Her voice is remembered like a gospel song Or a book of proverbs and psalms Wise words to be a balm against hard times and hearts hardened Teaching how to love neighbors and give pardons to others that have been condemned To light fires to…
Category: Poetry Prompts
How to watch a horror movie
Ingredients: 1. Fear 2. Warm fuzzy blanket 3. Creepy music 4. Dark chocolate pretzels 5. Doorbell Directions: Select a horror movie that instills fear gives you goosebumps makes the hair on the back of your neck rise contains all you fear Curl up on a…
Panic Bop
Eyes open Counting the hours Hot flash Mental whiplash Grating nerves My heart is going to pop. (When the kids go away, my mind begins to fray) Was it because their father left me? Or because he tried to die? Is it because…
A SINGLE GRAIN
If we can’t fill tiny stomach, let us try to save one single grain that made tiny stomach drain. If we can’t make tiny face happy, let us try to be a clown that will make their sadness down. If we can’t take care of…
Prompt Three (3): I’ve Got Problems [Hour 3]
I’ve Got Problems What the virus brought to me… It brought more complaints; Get a job! A real job! Wait, I am high risk for the virus… And I do have a job, it just doesn’t pay! I’ve got problems! What made you think I…
Mama…
Mama, Such a small four-lettered word, Holding so much power in my world. Mama, The first word I spoke. Mama, The first person I cried to. Mama, The only person I would go to, When trouble would knock on the door. Mama, My first friend,…
Recipe for “Home Alone, On Your Own!”
Ingredients : 1. TRUCKLOAD OF HOPE 2. AMPLE AMOUNT OF OPTIMISM 3. MUCH NEEDED FOCUS (KEEP SOME ASIDE FOR GARNISHING) 4. PLENTY OF GRATITUDE 5. TINCH OF PATIENCE Preparation Time : From feeling hopeless to becoming resourceful Cook Time : From a frown till a…
Recipe for an Ideal Lover
Listen Hunting Dodge Duck Wood The following is the recipe for finding an ideal lover. Follow the rules. Keep it close and you may just about find your ideal lover. It is a difficult task to find an ideal lover. However, if you insist on…
#2 – Recipe for Disaster
Handed down through generations, This recipe is unique to each, yet gives similar results. Here’s mine – Take a child, aged at least 4 years. Go for a 2-3 year old if you are feeling adventurous. Begin with adding one strict work deadline. Add a…
Poetry Marathon Submission, #2
A Recipe for Ripened Intellect, Submission #2, Ann WJ White Life is a stream of books, stacked in piles to peruse. Grated science fiction, mixed with forked dramas, particle physics discovered in 420BC, for added flavor. History, biographies, romance and other non-fiction, Twisted about, squeezed….