Hieroglyph

I part my lips to speak To find no sound leaves them My heart is crushed by the burden Of being unable to express to you All that is within My blood surges for you My arms unable to reach Would you ever know how…

Emoji Poem- Prompt 8

You are my elfin queen of sparkling hearts when you wear that dress I imagine you frolicking with the flowers or stargazing by the sea You make music and magic and I love you    

Braided Poem

At low tide like this how sheer the water is like a poet hidden what a million filaments by shallow rivers to whose falls set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute to fetch new lust and give it to you   all…

We the People

We the People know not of what we speak or of what the ubiquitous ‘others’ say, mean We the People have become a nation of naysayers with little rationale we deny climates, pandemics, others not like us who do not exist who do not deserve…

Wordless Conversation

She sends him a text message but it is not a text message it is a unique text message two images, arms wrap-around each other.   He replies her text message but there is no text in his message he pushes the button and an…

prompt # 8: emoji

My cat startles off after hearing loud fireworks on this clear night sky among the trees. Stop! What was that? Did you see that? WHOA!!!! Im out.   with the use of shorthand acronyms, emojis grammar nazis must not like this new writing style. Harder…

POUND FOR POUND Cake

A bit of whipping can make the frosting tasty, but there’s a fine line between cream and curd; beating your batter to a pulp may lead to deflated egos reflected in collapsed, cratered, remnants of deserted foundations. Happy cakes, prefer to rise but only in…

Prompt Six (6): Ideally

Daddy left on a cold and harsh day. It was February… Susie left us on a cool and dry day. It was November… It feels unreal, as if we do not exist, anymore. To explain his fact of life called death. Daddy was expected to…