Warfare: After Diana Khoi Nguyen Amidst the deafening noise of war, there’s a faint sound, you catch a glimpse of a familiar face you once cherished. When you witness countless soldiers who can’t speak anymore, there’s a melody in the midst of utter…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
A Vital Smoke (17th Hour)
The light is dope The night is dope The mind is dope The minus dope The minus note The violin’s note the violence note The mindless hope To mind less hope A mind that scope A tied that’s rope A tide that’s boat My idol…
The Girl with Fly’s Eyes hour/prompt 17
The Girl with Fly’s Eyes I am the eye of the fly, 750 hexagonal facets bound together like staves in a barrel. 8,000 lens per eye, and 360-degree directions. a nerve connecting every facet to the brain. back through memories, diving into history and swirling…
Kaleidoscope World (acrostic) – Hour 17, Prompt 17
Kaleidoscope shines A world rainbow bright Lovely, happy light Evening’s a sight In sunset, refracted Diamonds bow in reverence, impacted Over its fractal beauty Shining o’er hill, faceted lakes Covered in color, no shadows we make Our skies, all aglitter People, all blinged Earth a…
A frustrating life of an adult
The juicer whirrs as I hum. Nothing in particular sits in my head. I throw another chunk of beet into the blender. Confirming from the recipe book, I add some cinnamon The juice whirrs up to the top, red foamy juice splashes on my pink…
Kaleidoscope a mirage
Hour 5 As a child, for science project I made a ‘Kaleidoscope’ As a mom for my child’s project I made a ‘Kaleidoscope’ I love looking at the different shades of colours reflected I just love to admire the beautiful patterns formed Thinking about…
16 candles
This is not poem. That is to say, I am not a poem today. I don’t rhyme all the time But I rhyme when I rhyme So the times when I rhyme I don’t time I just rhyme. This is not a poem, It’s a…
Hour 17 text prompt – kaleidoscope
I always wonder whether What I see is real A series of colors And worlds and flowers Just glass and light Sights a mood just right That life must surely live In a moment so bright And then just as quickly It Crushes Smashes Ends…
Life Passes Quickly – Hour Seventeen
Life Passes Quickly Life passes so quickly So try not to blink For as sure as you do Time shall fly in a wink One moment, a baby A newborn of need Then blink, now a graduate Ready to succeed Life passes so quickly Where…
7pm. Poem 17. Kaleidoscope (a four stanza tanka)
7pm. Poem 17. Kaleidoscope (a four stanza tanka) Lemme shimmy down get a better view from there or a different one than I’ve been holding fast to a lighter one than lately. Lemme turn the wheel look for fish shapes, Moons, and Suns and pink,…