Ode to the Unicorns

Majestic horses!   Him like black tourmaline, the blackness sparkling. Her, the purest healing white. They are the Unicorns. The elongated, twisted horns upon their heads. The truest, purest, Ace of Wands. Magically charms all it touches.   Mysterious creatures, where are you now? How…

#PoemNo18 Zeus j.r.m© 2016

Zeus j.r.m© 2016 Embedded in your eyes, collapsing galaxies exploding stars and the night sky You fluff ball even without sight you seemingly manage to penetrate my soul, crack open all that has hardened with time. Melting me with your gaze.  

#PoemNo17

#PoemNo17 My heart is no stranger to the different kinds of heartbreaks people have to offer. Smile to my face and stab me right in the back. The kind of heartbreak betrayal has to offer is painful and hurtful. I begin losing trust in everyone….

Prompt for Hour Eighteen

Write a prose poem about an animal. Any animal. Then only after you have finished the last sentence, add line and stanza breaks.  

Mistook occupation

A child rode her bike ambitiously. She cannot sleep last night, thinking how fun it would be, to be with her grandmother. A closed gate welcomed her wholeheartedly. She didn’t mind the gate, for she knows, her grandmother is an old woman with parched back….

HOUR 17 BROKEN

BROKEN I wanted to figure, out why I hated to cook, so I went back a few years and took a look.     I was young, barely four, but an independent streak, had I. I reveled in a house of love, music, and song.   No foul…

Shattered

I’ll never forget the night the night I begged you to stay the night I tried to convince you that we were worth staying for that we were better than any drug you could consume I laid myself down on the floor, on my knees…

Child of Mine

You left that child broken Hearted You touched, and threatened So, I lied You never should have Been welcomed to my room   With responses, so confusing A little girls love Twisted, mortified   You paid dearly, for your sin They found the car, but…

Homeless – Prompt Eleven

The bitter cold nipped at me I pull my torn sheet close The smell of food reached me My stomach turns in hungered pain Revolt screams in my head As I peer into the garbage bin A torn garbage bag lay on top Grabbing a…

I Read the Newspaper Today

I read the newspaper today The stories were filled with grief and despair Each one made my heart hurt worse Saddened for the world today So much death and destruction Too much heartache and loss I knew I needed to do something Something to change…