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Daily Archives: September 21, 2020
Three Chapters of Me
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #304 My Life In Words “Your auto-biography begins here. Break up your life (up to this point in time) into three chapters. Give each chapter a title. Write three brief poems (one for each … Continue reading
Open The Roads
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #474 Words: democratic, deny, sychphants, end, sorrow, dead, turtle, hypocrite, ruthless, justice, sad, trump Well Sufferin’ Succotash! These hypocritical sycophants deny democracy, applaud Trump’s ruthless autocracy. Sad time for American justice. Sorrowful turtles who creep … Continue reading
Toxins
Written for: Sunday Muse #126 (posted by Fireblossom) I erupt. A volcano of toxic black smoke hidden within rises up, disperses, clears pent-up fires. My body is now pure water, stamping out scorching flames, soothing forests, that they may grow … Continue reading
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Last Words
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #37: Last Messages “In East Asia (Japan, China, Korea) there is a long tradition of death poems called jisei, reflecting on one’s own death and/or death in general. They are supposed to … Continue reading