sitting on the porch the hummingbird came right up to me in my red sweatshirt seeming to look me right in the eye or the breastbone, as the case may be long narrow beak and whizzing wings suddenly, I am the hunted and you are…
Category: Official Marathon Prompts
Prompt for Hour Twenty
Nature poems are so common, but that is for a reason, there is so much beauty in nature. For the prompt this hour I want you to write a nature poem with a twist. I want you to write a poem about nature interacting with…
Space
Poem 17 Space Gravity does not trap me to the ground Buoyant and strong I float into my dreams like a song Into the vast blackness wearing my crown
Zombies in Space – Prompt 19
NIGHT. INT. TV on movie that could be from ’80s. Think Golden Girls-Meets-Night Stalker. “Don’t let me take your time – it’s been a wild news night – oh, you’re just getting in? Well, I could fill you in – ” CLOSE-UP. Face of Space…
Outerspace
Scream! You can’t be heard. The vacant space surrounds you like a child in a womb. It is never ending. It is everywhere. The quietness is so loud. jj2017
When I Told Him
“I need space.” He stepped back. Farther and farther Until he disappeared. He didn’t understand My need for inner space Inner peace Peace and quiet Space. I need space. Space for love, not As distance between I want to share and hold To touch To…
space
there is a space where opposites brush up against each other and make each other possible like the space between music notes on a staff played on the trumpet where one note must end before the other can begin; a space where dark becomes light…
Soucouyant
Poem 15 Soucouyant A ball of fire flying through the night Deep in the village Causing quite a fright They say it’s a woman Perhaps the Devil’s wife A witch perhaps Something magical and powerful All the way from Africa Anyone waking up with marks…
Tea of Sarcasm(18th hour)
“Gather yourselves, ladies, prim and proper” Mrs. Havensham said, “with your powdered pearls protruding from your bosoms like so” She continued, “Be certain to display your ivory white gloves, upon your intricate lil hands. For you see, Tea is high society and high socialites you…
Prompt for Hour Nineteen
Write a poem set in space. The details are entirely up to you!