2023 Full Marathon: Hour 3

Hour 3: Missing the Veranda   We still buy coffee from the green siren that bears the same name – but we live in a completely different place with an entirely new environment – we have a porch   but less of a view. We…

2023 Hour 2:

Coffee at Sunrise HOUR 2: 7am The majestic wonder – sky fire is beginning to peak throug hthe window. My guests are missing the beauty –   but if I’m being honest they see it more often than I do these days. I’ll just remind…

The Poetry Marathon 2023: Hour 1

Early Morning Thoughts: Hour 1 6am September 2, 2023 Waking up, coffee in hand, the sun still isn’t here, rain clouds coat the sky in layers of silver linings and potential. I am exactly where I need to be, even if I cannot   name this…

Poetry Marathon 23

Darling   We have given ourselves far too many reasons to stay whole when really it is perfectly reasonable to Crash and fall apart and maybe even lose some of pieces in the process.   Sometimes growth isn’t about Flourishing with what we had To…

Poetry Marathon Hour 22:

Deceiving devil: You, you deceiving devil you, have you ever considered the mess you make just by wandering through hearts you’ll never really know or hallways you refuse to actually explore? You, you deceiving devil, you, somehow you’ve made your way to my pages, cracked…

Poetry Marathon Hour 18:

Did I really just write hour 18 – without typos? Yes, hell yes I did. Clearly, I’m in pretty good shape – which is awesome! I have loud rhythmic jazz blaring into my ears and I think that is partially to thank for the wonderous…

Poetry Marathon Hour 17:

Prompt from BlueJay Prompt Journal: What never mattered, anyway? Prompt 17: Somewhere in northern lousiana but farther south than I’m willing to admit –   there’s a house with a dusty rose bar stool that has had four dozen poems written about it and a…

Poetry Marathon Hour 16:

Prompt: Dance with me   Poem 16: I’ve been here for far too long with no real idea of what I’m doing or why – but I’m going to beg you to shut up and dance with me –   because I need one hell…

Poetry Marathon Hour 15:

Hour 15 – okay let’s do the things. Let’s keep going I think I’m going to use a prompt from the poet rajah again “wonder where tomorrow is”   POEM 15: If things continue to go this way I’ll have no choice but to wonder…

Poetry Marathon Hour 14:

Poem 14: Imagine someone has sent you a text message at one am saying “do you ever think of me?” how do you respond < From I am Incomplete without you prompt journal   “Do you ever think of me?” comes across my far too…

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