The baker was eggs-pecting a delivery A dozen brown eggs, the sp-egg-tacular dozen The baker sells some eggs-quisite cakes And some egg-ceptional banana bread These are quite the treat, I must add And earlier this week The baker promised me something eggs-tra special! Some egg-cellent…
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Hour 21 Poem
Text Prompt Write a poem that’s no more than 50 words, but one of those words must be either umbrella, or almond. Photo by Rhett Wesley on Unsplash Leading lights – I follow. I meet her gaze, with almond shaped eyes, bright as amber, dazzling…
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Prompt 21 – Ella and her Fella
Prompt Twenty-One – Write a poem that’s no more than 50 words, but one of those words must be either umbrella, or almond. Ella and her Fella There once was a girl called Ella Who was madly in love with her fella. But when her…
Poetry Marathon Hour 21
Cityscapes and dreamcatchers: You do such a beautiful job of blending cityscapes and dreamcatchers into your life. AS if you only feel inspired in the hustle and bustle then you step away and the peace just swells within you. As if you’ve finally gotten…
War for Ukraine
“Planes flying overhead, Bombs exploding in the air, Sirens blaring through the city. Fear gripping your body, Knowing what’s to come, You run and hide, But no matter where you hide, Or where you run, These experiences haunt you for life. Escaping out of your…
I Survived the 2022 Poetry Marathon
The following images are part of the Poetry Marathon Tradition. They are for you to do with what you want, but they are often used as a way to celebrate your success. The official list of everyone who completed the half marathon and the full…
Unceremonious Consumption (Hour 21)
Grace escapes my life this burgeoning night. Drugs coax me to door of the dying. I care little of this conclusive plight. Our souls are annexed, mortality crying. Resistance of desire not within our might. A bitten tongue commences shared dining. Dreamlike wraiths, absorbed…
Personal Prompt poem #hr 20 – Why I write
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash Why I write I find it oddly comforting, such a sweet release oh so liberating to have the courage to pen down my thoughts my fears and to make sense of it all. I write cause that is…
Hour 20 – Beginners Book of Poetry Prompts – Chapter One
Hour Twenty – Write a poem using any one of the following titles: The Watchtower, Second Breakfast, Books for Beginners, The Woman with the Top Hat, Echo Husband Beginners Book of Poetry Prompts – Chapter One Get yourself a nice hot drink. (Tea works…