Stupid Recipe Prompt 1/2 marathon poem #2 Take 1 stupid prompt. Add a generous helping of overcomplicated rules. Add approximately 500-1000 frustrated poets. A dash of desperation. Allow to boil over furiously for about an hour. Ignore for 24 hours before tasting – mostly bitter.
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Maggie 1/2 marathon poem #1
Maggie 1/2 marathon poem #1 The Iron woman with an iron fist Cast her long shadow over Britain’s poor Maggie the destroyer of miner’s hopes Cast her long shadow over pit and moor The blue dragon with an icy soul Spits her bitter breathe over…
2020 Prompt One (1): Courageous Women [Hour 1]
COURAGEOUS WOMEN A woman of courage . . . To live is our grace! To have come here . . . In a patriarchal society; fighting hard to be matriarchal! It’s time … We knew! We know! Yet, someone over rode it — Commit the…
Bat Out Of Hell [Prompt 30]
Like a bat out of hell! Teenage years, Our angst … Our emotional blow-up! Do we run? Should we stay, Or should we go? Questions! We sought to arrive, so fast, at last! We would wake up, to go go! Like a bat out of…
Childhood Thoughts [Prompt 29]
1) The smiling little girl; She grew up to sing … and twirl. Hair was straight … had no curl. 2) She longed for waves … more she craves. Through the raves … 3) Then the day did come; High school gained her friends, at…
Acres Of Green [Prompt 27-28]
They call this city, Dirty The shitty, Too busy, Crowded … Shrouded in media spin. Tourists expect rude, Crude … City of sin! We are not without guilt; No doubt … We were built, of cement! We never sleep, ours dreams … we will keep….
All The Babies [Prompt 26]
They are the babies, at first, they were two, then we gained a few, now they are a crew! If you feed some more, these felines take the door. You’d think they are poor! They are well-fed and sly! This backyard feral group, coming for their…
I Grow Old…[Prompt 25]
[Citations in Italics: Plays of T. S. Eliot. Boston: Faber, 1969] I grow old … I grow old … It seemed so important to grow up, to be a lady; make my own rules. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do…
All The Colors II [Prompt 23 – 24]
All the colors … All the pain … And the psychedelic warms; my image grows clearer … Oh glory, I am starting too see … me! The unknown artist found me … amongst the mess; the road less … the hidden woman; the death of…
My Dearest Tim [Prompt 22]
My Dearest Tim, Too long apart, though never really separate. Our souls touch, connect … always, forever, since the first lifetime. It’s time … to re-energize the twins; that is our souls. Meet me now, at the place we know; playing our hands… winning the…