The shrubs were planted row by row Each one ready to flower Day by day the garden grew, Looking greener than ever.

not funny all five of us holding it in as best we can despite feeling slightly mad under the strain they’re so close we hear their near silent hum intelligent machines hunting half blind but ultra alert to life forms they consider a threat the…

Watching time pass through a foggy lens Going mute on memories Writhing in pain and agony I thought this was worth the wait I walk with a glimmering gold Crinkles adorning my eyes A few having a glance of my heart A misty wistful wish…

Your bare chest ripples beneath my cheek as creases sprout beside your eyes and my phone vibrates with missed calls but I don’t want to hear anything else except the way the air crackles when you take your next breath and how the birdsongs fade…

early morning commotion in the local park. a group of seniors gathered together were creating a ruckus. a few joggers and walkers stopped to watch their one antic. all were doing the same action, standing with feet apart and raising their forelimbs gently, stretching their…

Hour Eleven – Write a poem about laughter without ever using the words, laugh, laughter, or giggle.   The Stand-Up Act   Everyone was happy, I could see. Everyone, that is, except me. I was on a roll, out to troll the good folk of…

Brewed in the inner most part of my being, My smile escapes It travels It blooms It spreads its tentacles across the four walls of the earth It radiates Like wild fire Its contagious touch turns everything and everyone into a smiling movement   It…

She was a twinkle in Grandfather’s eye my lovely, precious mother Objectified. An icon. Not human. But she was my mother! She would be 96 this year were it not for erections and selections of commodities like me. She was my MOTHER! My mother, my…

Hour – 1   You always thought, the leopards are violent, they are a sinner in your eyes It’s the Almighty who gave them such lives Even if they crave peace, they are helpless. You presumed they are fierce this is the eternal ethos He…

  Her face opened up like a gift when she smiled. Music came out of her mouth when something was funny enough. Still, she’d cover her face as she did so. As if she was insecure or trying to hold herself back. And he wanted…