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Escape
Written for: Sunday Muse #257 It is daybreak, and I am not home. He said we were destined to be together, however, after our sex-soaked night, we fell asleep. He changed his mind as day broke. What a joke. I … Continue reading
This Poem is Risky
Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 17 “For today’s prompt, write a risk poem. Most of my family is really into the classic board game Risk, but there’s more to risk than fake armies and real dice. … Continue reading
Sweetness vs. Majesty
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #568 Words: face, map, check, hope, vast, stillness, sparrows, kiss, pulpit, lack, silent, whisper You whisper into silent stillness, your hopeful face a vast map of emotions you cannot hold in check. I burn … Continue reading
Busy Pen vs. Blindfold
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday Writer’s Block (posted by Frank Tassone) I have a dual reaction to sad. At times, I must write to get through it. I pen poems furiously. Other times, my mind whirls like … Continue reading
“an emotional ape”
Written for: The Twiglets #207 – “an emotional ape” That big gorilla husband of mine cried like an emotional ape. Carefully, the ape peeled his banana from the bottom up. cries in his cage emotionally distraught over loss of mate … Continue reading
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Blending Sheep
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt Write a piece of prose around the word “faceless” Do burqa-draped women feel faceless? Now that we mask day after day, mumbling sounds to our own ears and others, I … Continue reading
If You
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Echo … echo … echo (posted by Merrill) “We usually think of an echo as a sound, but thoughts and memories echo, too. Christina Rossetti’s poem, “Echo,” is about memories echoing. She also … Continue reading
losing branches
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Season Your Poetry Part II (posted by Toni) “Matsuo Basho invented the Haibun form during the Edo period while travelling on a journey – for enlightenment! He kept a daily travel journal … Continue reading
Emotional Food
Written for: Poetics Aside #460 – Write a nourishment poem. Without emotional nourishment we are frightened, floating souls.
Unseen Emotions
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – MicroPoetry~Notebook Poetry “Breakable” (posted by Kerry) “I wondered if I might inspire others to return to the comfort of pen and paper. I do not expect you all to rush about looking … Continue reading
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