The 11th hour… Seeking land… home no longer for rent. Everyone wants a home, but I’m afraid to call anywhere home when Muhammad Ali says that the rent you pay on earth is the service to others. I want to plant, I want to farm,…
Category: Official Marathon Prompts
Lame haibun attempt
In the stillness of winter, when all is cold and grey, Juni yearns for the summer warmth of Min. Their lives are now located at opposite ends of the world and meeting each other almost seems impossible. Winter, dark and grey Summer, spring and autumn…
#15 – Drumbeats (The heart, non-metaphor)
Our left hands clasped in firm embrace chowilawu, whites use the right to show disarmament we use the left because it is closest to the heart Our right hands went to the heart within our chests this is your…
Breaking his promise
A warm evening, while the rain started falling, He sat down by me, sipping away his bitter and less sweet tea, Watching me reading the Tombiruo’s series silently, He declared the reason of his absence in the morning, which he had previously promised to make…
Beat
Beat Stop, ok now pump it up again Beat Drain the ventricle Beat Fill another chamber, repeat Beat Stomp your feet, clap hands, a little bit faster now Beat-Beat Pause, sorry, arrhythmia, c’mon give it to me… Beat-beat-beat And they wonder why bodies move when…
There but not quite
I love the way I can reach you in seconds Even though oceans, seas, and land divide I love the way I can hear you Like you’re sitting right beside However, it’s still sad that I can’t touch you Innovation so profound Yet still I’m…
Hour 10 Prompt – Unconditional Love
She got into her wedding gown, She wore beautiful flowers in her hair, She carried magical secrets in her eyes, Together they walked down the aisle, She received a warm welcome, As they entered a new life, She was now someone’s wife. She left…
Hour 9 Prompt – The View From Inside
Referring to first image in the given prompt. I am a bird in a gilded cage, I look astonishingly at the sky, I try to understand deep within me, How does it feel to fly? The chirping of the birds flying over the lake,…
Johnny and Cash
Johnny and Cash loved the sunset People loved watching them Sitting on huge rocks as the tides pulled back Watching the sunset in its glorious orangy reddish hue People marveled at that too One day Johnny came alone People wondered why Cash had gone to…
Hour 7 Prompt – Unthinking
A day when you relax, You just sit next to a window, And maybe chase a passing cloud, You don’t think about the next hour, Or an hour that just passed. You hold a good book, Read page after page for hours, Live a character…