Nessie
Daughter of dragons
you fly beneath the North Sea
Selkie carousel
DogSpeak #16 Yawn
DogSpeak #16 Yawn
We’re watching tv
on the couch, a bad movie
but I’m not allowed to touch
the remote. You stick with it
but I’ve seen enough.
I look over at you to telegraph
the idea of changing channels.
You yawn, I yawn.
I know that dogs will yawn
if they see a human yawn
but I wonder if you’ll yawn
if I yawn and so I yawn.
You yawn.
You look surprised.
I wonder if you’re thinking
what I’m thinking
and you yawn.
I yawn.
You spin on the couch,
sit to face me and I sit up
facing you.
I yawn, you yawn.
You yawn, I yawn.
I fake a yawn,
you yawn.
You fake, I yawn.
TV and remote forgotten,
we both yawn.
Yes, this is much better
than that bad movie.
You and me, we fall asleep
yawning.
~ J R Turek
16th hour – It is. Harmonious desire makes one (Text prompt)
this den clasps the innocent scribe
the sombre meekness of tales by ink pour out the constructs of an alien mind
canoe-ing atop the gentle river; keeper of seas, beholder of storms
by sweet conscience we slave the virgins by mortal fires to molt them into fine sculptures for our circus show; not absent their pleasure as they careen the virtues of sweeter vanity seeking more
is this not what they have asked for?
Prompt for Hour Seventeen
Text Prompt:
“Write a poem that involves a mythical monster in some capacity, whether it’s as a side character, a prop, a villain or even the protagonist.” – contributed by Bhasha Dwivedi.
Image Prompt:
Photo by Marco Damm on Unsplash
22~7
they sit together
arms around each other
under their favorite old tree
looking away
in opposite directions
(with different futures?)
Subbing in America through Haiku: Hour 17
the first day they learn
conveyor belt of children
red apple for lunch
Oh No!
that booster fever is kickin in!
that hot and cold feeling
and clammy skin.
arm is more sore
than before.
Now I gotta try and push though!
got an alarm set for every hour
to complete this task.
I hope I wake up, that’s not too
much to ask.
then at 2:00 I can sleep
The rest of the day.
I’ll wake up super early on
monday morn
and to the library
i will then go!
my nose in a book.
Notes will be taken.
gotta work on my dissertation.
September isn’t far off,
which is when it’s due.
I think I’m getting the symptoms
Of a mild flu.
oh no!