Inspired by an artwork I saw earlier in the day (yes there may have been a Potter connection). Prompt rules: Write down the first line of your poem before reading the rest of this prompt. Write your poem, about any subject you like. Copy and paste the…

Being a novice in these matters, I was duped. I took the smile and wink Given over Tuesday tequila To mean love, or something like it. The sweaty romp between Egyptian cotton climaxed With fury and need. The desperate hunger Of a single moment in…

In the midnight hour With a rebel yell She wrote: More, more, more   Poem 16 singing Pickett’s and Idol’s Voices ringing   Feeling kinda funny As the hour shifts   Raven came a call in’ Nevermore   I’ve been writing, sharing Like never before…

Where’s my music, I need it now. The world is in bad shape, I don’t know how We’re gonna fix it. I don’t want to worry But without that music I can’t tell my story. It fills my soul, makes me feel full Even though…

“CAT FOR SALE” The call came through the market Setting small hearts off like a rocket The thought of a small ball of fur Brought feet skittering to hear the purr Eyes widened upon reaching the destination Mouths opened in “O’s” of surprised animation This…

Rugs can burn hotter than any blue flame. Rugs sting harder than any buzzing wasp. My knees are shaking beneath my weight. How much longer until I start crying in pain? The cold central air gives me goosebumps. I wish I could put my shirt…

I painted the room purple for betrayal angry brush strokes smashed against the wall I’m certain the neighbors heard divided allegiance because you tainted their perception of me with your lies and twisted truth oh mountains majesty a Lenten journey I did not agree to…

The 12th hour a poem dedicated to Luna…and the Man in the Moon Moon high in the sky looking down on us. I see the face of a boy child in 3-D, just my brother and me. It’s hard to determine his nationality. He has…

The heart is the most important muscle in the body Without its daily effort, life cannot exist Its amazement and wonder cannot be spoken of enough It pumps blood that travels the veins and arteries Reaching the brain so we can think; reaching our toes…

AMI 2,775,398,465 2,775,398,466 2,775,398,467 2,775,398,468 2,775,398,469 it was on the two billion seventy hundred and seventy five million three hundred and ninety eight thousand four hundred and sixty ninth beat that the final piece of fatty material (possibly from yesterday’s cheeseburger & chips or the…