It wasn’t much of a mystery. The facts were plain as day. She had opened the door of her life …just a crack. And the culprit stole her heart away.

Poem 4# Marriage: |Relic of Culture Once I asked my celibate neighbour “Why ain’t you married.” Like a tidal boomerang he had thrown back the questions, “why are you married?.” But while my response were building up like the whirlwind in prep stage, He added,…

I watch the sun’s slant in the gloaming hours energy soaks the wood planks on the floor long after the last box has been loaded but before the first memories folded us out the door  

Slowly, he pokes his head around the door Gathering as much courage as he can, Until enveloped in safety, He inches closer to the opening crawling on his belly nosing his way forward inch by anxious inch. until his nose, on his paws hang over…

She’s a brave, vibrant girl with golden, bouncy curls bears and foxes walk while she skips and talks.   Not just talk, she sings a strange tune that rings other animals follow into parks and woody hollows.   Why they heed her sweet voice yet…

Text Prompt: Write a mystery poem. The crime could be real or imagined. The poem could be clue based or narrative. The details are up to you. Image Prompt: By Martin Torrez

To have and to hold from this day forward In sickness and in health Two weeks shy …there’s an odd feeling of displacement in that In the midst of the grief Tears upon tears Rage at the universal unfairness of the universe Rage and tears…

6am Poem 4. A Tanka on Marriage Lay with me today. Honey with me everyday till we are no more till our whispers take their shape in our childrens’ loving acts.

Some have called us soul mates with good reason since we both love such important things and ideas and dedicated vessals of hope. We met in a writers group at a time when neither of us were looking for a mate — just sharing the…

  In In a grand occasion of time to unite the two souls united one another with grand scheme a partnership of love to share one another into their heart’s with slight angers and disputes together, they travel with one on their lifetime stride  …