Today, I read Of bodies long fallen Into icy graves. Undisturbed for decades, Unseen until now. Yet another by-effect Of global warming Lays bare the consequence Of our ambition, And folly. The dire onslaught Of climate change Imperils our finite earth, Opening it…
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Prompt #24 (The World outside my window j.r.m©)
Sunset hues creeping up to palette the evening sky. The Sun descends in the distance. A pandemonium of parrots perched high among the branches of the almond tree are camouflaged with the color of leaves. The sun sets: it’s time for them to fly…
The apple tree
the bench beneath the apple tree has collapsed like my grandmother’s lungs but the tree still gives fruit and she still makes dinner folds clothes see when a tree dies it does so slowly piece by piece until the dead weight is too much…
Depression
I am like the moon dead inside but still glowing more whole some days than others and sometimes disappearing but even when the moon is shrouded in darkness no one doubts her right to take up space her beauty is all reflection…
Prompt #22 (Ekphrastic j.r.m©)
Deep, Dark, Mysterious her dress hid velvety secrets. Bored out of her mind and out of place nose in the air her gaze settled into the distance on contemplation. Her milky complexion bathed aglow, her auburn tresses neatly tied up in a french bow. Her…
Hour 15
Opalescent smile— Rosy cheeks— Enchanted lover.
Hour 14
I’ve been peculating the parts of you every evening and storing them in my soul’s jar everytime I peek into the jar The parts of you— diffuse into the gloomy air
Hour thirteen
Few yellow pages, Some sun-kissed words, One bright, buoyant and beautiful prose.
Nature and Man
Poem 20 Nature and Man Skipping across smooth tiles like an ordinary day outside amongst the trees and blades of grass This black bird didn’t care about mall rules and people staring at his brassiness and skill thinking how the hell did he get…
Table for two
“Two, please” he had uttered the phrase countless times in so many places around town squiring so many different women money never a problem success, women followed him all his life joined him in misadventures big, bigger – even bigger a big tipper, gregarious everyone…