At forty-five, I found my voice; It was like music to my ears. My feet moved to the melody. I danced for the first time in years. I felt the tension fade away As lyrics invaded my soul. A brilliant diamond, I burned bright, Ne’er…
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Hour 2: The life of a space traveler
Disclaimer: This poetry contains melancholy, and depressing content. “Sailing through the cosmos, In the ship of stars, My life illuminated, By a few plastic lights, And distant stars, Never did I once think, My life would end, in such a melancholy way, But because of…
One day
One day we will tell her that she was named after the magnolia tree, we could see from the window in our first apartment Tell her that even though our first home wasn’t picturesque we made beautiful memories with what we had because what we…
Hour Seven ~ Nothing Normal ~
Text Prompt Write a poem exploring the word normal. Nothing Normal All life came to a halt one day but that has happened before but this time it was not threat of King Kong Dracula or Frankenstein- Nor a bomb or missile attack Nor was…
Deliverance by James Dickey
Book to Poem Four city slickers canoe The Cahulawassee River In the northwest Georgia wilderness. An encounter with mountain men Leads to sodomy and murder, what then? Four city slickers canoe The Cahulawassee River In the northwest Georgia wilderness. The four…
Sourdough
Sourdough The single cloud touching the skyscraper looks like a sourdough at Mr Periwinkle’s storefront Hour 11 @varenyas
Poem 14: A Tribute to Carl Sandburg “Pendulum”
The snow comes White Like little pearly paws It becomes a blanket For a cat The cat 9-lives Snow, less Returning
STRENGTH
Strength is not always loud The fortitude of one’s Body or how long You can E N D U R E Sometimes Strength is in the B R E A K I N G The Choosing to…
Veg@$$
Sometimes I want To threaten someone With an, “I’ll go Vegas on your ass!” It’s not a threat, But it isn’t a promise. Growing up in Vegas, You knew parking lots And movie theatres. You knew mesa’s And hot leather seats. You…
Fox On the Playground (2021)
Snow covered wood chips Chill in the air Beneath the structure A gray fox Children and teachers Observe from a distance Filled with awe and caution Of the gray fox