One day Someone will read this story And wonder What the hell happened here? One day They’ll reach Chapter 8 And say “It can’t possibly get worse than this.” One day They’ll put the story down in disgust. They’ll say “Didn’t they consider dropping this…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
The To-Do List -Hour 4
Mounds of fresh tomatoes Basins of crayfish Waist beads of various colors Fifty naira a packet Market women peddling their goods Arms grabbing and waving me over “Aunty come and buy this one” The scent of goat meat wafts through the air The butcher carving…
The Bridge – Hour Three
She stares at the bridge, as she’s done years before As memories across time come back to the surface For once, she was younger, the foliage the same As their timeless love story began A young Marine and a seamstress in waiting A summer romance…
©️ 2021: Hour Four, Prompted
Plus lines from the book: THE GIFT OF ADULT A.D.D By: Lara Honos-Webb, page 221. You hide your peaks and valleys from me; Afraid of all the unsightly things I may see. And yet, I only bloom with glee… On your peaks, I see you…
Dragon’s Ire
He’s done fighting himself on what he wants And he wants her He will have her This he knew to be true He had waited and waited Waited for her to see To see him To want him No more would he wait…
A Long Run at Dawn – Hour Two
A long run at dawn begins with a purpose Where sunlight and courage last meet Smiles through the tears, as feet hit the pavement For all those that accepted defeat Each sunbeam from Heaven, a gift from beyond With angels carrying the runner with grace…
There’s no such thing as an easy job: Book by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Polly Barton
Is the unnamed narrator also, inevitably, An unreliable one? Reader, you only know the world that she lays out like cards on the table before you. Who knows what she hides? Certain ruptures, Tuesday afternoon traffic jams, the inevitable boredom of 3 or 4 a.m….
Mission Statement – hour 3
The hourglass is breaking And I still don’t have a line That fits this prompt’s parameters Repeating 3, 4 times You should see the balls of paper Cluttering my floor Full of lines that repeat 2 times But couldn’t, anymore Well, shit, there’s just 3…
Prompt 3 – Mr.Sun
The sun was aligned with us It’s warmth was gentle, yet hot enough To say hello The sun was aligned with us Illuminating it’s rays, Charging our skin for black always looks good shining The sun was aligned with us The sun was aligned for…
Invisible (Hour 3)
She observes from afar. She slowly stalks her prey, friends, an endangered species in this concrete jungle. Oblivious to her, they stare into their palms. Walking blindly, navigating obstacles, bridges, stairs. Capturing themselves, yet missing those around them. Connected in their disconnect, they do not…