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Resting
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #35: The Joy of Rest (posted by Rommy) “Write about rest.” Rest for the body, rest for the mind. A recharging to quiet tense muscles, to slow the grind -ing of teeth … Continue reading
Stuck Inside My Mind
Written for: Poetic Asides – Day 2 – Countdown T-minus 9 “Write as escape poem.” I studied myself through my thoughts– tightly clenched. Old woman who could not find her way out of body or mind. https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides
A Crippled Mind
Written for: Sunday Whirl #441 Words: gawk, mist, arm, cringe, across, tape, chopped, rope, sign, form, mind, token Sign of a cringing mind, taped or tied with rope, forms chopped images across the mist- drenched sky. Gawking, I raise my … Continue reading
What The Head Holds
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Stony End “TAKE 90 SECONDS AND LIST ITEMS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A CEMETERY. AFTERWARD, WRITE A POEM/STORY THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE ITEMS IN YOUR LIST. YOUR SETTING IS ANYWHERE BUT … Continue reading
Barring the Mind
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Somewhere in the midst of Stirring April” – (posted by Sanaa) The Mind Is Its Own Beautiful Prisoner the mind is its own beautiful prisoner. Mine looked long at the sticky moon … Continue reading
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Tagged experiment, inspired by another poet, mind, open, prison, Written for Challenge
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Indigo Invaders
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #229 – In The Mood (not yourself). “Write a mood or anti-mood poem.” Indigo invades my veins these days–the ones I do not know if I am capable of getting through to a lighter shade. … Continue reading
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Tagged changes, Day, imagination, invasion, mind, Night, paths
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Mind Juggling
Written for: Poetic Asides #465 – Write an exploration poem. “There are so many places to explore, aren’t there? Explore the house, neighborhood, or city. Peruse the passions of the heart. Mine the mind to see what you’ll find. Explore … Continue reading
What Is the Future?
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads “What the? (posted by ManicDDaily) It’s about whats! As in,”[A] child said what is the grass” that opens Whitman’s poem. Yes, it is very much about grass, but it also winds from and … Continue reading
Diminishing Defenses
Written for: Poetic Asides #282 Write a broken down poem. Like a wooden fence whose slats start to break off–the whole fence sags and falls apart–so a person’s defenses dissolve inside, one at a time, until only screaming raw nerves … Continue reading