I am hungry, cold, weak, I seek shelter from the heat of the day, a small stream refreshes my senses, quenches my thirst gives me a chance at one more day my swollen belly contains the future, my line, my hope, I choose this place…

Nothing was born again today. And, again, nothing died. Is this heaven? I’m not so sure. Flowers clipped just re-appear. Nothing ever moves, But me On free energy. How long have I been? And, how long will I go? I forgot the day I last…

She lived alone The loneliness stayed Surrounded by many everyday In a heart and soul made a California Girl Too country for this world Longing for the right love in the right place and time Inside lies the darkness of Life displayed The smile she…

“Chicken mole.” Gasped wife four. “I made it!” Saucy chocolate decadence From a too wet spoon Soils her cleavage screaming,” “Voila!” in high pitched bird calls. Amanda’s kitchen wizardry Was unclutched. “Look!” Husband number two, Pure panicked sweat, Like rain, Splashed off glistening Abdominal flesh,…

Prompt Twelve This is my last prompt and I got stuck on the word count and couldn’t come up with anything to write. So, I checked the random prompts from previous years and one came up suggesting I use at least five of the eight…

Dripping Making more noise than allowed Monsoon rains holding court Adamant sparrows Cawing wet Screeching away the morn Drowsing soils Drenching souls Washing nights to a dawn Driving heat for day long ventures Petrichor long dissolved Dribbling down the rains Raining drizzling drowning again Wasting…

Note: 100 non-repeated words. There was a time, when she was my friend. Long before she was controlled by man Before governments could bend and mold her Time was different then. Instead of linear, she was deep Time wasn’t rushed; she had purpose She had…

O what a gloomy night, the rain hasn’t stop and never run dry. Hoping to give way, to a warm gorgeous day. A rainbow appeared, a promised from above. While a magnificent red cardinal stop by, to cheer me up, while clearing the blue sky….

      Jaded a bit, I know. Certainly there are benefits to human dates No dog can fulfill. Certainly, no human date should ever feel Expected to be my dog. Yet I sleep better with Comfort and company, Warmth and breath, heartbeat and Dream…

My strong nocturnal nature is continually at loggerheads with my propensity for early rising, taking in a new day shortly after it begins, racing the sun squeezing in sleep after a long day prior to quickly starting another I have yet to reconcile my propensity…