A hard-edge helium balloon, Home alone, flying soon. Independent at eighteen, A no crown queen. I’m at the precipice, Tolerable by the wind. A shriek panic, A ponder mistake. I love being a lone spirit, But that does not mean I hate love….
Category: Official Marathon Prompts
Prompt Four – I just want to be your Priority
Text prompt: Nancy Anne Smith suggested this subject for a prompt we do every year. Your challenge is to write a poem about the topic of marriage, without ever using the word marriage, and while also ideally avoiding the words spouse, husband, and wife. …
Twenty Little Poems (3 hour)
The prompt is not a gift nor a lift Which it was and I would have floated a drift If it were so, I would spread my wings and move like a fly Kiss the moon and return to the Earth on a fly…
The End – Hour Four
The End How will you see my life at the end Will you see me as helpful and kind As one on whom you knew you’d depend Or someone erased from your mind Will you think of me and remember some purpose Some time…
Time Thief – Prompt Three
Time is a thief. I plan to buy back time at my ending. I can smell the lack of time left. (amazon.com) In the far lands, I hear the ticking of life’s time clock. Yet, I can not taste …
The face of Home
A pick up from the airport A shoulder at the hospital Warmth beneath the blanket Leaning against skin A dinner date A united front Sharing a snack Facing the news Making a plan Giving comfort Diffusing pain Fortifying against attack A delicate dance The face…
Threshold
It’s more than a day, it’s a lifetime. A commitment to have and to hold. More than a dream, this is real, babe. And it’s been said fortune favors the bold. More than a promise worth keeping, it’s deep trust that’s more precious than gold….
Hour 4: Write a poem about the topic of marriage, without ever using the word marriage, and while also ideally avoiding the words spouse, husband, and wife.
Point B and Point A facing opposite poles on the same mattressed board strings attached silent words convoluted phrases that meander into the sea of nothingness “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said…
Empty
For fifteen years I did my best To honor all those vows We shared before Goddess and man But I had to get out He had a mistress those last few years And I could not compete When I tried to intervene He’d knock me…
Hour 4
it is an institution that has outlived our purposes possibly but we are dreamers, are we not? perhaps, though, we are ready to give up on the illusion that there is more than a middlin’ chance of survival, of true love, of a forever love,…