In an ice-covered cube they move, two vows bind their love, like frost entwined lovely she, dashing he, find this frozen space, like minds hold and have, rich, poor death may tap door but their ice lives on strong. – Sandra Johnson, 9/2/23
Category: Poetry Prompts
Prompt six – Conversations with God
Prompt for Hour Six – Text Prompt The earth is actually flat, you look over the edge and what do you see? Describe it. Conversations with God Should have been the stuff of nightmarish fright. But strangely it wasn’t, it felt right, as…
As Ought To Be…. Like one in a dark cell having a peep at the faraway dawning of another day, I see the world just as it ought to be. Straight as our dealings with each other,no intellectual robbery in the guise of colonialism. Every…
Hour 6: Scent of a Smile
People say smiles don’t have scents Nor styles Nor choice of textile And Yet And YET The smell The perfume Is what I recall first of the moment of that day of that man Breathing in beauty A riot of joy, of colour, of beauty…
Lonely
Memories sixty years long trucked away. Collections stuffed in boxes Meaningful mementos moved One chair remains
The weight #2023poetrymarathon #prompthour6
I crawled to the end of the world And peered over the edge And found the living roots Of every plant and tree And the souls of men who ruled the earth Hung from the branches Like silent bats without wings Cocooned in mould and…
Hour 6 – IM NOT AFRAID
Image Prompt GOING ON AN ADVENTURE Staring down the barrel Quietly Silently Holding my breath AIM SHOOT BUMBLE BEE FLYS AT ME AHHHHH RUN AWAY
“Photography”
Photography is a silent poetry, Words transceded to images, Where your eyes can see, And your heart can feel. Its an art mystery, Clutch strong in our memory, Proclaim its territory And knock us down to feel. It ain’t just a random imagery, Its…
The Fringe before the Edge
If you’ve never been to the edge I highly recommend it Only as a place to visit though To live there would be detrimental to your mental health which is to say, your life in its entirety. Exclusive, stark and uninviting mind numbing trance inducing…
Jigsaw
The earth was flat when he last looked sitting at the kitchen table, concentrating hard, with wooden pieces strewn haphazardly across a red checked tablecloth. Europe had disintegrated into pieces with eastern wars erupting; troubles breaking worlds apart flood and famine tornadoes, hurricanes, disease,…