An armored man stands at the end of a pulsating circle his mouth a wide oval. Will he step inside or try to hide? Instead he’s sucked in amid a high-pitched wind which twists the skin. Inside, secrets writhe in and out of…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
#16- Elephants Can Remember
They say elephants can remember, Elephants so ingenious, With their ever present gravitas, With their power reverberating. Their trunks so nifty, They pick things up like no other, Literally and figuratively, Heavy and slight. Smelling water from miles away, Hardly need a compass, Always know…
Social Niceties
Tea and cookies on an ornate plate wait for young ladies to sit down and hear the old tales from old men who know nothing of secrets that they keep and lies they tell and promis- es that die
Hour 16 – The Diet (image prompt)
Cw: this poem contains mentions of unhealthy eating habits that may trigger readers who have eating disorders or have suffered from eating disorders. If you struggle with eating disorders or suspect you might have an unhealthy relationship with food, please contact a nutritional health care…
Hindsight
Life has more cinemas than you need to see Child bearing and rearing are two villagers Baby factory is an easy production Parenting is the hardest of them Fools can always make them The wise mould them Hindsight sort them
Hour 16- Bare Skinned Antenna
Tunde left me for good Good riddance to bad rubbish I thought he meant well I guess he never did And so to the dark corners of my room I crept Crying my eyes out in pain And heartbreaking sorrow I took liberty on a…
Across the Sea – Hour Sixteen
I took a trip across the sea to find a treasure, new to me A gift of hope from years long gone, whose beauty smiles just like a song I walked awhile, I rode some more, then found my way upon the door Of those…
Taste #thepoetrymarathon #prompthoursixteen
It rained that night, big fat drops that sat upon my tongue as I felt the coolness surge over me. Taking me back to happier days, of swimming in the rain, making castles out of mud days of innocence.
Frozen
The lake froze over As it does every winter Streaks of brown and white Air bubbles that catch a last breath Eye staring up Everything is visible And not at the same time The images bend and twist Ice distorting purifying and consuming all
hour 16… Listen
the wind caresses the leaves, the petals, my hair it is the conductor of all my favioute songs, in harmonys with ocean, thunder, lightening ii have no need for a rdio or a tv i have nature to sing for me.