Joe, I love seeing you first thing every morning You are always there to wake me with a smile I taste you on my lips and my soul is awakened I feel alive again I would not ever be able to exist a day without…

Hour eleven poem, based on the image prompt:

It is now hour ten and I do not have more words Try as I might the well has run dry and my brain is no longer crafting phrases I have searched my mind Even in the deep recesses Still I am forced to stare…

Speedy Speedy Gonzalez loves to run and play He is always first to laugh But what he loves best in all the world Is playing tag with Jerome the giraffe Jerome’s long legs take him far He loves to hide in the trees Speedy is…

Eliza the Elephant was a strong and personable friend to many but she has one problem. She was forgetful. Being forgetful is not a good trait for elephants. Not only was Eliza ridiculed by many, especially the hyenas, for it, she also struggled in school….

Hour ten poem, based on the image prompt:

Sleet frosts window panes Winds bluster, branches rattle Cracking sparks fly out Books by candle light Water bottle at my feet Sipping hot cocoa Curry cooking on the fire Cocoon of night and blankets Darjeeling brewing (Prompt: Look in your cupboards and find a food…

The night has crept in eradicating the light feel it consume you

In the darkness Twinkling stars, the strawberry moon Speeding meteors In the light Bright sunshine, wispy clouds Flying birds And yet, the world is but a shadowed gray   Prompt 10 from the 2019 Poetry Marathon – Hour 8

Hour nine poem, based on the prompt: