My bladder aches, but I don’t dare…
I Am (2019 Poem 1)
Do you know who I am Years before I thought I knew Somehow my soul was lost to me Here I am, misplaced in time Walking on a distant shore Although I don’t know where I am I am myself in finding you Finally I…