(a combination of prompts 16 & 21 for Hour 21) By Sandy Lender   Did I tell you today how awesome you are How much I admire and adore you   Did I tell you today how cute you are How your every movement makes…

I’ve learned not to long for things Not out loud anyway In case it makes the pixies Remember what a sense of humour is And execute some swift response at my expense.   I’ll keep shtum, lips pressed together Heart beating lightly and perhaps I’ll…

  The night’s dragging on forever And yet time is flying by Dripping poetry in our wake As we pen words with a sigh 24 poems in 24 hours A creative’s crazy dream Push your talent to its limit Like a seamstress’ outer seam Now…

Author’s Note: This poem is dedicated to my Darryl & Diana series. In the origin story, Darryl is dead, and Diana is not. This is a poem describing Diana’s longing for Darryl. Her longing is strikingly similar to the longing I have for someone who…

The first thing she asks after inquiring about me, while gripping me in enveloping hug: how my wife is, the kids are we talk amiably, deeply about our lives, families. Stuff. I see in her eyes what I have since junior high; this she knows…

She will leave her girlish laughter behind She cannot take the air with her She will not hide her tears but how will she laugh again? The smell of ripe guava trees will be forever etched upon her mind The sound of the morning rooster…

i have thought of you for all these years for when your heart will take it’s place of residence inside my own finally more than a nameless face i’ve dreamt of you for all these years my love shines inside your eyes i know your…