Shower days, ah the light ones spritz. Leaving a few of fresh feeling Washing away accumulated sweat. The lovely showers kissing with each drop. But thunderstorms? Cloudy, overcast dumps Soaking clothes to the underwear Ripping umbrellas Leaving you dripping, freeIng, in the AC interior A…
Category: Official Marathon Prompts
Emotion Eggs (hour 21)
In a clear, small caddy emotion eggs they sit each one makes the eater feel the feeling face on it. Should I choose the first one, frazzled, scrambled in both ends second, worried, like I get when itchy rash won’t mend. Third, I…
Island – Hour Twenty-One
I’d love to buy an island Some place to call my own Where I could simply be myself And would be left alone No phones, no neighbors, no distress Nothing but peace and calm Where ocean waves would kiss my toes As some sweet healing…
Paradise / prompt 19/ 3am
The grass is greener! They didn’t lie, A greener green I have never seen All laid out right in front of me My feet are yearning to be free So plush my toes can smell the earth Beneath every step I take I see the…
#20 Nesting
Nesting to bed by the sea with you, a curtain of palm fronds shielding us from prying birds’ eyes, ocean’s rhythmic whisper at our feet. nestled among the blooming flower-heads, here we will sleep, our weary bodies and our heavy souls sinking into clean white…
Hour 21 Poem
Text Prompt Write a poem that’s no more than 50 words, but one of those words must be either umbrella, or almond. Photo by Rhett Wesley on Unsplash Leading lights – I follow. I meet her gaze, with almond shaped eyes, bright as amber, dazzling…
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The Happiest Day of My Life/prompt 8-2am
It’s time! it’s time! My water broke. What time is it? It’s 2:16 am You sure you’re ok? Are you in any pain? Don’t panic Grab the bag and let’s go The moment we’ve been waiting for Our first born child is coming. We’re on…
Prompt 21 – Ella and her Fella
Prompt Twenty-One – Write a poem that’s no more than 50 words, but one of those words must be either umbrella, or almond. Ella and her Fella There once was a girl called Ella Who was madly in love with her fella. But when her…
Hour 21 : Cookie
I know not how to bake a cookie Scared of the crumbs that fall off They taste so sweet and precious A mix of chocolate almonds and raisins Crunch is the sound it makes Hot chocolate oozing I am not perfect and so aren’t you…