Insane (hour 13)

The greatest love story I know is Harley Quinn and the Joker. They pick each other again and again and again. No matter how violent or volatile or unhealthy, they keep slowly killing each other. We are all slowly dying anyway, so why not have…

Eunoia

Pour down your thoughts; Don’t vomit them out! Let them flow out of you.. Then Give them a direction.. You will witness a beautiful river flowing; A river, full of thoughts!!

Augury

It came to me in a restless sleep. Not quite a dream but a knowing deep. That the life we shared was about to change. That the future we’d planned for would be rearranged. When I awoke the next day to the glaring sunrise, you…

13 – desolate

she shook, a mournful cry from her throat her barren landscape laid bare her song wandering a stark vision of her future, a melancholy wind echoing her dismal story, a future that holds her gloomy shadow in its grim grasp.

Brilliance

How were they so Great? Did they study harder than me? Did they work harder than me? What made them so capable of Intelligence? These questions haunted me As I turned over the pages Of the autobiography of Marie Curie And her husband, the famous…

Prompt #13 Sonder

People are complex and sophisticated though hopeless and helpless when left to their own devices. I thought I was the only one trapped in the endless circle complexities of life decisions and consequences.  Carrying around this weight I just couldn’t shake off. It refused to…

Macrocornea

It’s it much better, Wouldn’t you all agree, That it is much better For the big, bad, wolf to be disinclined to follow a path, A scientific path, Of the human anatomy. Otherwise, Little Red Riding Hood May say, ”Why Grandma, what big eyes you…

Kindness

Fabulous, curious adventures Remember the way he made us feel? Like a friend. Gentle, soft-spoken, honest, kind The world be a better place! Shared stories, serving The good neighbor Human kindness, The single most important thing What he cared about more than any of that is…

Prompt 16, Hour 13

Open a dictionary. Pick out an unusual word. Let your poem define that word without ever using the word itself (except perhaps, as the final word in the poem.) You may choose to use the word as your title if that works for you. Credit…

Moments

Change to happiness expressed warmly Look Listen to every moment valuable