Isolation It’s been dawn for days now Day breaking the horizon while Night fades Until the end of time I’m alone out here, in my cabin warm It’s just how I like it And in a week or three or more (I lost the track…
Tag: poetry marathon 2022
Hour 9 – Spam and Mac – Text prompt
Spam and Mac I don’t eat much from childhood Not that I don’t like it – The food that is I just can usually eat better. There is however a staple From my 16th year Which reminds me to stay grateful For the job that…
Hour 8 – Mancala Stones – Image prompt
Mancala stones Shining and pretty Lovely little bits n bobs Jade in color I want to put them in my mouth Swirl the rocks around my teeth Like candy, though they could Actually break my jaw with ease Each little rock a seed A row…
Hour 8 – Giga Necromancer – Text Prompt
I have raised far more than razed, the dead At night they call and I must heed, the deep Necromantic dread. For none who lived and Recall the life which brought them sorrow Are content with ash and soil, threatened By the afterlife’s turmoil. And…
Hour 7 – Where Did Time Go – Image Prompt
Maybe we had love wrong Maybe just a little. It’s not the heart pounding Butterflies in your stomach Feeling that we had when we met The anticipation of your lips on mine For the first time Maybe it’s not the hand holding The dates and…
Hour 7 – Restaurant Steak, No Ego – Text Prompt
Look at this meal, Look at it, a wonderful meal, all for me A feast fit for a king! Here with you, honoring you with my presence, You are also wonderful though, what with your face I guess So let’s bask in the moment together,…
Hour 6 – Dog Birthday -Image Prompt
A pup on the sofa Today’s its birthday It doesn’t care, but happy birthday Pup on the sofa Smiles at the camera It just wants to eat the cake Mom put on the counter A pup on the sofa A moment so pristine The minute…
Hour 6 – The Past’s Echo is Hope – Text Prompt
Dear Dawn, Look at yourself now. You used to be so shy, and I suppose you still may be but you’ve taken the time to grow. You aren’t the same Dawn, you aren’t the awkward little teen I used to know. You used to pick…
Hour 5 – Responsible Parenting – Text prompt
The wine glass rested downside upon a hardback book Overlooked by some but not by me I was not stubbornly knitting Ignoring the world with my head in the sand I was not a coward. While mother kept knitting her stupid blanket I was required…
Hour 4 – Forest Piano – Image prompt
Forest Piano I hear a haunting melody In the forest moving from tree to tree Winter, Summer, Spring or Fall, This song is not so strange at all It plays in nature’s harmony A piano tune just flying free I hope someday to find…