The Piano Forest The piano forest is where I want to grow old. I haven’t touched its keys, walked its pathways, counted its leaves in a while. I hold my breath when I look at green-filtered sunlight on the mossy floors. I am a plant,…

Hour – 4 Might she could ever forget that Blue moon night, When a smile on her face and even The imaginations were bright, Trolling on Thoroughfare with No worry and no fear, But who knew a trap lies waiting To ensnare, That debaucher came…

2022 prompt 4 / hour 4 “ghosts dancing in the forest”   The piano sits now, silent He moved it out of the house long ago Couldn’t bear to have it inside Couldn’t bear to part with it either It was *hers* Took it to…

I felt it when I met you. I’ve known you for a hundred years. With any luck or grace, I’ll know you for a hundred more. Whatever time and space are, I’m just glad I found you here. Timeless is our treasure. And timing is…

close your eyes   imagine, one hundred  years in the future laid out in a magical novel. solitude. one patriarch  lighting a match  to see what’s left standing  after the phoenix broke her chains,  poisoning the well water,              …

Morris is a young man, looks older genetics rendering high, sparse hairline politics, poverty of shtetl life added years emigration degradation, new country old life, old ways transitioning to…? “Ikh vunder, vos vet vern fun aundzer zin? zeyere zin?” he muses aloud Fannie, his wife,…

Hour 4 Prompt 4   The Wooden Shoemaker   Andrew V’s not welcome here To Scarface I’ll swear loyalty Bring your coin for footwear You’re free to speak easily   Lift your bootleg for measurement And treat your shoemaker like a gent   It’s not…

Hear this decree that I mean to cause violence to any who oppose listening to those whose voice was taken from them by force