24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Life’s a Noodle Soup
In the hearth stove
the filigree takes shape
noodles mixed with spices
entangled in coiled knots
struggling to be free
only a wafting smell escapes
Alas..if not such entanglement, what is life?
Hour 16
@varenyas
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
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?
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
they sit together
arms around each other
under their favorite old tree
looking away
in opposite directions
(with different futures?)
the first day they learn
conveyor belt of children
red apple for lunch