Prompt: If I could make one thing vanish forever, it would be < this is a prompt from the teal version of Burn after Writing   Poem 10: If everything could last despite the absence of Time – I wonder what kind of world we…

Hour ten poem, based on the image prompt:

The struggle to retrieve something from a child’s hand that grip has superhuman strength with razor-thin fingernails that cut as you lift a finger one at a time snapping back in place until moments pass to inspire surrender even though there is danger so you…

Sonnet – Winter Trip   I prefer holidays in the Winter. Short and quick walks in the fresh falling snow, basking in the warmth of a new fire’s glow, the smell of wood from each log and splinter.   Beauty never captured by a printer;…

Count your chickens Count your eggs Eggs of potential Eggs of hope Hope in the future Hope to grow a family Family of freedom Family of reconciling Reconciling misunderstandings Reconciling brokenness Brokenness of thin skin Brokenness of pride Pride in perfection Pride in knowing Knowing…

Overwhelm (6:00 PM – Hour 10) ~ D², @d2poetry   Spinning plates Deadlines chasing  Day’s last seconds stale wind slapped By the ticking second hand Anxious heart Heavy head No room to start No space to end   ~ D², 06.26.21, 5:15 PM Copyright D…

As much as I like the image, I went with the text prompt for Hour 10. In keeping with the season we shall observe the ritual as we have done for many years now long enough that the practice from which we turned away has…

Death never has been my favorite song, and now I know why. With all due respect, Cat, I do not like the idea Of nothing.

The transformation came so fast At a warehouse party moving dancing laughing Shoved and pushed to the floor Stench of death hit before the ferocious gnawing Tried flailing couldn’t move couldn’t grab couldn’t claw – all numb hands stopped working Tried screaming couldn’t speak couldn’t…

Prompt 10, Hour 10 Please listen to Moonshadow by Cat Stevens (Here’s the handy Youtube link) and then write a poem as soon as the song ends. *** Haiku – A Bird 2020©DSCoremans A bird without wings; would travel south in winter by walking on…