Early Morning Thoughts: Hour 1 6am September 2, 2023 Waking up, coffee in hand, the sun still isn’t here, rain clouds coat the sky in layers of silver linings and potential. I am exactly where I need to be, even if I cannot   name this…

fingers weave yours and mine you press hard demanding punishing hurtful are these my fingers is this love

Ekphrastic Response to photo by Birk Enwald I self-imposed this block from you. A “V” for Victory for me. It’s about perspective. This is the path you do not cross because alien space can view my “V” for victory. This is a landing path, my…

In life, we travel many trails In shoes In boots In our bare feet We run and walk and sashay our way To find the things that mean the most With every step we take We find ourselves ever closer To the place that fills…

Rachnoc’s sins hiding, Monuments to human guilt, Enslaved beneath waves.

It’s greater still, Swifter in the coming void, Within a greater hell.

It is with joy I have waited for the breaking of the day. The day this day will stroll in and stroke my soul. It is with joy I have waited for the breaking of the day. The day this day will walk in and…

Hello, fellow poets. I am so happy to be here again. I am a veteran marathoner; I believe this is my 8th year or so and look forward to this all year. I teach leadership at the university and work full-time as a volunteer recruiter…

My name is Leslie Simon.  I’ve been writing poetry since I was a young girl.  Whenever I felt deep emotions, I had to write it down in a poem.  It was cathartic for me, as it is for most writers. It wasn’t until I was…

I participated in 2022 24-hour marathon. I entered 23 poems. In the last hour , due to technical glitch, I couldn”t upload although I had finished the last poem in time. I did not know that I could have sent by mail. So near, yet…