It is so different Our lives have changed so much One day we are strangers Now the day is dull without you You bring light into my life You shine through the darkness that surrounds me We are nowhere near perfect Our imperfections create struggles…
Category: Official Marathon Announcement
Letter to the Generations
Third Hour Letter to the Generations Dear New and Coming Generations, Baby Boomers, Millennials, Generation X. What will be your legacy, your history, your next? Will your mark on this planet bare fruit, or seeds of destruction? Who will lead the nations, what standards need…
Ode to Hakeem Olajuwon
There’s something beautiful About what he does out there How he tricks the defenders And drives to the open basket His body appears to move in one direction But his mind has already sped past you A twirl of the hand and he scores easily…
Prompt #2 Magical Delusion
Forbidden sweetness tender ripeness supple and ample with a crackle and a zing. Fullness came forth overflowing tenderness Fulfillment and satisfaction in abundance Control is the new norm in town and guess what? it is too cool for you. It’ll blow your hat off It’ll…
Hour Two: Magic
As she felt the earth melt beneath her feet, a loving breeze enveloped her. She saw stardust glisten in the distance. The sound of crashing waves surrounded her. As fairies lifted her from the melting earth, she felt herself begin to plummet. Floop! A billowy…
Dreams
He tried not to disturb her sleep from mountains and rivers away so he didn’t call but she heard him anyway. in a dream… He wanted a kiss but didn’t press so she called him time makes no difference hearts know no distance and…
Hour 1
It’s just the first hour With eleven more to follow I am staring at a blank page I am willing the words to flow I thought writing came easy to me I am an author, that’s my job Yet a simple poem eludes me I…
Willingness to Bend (Poem #1)
God Just blow me away Let my melody run with the wind Nothing can stop the breeze you are flowing within me. It is an overflow of your spirit, an overflow of your joy, your promises are everlasting. there are no circumstances! Just as you…
Wear It
I am a rock, gently grounded Always there, a necessity I am fabricated elsewhere My birthplace, tattooed on me I am a sponge, soft and fibrous Absorbing your tears and sweat I am of colors, abound The rainbow lives in envy I am a glove,…
Prompt #1 – I am…TIME
I am… …all I am… …nothing and all … … at the same time. I am sadness trapped within myself lost in a space of time Caught in an endless loop that can’t be measured, unstoppable destruction. restless madness. I carry lost moments and regrets. …