A primal scream a desperate need raw urgency resounds. The air so thick and heavy, one can falter and drown. Skin craving cuddles, heart yearning for love, bones, desiring a pause. To stop. Round and round, go up, go down. Stretched too thin….
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
Barn Swallow
Dive bomber in navy tuxedo, you are the dapperest guy on a wire. Scissor the sky, menace the cat, buzz the corn, and sing, baby, sing the longest twittered string of conversational inflections till you reach that final trilllllllll-tweet!
Ode to the Unicorns
Majestic horses! Him like black tourmaline, the blackness sparkling. Her, the purest healing white. They are the Unicorns. The elongated, twisted horns upon their heads. The truest, purest, Ace of Wands. Magically charms all it touches. Mysterious creatures, where are you now? How…
safari porn
in the highest places what is green is missing while in the lowest places the green hangs lower still, lower than the cow caught necking and not in the romantic picture that goes viral all over the internet but with a virus that’s so subvirile…
Poise
A cat on a pedestal, Paws tucked under smokey sholders. Her eyes are closed in serenity, her body completely relaxed Yet beneath her calm exterior lies a predator poised and ready to strike. At a moments notice she leaps into action, Springing down to earth…
Gift from above #10
Snow is a wonderful thing, it makes the little children sing, and falls from the heavens, like a gift from above, snow can never be an imperfect love. They say there can never be two alike, as streaks of light mercilessly strike, barren earth,…
Jaguar
The soft padding of paws slip through the jungle growth, pushing aside dinner-plate leaves and pressing Crayola flower in the sponge below them. The mirror glow above a scenting nose is all the warning given as the crouch becomes a leap and a heartbeat…
Furry Monstrosity
I stretch out my legs and stiffen my back, a full body stretch to wake me up after every nap, covered in fur, that matches my purr, I have sharp teeth for lovable nibbles, and am often mistaken for a vicious animal, Friends, some long…
(Hour 18) 15.30pm-16.30pm. PROMPT, genre/theme: “prose/animal”
Hmmm this was tough… the not-so-scary chezzy bear he isn’t a big scary bear : he’s my sweet chezzybear : dread bearded beautiful boy poochybear wins the heart : of all who meet or greet him : even the hearts of those utterly heartless humans : who…
Quiet #6
The train arrives and we get on quickly. All of us in our best dresses, tight bows in our curly hair. We try to ignore the shoving and jostling, as we talk to each other in half-murmured whispers. An aura of solemnity cloaking us, distinctly…