love..happened in a fleeting moment by chance on a lonely roadside it climed mountains crossed rivers it laughed in the pouring rain, running hand in hand for shelter love… stayed on even when she was alone in her body in thier house in her tears,…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
Be Normal
Why can’t you be normal? What is normal? I mean really Where is the exact description The written down prescription For normal Who are you to say what is normal? We can’t all do the same things Or have the same skills The same abilities…
Sweet Jane
(for hour 8—condense book prompt) Sweet Jane When Jane ran from my grand home, indignant and penniless I feared she’d succumb to diseases of her orphan childhood My Sweet Jane Though her brilliant mind and steadfast morals I would sully…
Hour 8 – Broken Earth
Broken Earth Make a fault in the Earth rip, rapture, and spoil all to even the score. To take energy from beneath your feet and capture the moon. Accept loss to return a son. Risk the world to start anew.
Aeronauts (Hour 8)
Purple mountains, yellow seas of grass stretch out below. Twin balloons lift off, seeking, searching, stretching the limits of flight. Two aeronauts launch into blue skies. With each pull of the burner, the balloon ascends higher. Air thins, breaths come more quickly, temperatures plummet. Where…
Hillsong
Seven small voices hushed by his grief One small woman to light the way A war so heinous Its crimes changed the world A time of opulence for some A time of poverty for most The maniacal ravings of a leader Brought the world nearly…
Mission Failure
I dreamed I was running The wind whipping at my face The stairs endless before me Over and over There had to be an end to it I could hear you All around me I could hear you You were just around the corner Just…
Hour 7…normal
normal is a strange word, a strange concept, a belief born from ignorance, from a herd mentality for normal is different for me for my child my mother my father the lady accross the street my best friend you.
On Being Normal
It’s wasted energy to define Oneself or one’s world When we can create and shine On own own terms It starts with what is taught By the time we hit grade school Do this; don’t do that; don’t get caught Being yourself — whatever that…
Outcast
Out as a trader Endures child-labour, sex-slavery, abuse, and hawking As an outcast She ends up in the UN Ambassadorial seat With opportunity to revenge She refuses Instead trades her power and position to pursue world peace