Engifted with new technology, I wonder what’s left of our ideology, What remains from our imaginations, What hopes remains in our visions. When answers automatically pop-up without a question, Will these still be important? What are the mysteries remains? Is there humanity left…
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M.M.I.W II
M.M.I.W Murdered, Missing Indigenous Women (2nd poem) Missing sisters, wives and Mothers are taken and Injured vicious While internally screaming in agaony.
Hour 14 – Secrets, a Haibun
The blinds are always left up by about 6 inches, the height of the dog’s heads They rush across the kitchen floor when they hear the beeping of the electric lock. The first to greet me at the door, sometimes the only one Laying on…
Code Talkers II
Code Talkers II A part of history that is important that needs to be shared numerous times. Several tribes from the Southwest joined to form a platoon. The military’s code was constantly being broken, decoded, Everyone was clueless. One soldier from…
POETRY MARATHON – HOUR ONE
She found us within our pasts, memories enveloping us like cloaks. Our complicated yet precious web of love and experiences had created a tapestry in our hearts. In the stillness of the evening, she arrived to fulfill a longing, her eyes holding a story, seeing…
2023 Full Marathon: Hour 13
The boy who gave me cloth oragami hearts and engraved sheet music and silk black roses didn’t last though he put in all the right moves. He was here for the lesson that you should really appreciate what you’ve got while you have it. …
Student or Teacher
People used to tell me to my face that I am a saint. In truth, I am a teacher. A teacher who learned early on to hide lavendar throughout the classroom to counteract farts and puberty sweat smells. Yes, a teacher who learned early on…
Prompt Thirteen – Aye, Write!
Prompt Thirteen – Text Prompt Describe your profession through a funny/humorous poem. Aye, Write! A Fighter? No no, a writer. I write. You what? I write, you know? Words? Pens? Paper? Well, I never. You write for a living? Not much of a…
“Do You Know Your Left from Your Right?”
Hour Thirteen Children will bounce off walls if their dance teacher tells them. (We don’t of course!) Adolescents won’t do but so much, they don’t want to get perspired in case “dreamy” happens to pass by. Some adults will sponsor funds for children’s tights rather…
Prompt 12 – The Closet
Prompt 12 – Closet The Closet The closet is where his clothes hang his favourite dinosaur T-shirts his favourite shorts too. Stuffed teddys sit on top guarding it watching over him, from time to time he’ll check for monsters kids imaginations can run…