Im a fading phantom traveling in the wind I am God related, jesus is my twin. My eyes are soaked with streets of smoke, The feel of having less is real. Silence dies, the city cries. I hear the songs of sacrifice. Marihuana scented wiffs,…

All l hear is a crazy thought Replaying over and over In my head In my head All l dream is undecided Written in greylead With a rubber handy With a rubber handy The future dances, all halls and plans I will catch it I…

Words in the Bayou Watching you discard the raw beet left from dinner I pull my jacket tighter closed against the bonfire smoke To dispel my tremor from this October evening Do you recall our last night upon the bayou? Walking hand in elbow in…

Butterflies live in air that is, to them, As solid as water. They swim, or fly, Tumbled by the currents. A garden of butterflies is, perhaps, A kind of aquarium Where we can sit Surrounded by air fish.

  The Cabin’s lightbulb flicker on and off, On a Friday night once more. Its quite cold for an early September, A perfect time for a beet. One thing I can remember. Is my full bucket blessed in harvest, With my red jacket on, Across…

Below is a list of ten words. Please pick at least five of them to use in your poem. If you want to use all ten, please do so. beet jacket tremor bayou elbow lightbulb cinnamon bucket elk carport   Quake the tremors deep in…

Prompt for Hour Nine Text Prompt: Below is a list of ten words. Please pick at least five of them to use in your poem. If you want to use all ten, please do so. Beet, jacket, tremor, bayou, elbow, lightbulb, cinnamon, bucket, elk, carport…

Letters have power. Did you know? Just by changing a letter or two, you can change the world. Change “beet” to “beef” and you change a vegetable into a meat. Change “jacket” to “jackel” and you change something that can protect you into something that…

preservation   hands stained with beet juice reminds me of Granny, learning at her elbow how to pickle all those veggies needed for winter from the days she learned from her granny when her father would bring elk to the house to feed the family,…

She ate cinnamon on her toast like every morning. Her grandma had her tea and her arm had a tremor as she poured it. Their dog licked her elbow and the girl gave him a small piece. Her grandma glared disapprovingly. She hurriedly finished and…