Tyson (A Tanka Poem, Hour Twenty One)

Tyson (Yes, he was a Boxer!)   My gentle giant, Ninety pounds of fun and fur, You kept me laughing. Your silly smile soothed my soul. You left pawprints on my heart.                          …

Hour 21, Spirit Animal

Would that I could become my own totem, a fantastical blend of all traits I admire in one creature, new to the earth. I would have the stoicism and steadfast strength of the bear, shuffling through my days safe in the certainty that none would…

The king of Jungle

When the mother lion gave birth to a cub She pampered him in every possible way She gave him food, shelder every passing day Then the time came and she taught him to hunt So he can do whatever he feels She taught him that…

The Indian Majesty

His majesty incomparable. He,is a paragon of musculinity, but is tender with unfailing fidelity. He breaks the stereotypes, the ethereal black superiority, Elephant. But,what does he think? Little do we think. He dreams, of violent trumpets, of a muddy bath, of caring their calves, of…

nymphomaniac

touch me please me my happy ever after   lusty sinner dripping wet blood~   crying for love soft and swollen   heart broken never felt this high screaming through the night   Amanda Potter©: 2019 Poetry Marathon

Cat-Hour 21

The night has become a blanket of quiet A quilt of solitude Cat sits next to me Tail swishing A warning perhaps He assists this poetry drivel By batting my fingers When they dance across the keyboard I have insulted him with a kiss Degraded…

Charades

A young girl, age seven maybe eight ran jovially through rain splashing in every puddle as she moved Her mom, trailing behind smiles for her child, but her eyes betray her. She is listless. The world has a way of robbing us of even the…

Think About It

In high school, I played Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web. I didn’t like spiders at all, they gave me the heeby-jeebies. Still, I was grateful for the role. It was small, simple, a kid’s play. An hours worth of short scenes retelling a beloved children’s story….