Hour 11 (Marathon Prompt – write about a place, real or fictional, that you have never been. I am using the acrostic poem style)   KINDNESS CORNER   K    Kindness found here day and night I      Individuals see no need to fight N    Never a…

aquamarine cool, brilliant orbs of ice wrap me and freeze my heart beat

Take me to a place Take me somewhere, far away Someplace where no one comes where I am unseen and I am alone Someplace incredible unimaginable Take me to a place Take me somewhere, on the way Someplace where the sun shines bright where the…

I’d like to go to Tokyo, Where I could be lost in a crowd I’d like to order food by pointing to pictures And waking up early to try sushi in the fish market. I’d like to go to Tokyo, And have people stare at…

Spring brought the news of a fall marriage. A wedding in our backyard. I gave them my blessing I gave my dreams the wallet; At last, my dreams would be realized: A tall white gothic pergola perhaps A scaled-down, Multnomah Falls; With a bridge and…

I have heard about this beach, the meandering boardwalk, the wide expanse of sand. I imagine roaming piles of driftwood, singing like a gull, a lonely song that moves me. My bare feet are sandy and burnt like my father’s after we left him.  …

Blue skies shine bright White wispy clouds smile A summer delight If only awhile White wispy clouds smile Over specks of sandy shells If only awhile Playing in the turquoise swells Over specks of sandy shells Dancing my cares away Playing in the turquoise swells…

At the bottom of the bottle, He took off the mask and began to cry. He couldn’t drink enough these days to end the suffering. His heart felt a strange heat,  dragging up out of him a hidden longing He let his eyes rest on…

In this busy world, Where everyone is rushing to meet deadlines, To make both the ends meet all the times, I wonder if anyone yearns for some solitude? I wonder, If just for a minute people stop, They don’t worry about the road jamming traffic,…

Write a poem about or set in a place you have never been to. It could be a real concrete location, or something more metaphorical, imaginary or fictional – somewhere over the rainbow comes to mind.