As the shy poet eases letters, one by one, onto the waiting page (as one would carefully compose a secret valentine) so October takes the time to etch her early frosts – patiently working innumerable silver strands among the delicate spider webs of autumn.

What if the world changed suddenly? What if one of the laws of science that has always existed, suddenly stopped existing, or the details of the rules changed? For example what if we woke up one day and gravity as we know it had changed,…

Dripping Making more noise than allowed Monsoon rains holding court Adamant sparrows Cawing wet Screeching away the morn Drowsing soils Drenching souls Washing nights to a dawn Driving heat for day long ventures Petrichor long dissolved Dribbling down the rains Raining drizzling drowning again Wasting…

Note: 100 non-repeated words. There was a time, when she was my friend. Long before she was controlled by man Before governments could bend and mold her Time was different then. Instead of linear, she was deep Time wasn’t rushed; she had purpose She had…

The lines I am using in my own haiku (below) are taken from a haiku written by Matsuo Basho. I am including the complete haiku here (it’s beautiful!) but will be using only the words in the final line of the poem for my own…

the cucumbers in the garden have a lot of room to roam, to run but instead they try to climb the tomatillo plant or the sunflowers no matter how many times we tell them, “no” the teenagers in the house have a lot of time…

Rain, rain, Centipede Rain, rain, Centipede Rain, rain, Centipede Tell me how you get home Ten things that ate our time Your lineage is on the line Don’t tell us you’ve done no crime Rain, rain, Centipede Rain, rain, Centipede Rain, rain, Centipede Tell me…

Melt in your mouth and hands alright! Such a creamy delight In its dark, milky, or ivory goodness I love chocolate When it’s hot and cozy When it’s cold and frosty When it nutty or on a cake When it’s the skin on his face…

Half Marathoners, this is your last prompt! Congratulations. Full marathoners, after this you are halfway there!!! Write a poem that contains no more than 100 words and no less than 90 words. If you repeatedly use the same word it only counts once. For example…

Earth under foot in time, to music played with a bow. Eyes that shyly meet Have a luminescent glow. The dance is a frenzied weave – Of twirling, spinning rows Leprechauns and their kin And others you may know Quicken the pace of the dance…