Homelessness disease ravages nations Political and religious leaders are lame Haven’t found a cure for this disease NGOs and technology are lame too Asylum seekers and migrants dot dunghills Wondering like wanderers from one emptiness to another Bothering about what is a bother The…
Category: Poetry Prompts
Aha! Pizza (22 hour)
No pizza for me! That is the response from a friend At the end Of a birthday celebration No pizza for me! She insisted outrightly She would not taste the pizza Nor smell the aroma Aha! She crushed the crunchy pizza with her…
Can we stop running, please? (21 hour)
Why am I running away if I am not guilty? Why are you running away if you are not guilty? Why are we running away if we are not filthy? Why are we running in perpetuity? Why am I running away if I am…
Ritual (20)
Making the journey from my abode to my code Was a ritual until I bridged my fellowship Then it turned into A joy A toy A ploy A ritual.
Tiny bit of Truth (19 hour)
Rich and endowed we are But not endowed enough to make the Rich List The beauty of our house cannot cover of Forbes magazine sit Our home was CNN’s news centre The other day, it aired my point of view. My face and quote…
Haunted (18 hour)
Darkness blanketed the house. Silence sat in the sitting room. Breathing heavily, a figure ran across the room. Window shattered! Footsteps ran across the lobby Could not see. It was eerie. It was thisclose to me. I was scared! Bleeding! Blood dripped down…
Colours (17)
Cannot see you because you are moving constantly in a kaleidoscope of colour. Your last dance moves were better. That is my verdict. The fine dancer in you is distorted by the kaleidoscope of colours I see Or is it me? The colours are…
All that glitter #2023poetrymarathon #prompthour3
For the marathon I went with the image prompt for hour3. But I knew I would come back to the text prompt when I had the time. Now time is at a premium in my life, specially on a Monday morning but I’ve managed to…
Bucket List (9 Hour)
She recommended beetroot for my aches And a jacket to ward off my cold The tremor in my heart has not ceased She leaned on my elbow for comfort Cinnamon for my tea Water in a bucket Her Tesla in my carport This is…
Swaying to the beat (8 hour)
Bobbing my head and strike the keyboard Writing a poem I felt surreal I got into the groove somehow Eyes closed and mind opened Struggling to write a poem Well, it was a new experience But it is worth it Life has a…