Time races past as we age Like a train when late Or your daughter’s first date   Time creeps slowly as we wait Like watching paint dry Or for that cake to rise   Time is something that can’t be regained Like wasted opportunities Or…

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…

(for hour 23—a “hearing” prompt from hour 16…coz cheese is good, but I wasn’t feeling it)   What Are the Chances?   Amid a crowded amphitheater I become the only attendee The only fan For I close my eyes to the swell of the synthesizer…

Sonnet – Sheogorath Lord of The Shivering Isles   When I think of cheese, I think of madness; his laughing eyes lead to his empty soul. All thanks to the mighty Sheogorath; to time, immortal, ever to be whole.   The shivering Isles of Oblivion…

Blessings for these things: the prayers you prayed for me, the Mad Magazines you bought us, the freedom to explore anywhere, the macaroni and cheese, please, that had a pound of cheese any kind a stick of butter 2 cups of bread crumbs 4 cups…

A Whisper (7:00 AM – Hour 23) ~ D², @d2poetry   Hushed words spilling loud secrets alert those in close proximity to ear hustle   ~ D², 06.27.21, 7:30 AM Copyright D Squared Poetry, 2021. © All Rights Reserved.

The missing glasses case,   The misplaced key.   The quarter just in hand, It disappeared at one, then two, then three.   The new coffee cup sprung off the shelf and smashed, A birthday gift, suddenly found in a buried stash.   The menacing troll,…

Prompt 23, Hour 23 Home stretch now! Write a poem about an imaginary pet or person. The poem can be from your perspective, the perspective of a neutral third party, or from the perspective of the imaginary pet or person themselves. *** Sestina – Imaginary…

Blinding sandy dunes A green rattlesnake hisses Aging lion yawns

I thought I might drop in for a bite. A frog or two have you here, my dear? SSSSurely, ssssomething to eat amid these rocks and boxessss! I taste it in the air, but where? May I play with your hair? Let’s just slither over…