Poetry Marathon Hour 6:

I genuinely cannot believe we are already in hour 6 – it feels like I just woke up and also like I’m an 80 year old woman aching in her reading chair well after midnight. LOL! But that’s okay I’m here I’m ready! I’m stretching,…

Hour 6 (Painted)

What is Painted Wow its today well its not fun for me but fun for the patrons Amusement and entertainment Driven for the thrilling excitement that is ignited amidst The fun and fan fair. Copyright(c)2022 Roxann Lawrence

Rocks * Magnets * Sunflowers

Rocks*Magnets*Sunflowers                                             Hour Five    10 word list prompt   He came home for the funeral; things looked much as when he had been there…

Hour 5 – Friendship

Hour 5 – Friendship   The space in front of the great Oak tree was right for Laura and Tanya. There they laid the blanket, resting as they emptied their Picnic box.   Cheddar cheese and crackers, two wine glasses, generously poured. laughing and enjoying…

Creature and Flame (Hour 6)

Destruction and Rebirth, a song rendering Death’s domineering canter still, Eternity that once was his arena, crumbles in the wake of unsanctified design. Abjections within purgatory fail on the majesty of my work’s symphony and kill. Terrified, the cries of mortality that diminish against my…

Her place not to Please (hour 5)

Like the sunflower, he opens his heart Please, do not pull it apart Living in the present is difficult That is life of the occult   As hard as hardback, it is hard to turn Right or left, near or far Please, make him stay…

Hour Five – Space in the Sun

Hour Five – Write a poem using at least 5 of the following 10 words/phrases. Hardback, sunflower, knitting, cheddar cheese, space, wine glass, pavement, nail, oak, satchel   Their Space in the Sun   I pause in my mundane cause to look out. Our neighbours,…

The Prince Never Arrived

Dead vines encircled the tower Once green, budding flowers, and thick thorns Now withered, dry, and brittle Half the bricks from the structure have fallen Black vegetation still clinging Above all, the princess still sleeps Once dressed in a pure white gown Now caked in…

Poetry Marathon Hour 5:

Another prompt from I am Incomplete without you – which is honestly one of my favorite prompt books ever and is probably the most valuable thing I’ve ever invested in. Your Name is _________ and you are important. Your name is ______ and you are…

Hour five

grandma in her rocking chair knitting sunflowers the color of cheddar cheese knitting sunflowers because that’s what she knew best to work on her knitting loom from where i lay on the rug the pattern seemed dark, distant space but when i squinted an oak…

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