Hickory dickory dock The Falcons are on the clock The clock wound down They drafted a clown Hickory dickory dock   Hey diddle diddle Kirby Smart played the fiddle And the Bulldogs barked at the moon Larry Munson Laughed to see such sport Nobody wants…

BEEN THERE DONE THAT   Little babes with belly gas Politicians showin’ their ass. Employees working over time Children made to tow the line.   Old farts with nothin’ better to do When your neighbor wants to sue. Actors and their temperaments Landlords anxious for…

Poem 12 Midnight Blues On a Jazzy Day By: Ashley L Powers   I remember sitting at this spoken word café Sitting there all by myself Sipping on my mocha Snapping my finger and clapping my hands Listening to everyone who stepped up on that…

Harbinger of words. Curator of thoughts. shepherding sound herds; to alphabetic lots.   What would be our world, if word mongers were not? Knowledge bound and furled. Would all be lost in thought?                        …

This sweet entreaty Humble earnest request Created in confined spaces Meant to contain and yet Breakthroughs are imminent When challenges test The strength of beliefs indeed are empowered best When destruction is menacing and discord is rife Rampant inexplicable chaotic moments Give life To an…

Sciamachy Dream them up Shadows upon the surface of the mind Make them all, invite them in   Preoccupied with omens, prophets Remnants of old memories, demons Make them to drink them, invite them to fight them   Companions Follow them, they follow you Watch…

The shackled place From where they came Had nothing to offer Their daughter but shame You can’t teach a son What is good and right When bullets sing Him to sleep at night When drugs and money Dazzle his eyes And what is correct Is…

coffee talk memories   moonbeams in the cold, black coffee quakes in the chipped cup just out of reach of my fingertips on that damn shelf you built for me: glass shards in concrete, wrapped in honey-stained fir… re-purposed dock planks where we first fucked, embraced…

  Prompt 16, Hour 13 Open a dictionary. Pick out an unusual word. Let your poem define that word without ever using the word itself (except perhaps, as the final word in the poem.) You may choose to use the word as your title if…

Give yourself permission To take the moment Let music move Sound sway your hips Let intrigue ignite Curiosity captivate your mind Let sensation seduce Love lavish your soul Allow yourself to be