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…
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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…
Poetry Marathon Hour 20:
Poem 20: Naming the stars: I’ve always wondered whether we’re spending too much time or not enough naming all the stars out there. Deciding which ones will be famous and which can live a quiet life just because. It has always been fascinating to me…
Subbing in America: Hour 20
are you married and how old are you teacher and do you have children? mind your manners child it is not polite to ask yes I am twenty
The Kitchen Ship
“The salivating aroma of the kitchen, Is unique and beautiful. A world of flavor and spice packed into sense, Scents that make you yearn to taste, Foods with such a lovely aroma must have a lovely taste. My grandmother at the helm of the kitchen,…
Likened to Lycan (Hour 20)
Abundance of flesh, teetering on a stuporous step, Carried dutifully and on a drunkards resolve, Resigning himself, a true wretch of the unkept, Her body not to be touched or involved! Sacrificial, our desirous fool will endure my scorn, I glare on, anticipating my…
Hour Nineteen – My Tale of Two Cities
Hour Nineteen – There are so many nature poems out there. Our prompt for this hour of the night is to write a poem for a city, real or imagined. My Tale of Two Cities Two homes have I, they’re oceans apart Two cities,…
Poetry Marathon Hour 19:
Slowly but surely gradually but impactfully making popcorn and making progress as hour 19 kicks off. And there’s something so beautiful in the fact that we are still here despite everything that has been thrown our way – lack of sleep, lack of veggies, lack…