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Staying in Bed
Written for: Poetic Asides #638 “Write a delayed poem.” Do we delay meeting the day on purpose? Is it laziness, angst, or craziness that keeps us in bed a little too long? Does work loom like a witch on a … Continue reading
Components
Written for: Friday Writings #4 – Pain in Ink (posted by Magaly) “Write poem or prose that explores psychological or physical pain.” When anxiety levels catch up to depression levels, I feel like jumping out of my skin. Spinning in … Continue reading
Three by Three
Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’s Weekly Challenge: Threes “Sum up a situation in three words or three lines.” waiting anxious vaccine stomach riled up no vaccine appointment long wait ahead https://onewomansquest.org/2021/01/25/vjs-weekly-challenge-threes/
Ghost Town
For: Poets and Storytellers United – Writers’ Pantry #18 – “Indulgences” (posted by Rommy) World is in a vise, gripped by a spaceship filled with a newly- discovered virus. It has become the Black Plague of our 21st century. Little … Continue reading
Personal Recipe
Written for: Go Dog Go Café – Tuesday Writing Prompt Write a piece of prose around the question: “How do we stay focused when the world around us is falling apart?” My personal recipe for keeping sane (aside from pills) … Continue reading
Stuck In Time
Written for: Sunday Muse #88 Five minutes until the new year when my face and my fate will be revealed–good or ill if I remove mask. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Lost Again
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 29 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) Again,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then write your … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, changes, Englyn, lost, nightmare, recurring, Written for Challenge
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Homebound
Written for: The Sunday Muse #16 Hands tighten on the wheel as I drive these hilly roads leading into town. Sun still lights up mountains. You can see them from any point. There, too, those few scraggly trees that never … Continue reading
Low Priced House
Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 20 Take a line from an earlier poem to begin your poem for today. Did someone die in there? Please tell me. It’s not like I believe in ghosts. What … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Dorsimbra form, ghosts, house, Written for Challenge
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Partly Cloudy With Hope
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Take The Weather With You (posted by Paul John Dear) “There’s all kinds of weather ahead. Maybe snow, rain, hail, sleet…maybe a bright bright sun-shiny day…but whatever the weather we poets can … Continue reading