Contrary to popular belief I do not need coffee to wake up in the morning I NEED MY COFFEE TO BE ALREDY AWAKE AND ON THE JOB! WHAT IS WRONG… Sorry. I do not need coffee in order for ME to wake up in the…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
22. Wake Up
In early early morning during parade season we marched and played across the field marched and played for two hours across the field marching band music Sousa music marching leaving wakes of perfect lines across the dewey grass across the morning field. Wake…
Hour 22 – Secret Place (image prompt)
There’s a secret place I keep With a hammock for me to sleep and some books in a display shelf Protected from the elements and hidden in a crevice in the wood. The hammock net is stored away With the books in the display and…
The Knave (it is time) #thepoetrymarathon #prompthourtwentytwo
He has needed you from the moment he first saw you. At first the attention was light and flirtatious and you thought it gave you joy. Then he became more demanding, wanting to walk by your side and watch you while you were sleeping…till he…
What Is A Poem?
What is a poem But a four lettered word Structured just so By the poets of the world What is a poem But a beckoning mistress Calling and calling To write words of distress What is a poem But an unstructured sonnet Beckoning young…
Hour 22 – Wake Call (text prompt)
You didn’t make it The Marathon I mean You faltered, sleepy Hour 20 Started resting And slipped through your alarms Dozing gently into REM But this is a dream! All you need to do is WAKE UP! *SMACK* Just kidding, it’s only hour 22 and…
You cannot sleep now
the publisher’s team visits tomorrow the agent meets with you ahead of the team tomorrow you cannot close your eyes now wake up right now defer your nap put on your cap this is a dream come true you have to be prepared through…
Ode, Dear
An ode by any other name would Still read just as obsequious Any great poet writes an epic ode Any praiseworthy topic will do! Wordsworth commended duty – Pope in high praise of solitude Keats was prolific at acclaiming the generally obscure; nightingales (his poetry…
Familiar Pain
(for hour 22—wake up prompt) Familiar Pain That blood in your urine is A kidney stone Surprise! That inability to function is A kidney stone Surprise!