To have and to hold from this day forward In sickness and in health Two weeks shy …there’s an odd feeling of displacement in that In the midst of the grief Tears upon tears Rage at the universal unfairness of the universe Rage and tears…

6am Poem 4. A Tanka on Marriage Lay with me today. Honey with me everyday till we are no more till our whispers take their shape in our childrens’ loving acts.

Not My Door Ceremony Brings us together Tears us apart Hopes, dreams, connection Other Ultimately Unknown Be your best Facade of self Projection of your hopes and fears I set down my pack You place boulders inside This is not my door   (Prompt: Write…

Challenge me, my love With 4 walls and outdated expectations With an iron ring to way me down With snotty nose brats Hanging off apron strings Dinner at 6 Your own private hore Challenge me my love With my grandmothers fate  

a slight snag don’t : what? : you better not : be about to say : what i think you’re about to say : which should be easy : cos i have no idea : how we got here :  just moments earlier : i…

  A hard-edge helium balloon, Home alone, flying soon. Independent at eighteen, A no crown queen. I’m at the precipice, Tolerable by the wind. A shriek panic, A ponder mistake.   I love being a lone spirit, But that does not mean I hate love….

Staring at bare paper I see light nouns and verbs they love to pick fights like empty canvas yearns paint page woos brain to create sometimes wall is blank but mind, it cranks masterpiece again wins. – Sandra Johnson, 9/2/23

Text prompt: Nancy Anne Smith suggested this subject for a prompt we do every year. Your challenge is to write a poem about the topic of marriage, without ever using the word marriage, and while also ideally avoiding the words spouse, husband, and wife.  …

The End   How will you see my life at the end Will you see me as helpful and kind As one on whom you knew you’d depend Or someone erased from your mind Will you think of me and remember some purpose Some time…

It’s more than a day, it’s a lifetime. A commitment to have and to hold. More than a dream, this is real, babe. And it’s been said fortune favors the bold. More than a promise worth keeping, it’s deep trust that’s more precious than gold….