Hard rain dives through dark branches. Enveloping darkness surrounds As invisible clouds devour the moon and stars. Waters rush by, Urging everything downhill. Cool, wet diamonds coat the skin. On the warm summer night, The solitude is bliss.
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
hour 7 poem
cherry season – her nails more red
Poetry Prompt #6 Stone gateway
What more do you seek? There’s sun and hope for you. Go, find your own path! a haiku by Nancy Ann Smith
Feathered Flies
Plop. Swish. Kxsh. Plop. Swish. Kxsh. Plop. Swish. Kxsh. The water smells of rubber soles. Downstream they know And hide. Plop. Swish. Kxsh. Plop. Swish. Kxsh. Plop. Swish. Kxsh. A strange insect Of feathered wings Lands, then jumps. There it is again! Perhaps a swarm Of…
Poem #2: The Treasure
The Treasure It was in the soft moonlight in the after hours of her job where he came by her office and said his ‘good morning’ even though it was still dark she wanted him to be honest because she knew this one thing he…
Railroad Tunnel (7th hour half marathon)
Watching my steps to avoid puddles of water Dark gloomy stone walls, dripping with slime Two sets of raised tracks, each 9 feet apart with too-narrow paths near the damp walls What if two trains enter the tunnel at the same time? I could be…
Body Language- 1(Septimal Hour)
I could write a book on you. Lines mark boundaries, your hair an unwoven curtain. There are some places that not even the sun can touch you. I could write a novella of those eyes, dark sad depths that they are. A sonnet for your…
NAS Prompt 5
NAS Prompt 5 Peter, years later, receiving his last meal from a guard The Guard says: Here, (as he slams the bowl of over-aged olives down) Your friends are telling people all around that you CHOSE the upside down cross. You follow a dead…
a moment
poetry prompt for hour 7 visual images poem challenge draw a heart to feel using colors to remind star gazing moment doodling every stars from the sky each stars illuminate the heart’s longing cascading in the poet’s mind emotions raising capturing every angle…
NAS prompt 4 — Romantic acrostic
NAS Prompt 4: A Romantic Wedding Romantic wedding brings family and friends, Buddhists and Catholics and others, together Outdoor ceremony with September’s gentle rain cooled and refreshed, didn’t linger Microphone announces poets, flutist, readings, and we thank all guests for their part And these…