At a table for two At the far end of the bar I sit alone, Thinking of you. At a table for two I drink my scotch neat And think Of what I would say. At a table for two It doesn’t seem fair To…

Write a poem to go with one of the following five titles: At the Circus Table for Two Cloud Mountain Evening Fog Tea

Lose the goddamn need to tattoo Your life on your ass And then bitch Because people are all up in your business Lose the goddamn need to defend The political machine When he’s an ass On the world’s stage Lose the goddamn need to create…

Would someone please help me find my keys?  I’ve looked in the living room, dining room, and on the kitchen sink. I have checked the bedroom, refrigerator, everywhere that I could think. Asked the dog, his head said no Asked the cat, but, well you know…

I’ve lost my books And my hat   I’ve lost my coat And my cat   I’ve lost my place Imagine that   I’ve lost my marbles One by one   The seventeenth hour has begun   I’ll lose my tenses As words steep  …

Each year I write one prompt devoted to a cliché topic, previously these prompts have been focused on love, death, and angst. This year the challenge is to write a poem about loss that is not cliché.

I have done this for a million years And have seen you live I have watched a planet die And another born. I have loved a woman in reverse Our timelines running to the other ends And through it all, I am here. Trust me,…

Never took a liking to or understood the term But I knew well the purpose of its composition, to make others squirm Nonetheless I must protest My work was executed with fine precision Every sling a premeditated decision That no other would ever match My…

Through the canvas Scars and lines Bleed through   Only to appear Outwardly Young and rapturously   I mustn’t gaze Upon that face For Hell will pull me through  

Looking deep at her reflection “All these men – what will they think? Eight in total in just one day?  Your reputation is blown no matter what you say  Seven dwarfs and a Prince, you should be ashamed What would make you take an apple…