-after Diana Khoi Nguyen “…hands separating peach halves from a core” the crack that it makes white flesh peaches crack and snap they crunch in my mouth textures like soft sand and mild sweetness launches me back to marching fields summer heat when my…
Category: Official Marathon Prompts
hour 1
the past draped about us like a cloak after diana khoi nguyen the present tied tightly to our feet like skates the future sliding underneath and out in front and out behind and all around like a body of water somewhere cold turning to ice…
Hour 2
SOMEONE LOVES ME TOO I wished for someone who would love me I wished for someone who would circle my feet I wished for someone who would wait eagerly for me I wished for someone who would just accept me for my imperfections. God made…
Prompt 2, untitled
2 if I thought about it at all ten years ago it was as some nearly invisible ladder whose bottom rung I couldn’t quite reach despite my best attempts, and I read books and wrote words and hid them away and cooked for myself and…
Hour 2 – Turning 40
Prompt Two – Text Prompt: Write a poem from the point of view of yourself, ten years ago. Age is just a number right? What have I accomplished? How can I be this old? Is that a grey hair? Why does my back hurt?…
2013
New Year’s party Taking shots Liquor gliding smoothly Through a tunnel of clear ice In a gym Where 70 year old Marta Learned to do pull ups And lift 150 A time when Deep wounds Left scars And clouds of uncertainty Of middle age Nebulous…
Prompt Two – My 12-Year-Old Self
Prompt Two – Text Prompt: Write a poem from the point of view of yourself, ten years ago. (My poem is 45 years ago, not 10) My 12-Year Self She jogs beside me, this child so sweet, I knew her well, a long time…
Prompt #1: gate keepers
Image prompt: gate keeper you welcomed me – somewhere I didn’t know I’d be lost to in fog and darkness comforting and yet something not quite right. gatekeeper to what has never belonged to you to keep anyone in or out of… especially light…
Hour Two: Write a poem from the point of view of yourself, ten years ago.
POV mumbai suburb small house three kids housewifely chores housekeeping tutoring kids washing the dregs from the smug teacup i told you so it smirks at me i told you so it mocks me the cup all neatly wrapped now lies as pieces in the…
Ladder of Hope
A decade gained From the ashes of pain As the window opened And the sun poured in A ladder of hope Extending beyond The visible sky A way out A path to the next level The past under my feet Giving me traction for the…