A bunch full of flowers in the hands Colorful and beautiful Flow out to spread fragrance In the house A bunch full of thoughts in the mind Wise and wonderful Flow out to spread brilliance In the conscience A bunch full of virtues in the…

Dear Dad, I forgot to ask you – Parent to parent – What was the point? I don’t understand. You were a hardworking and diligent person. You found honor in providing for your family. Why so mean? So unapproachable? So…. juvenile? We weren’t in a…

Dear Rueben, Even though it seems : the world has imploded : I just want you to know : I am still around : & I am going to find you I’ve met someone : who’s helping me : (you’ll like him I think) :…

Pick a poem that you wrote earlier in the marathon and then write a companion poem for it. The two can be closely linked and even share a title, or a riff on the same title, or the poem can function independently but explore the…

We never had much as potato farmers in the poor man’s village But luck, your sibling, gave us a token to turn Lady Fortune’s wheel With assistance, we escaped poverty but landed in a dreadful world The middle class, where we all tread forward while…

Dear Jane, How I wish you were here to have an afternoon tea, make sly commentary on the women surrounding us, their transparent wiles and winning ways: such a penetrating gaze you leveled at our small world. None were safe from your pithy review. Minutiae…

I hope this letter finds you at peace. I realize that you haven’t heard from me in a long time. In fact, I only realized a few days ago that you have been gone for thirty years now. Do you realize that’s in my life,…

Dear Dreamer, Hi come in, its okay l’m not crazy, I’m a poet, welcome to my imagination, it is full of odd socks, a collection of bones, not a full skeleton, but close, the memory of my first kiss wrapped in nostelgia, my parents divorce,…

I know I drive you crazy, You too, sometimes are fussy… To me, you still are my li’l baby You know we both are choosy, Cheer up and take it easy.. I am sorry, I say frankly!! So do mummy and daddy! No matter how…

Write an epistolary poem: A poem that is a letter to someone or something. It can be to someone you actually know, a former version of yourself, or even an abstract concept like death. The title should start with Dear and then be the name,…