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Foiled Attempt
Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge Day 25 “Write a response poem to another poet’s poem or an earlier one of your own.” (Response to Day 12’s Escape Attempt) Thought you could break Out of prison Stood a minute too … Continue reading
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Tagged attempt, caught, Gogyoka form, prison, Written for Challenge
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Locked Up
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Monday Quadrille #133 (posted by msjadeli) – “Stand” “Your challenge today, if you choose to accept it, is to use stand or any word that includes stand in it to write a quadrille. Describe … Continue reading
A Quiet Prison
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 20 Write an isolation poem. A quiet corner to write in one hand cups chin Smooth jazz plays softly in background snoring dog sound Home phone unplugged due to spam … Continue reading
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Tagged Ovillejo form, prison, quiet, solitude, writing, Written for Challenge
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I Want To Live!
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: P(l)ay It Forward Instead of writing a person’s regression in a past life, write the progression (future life) of that character. Yes, I was caught . . . you might say I … Continue reading
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Tagged death sentence, different ending, imagination, prison, second chance, Written from a film
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“picking peas”
Written for: The Twiglets #128 – “picking peas” I pick peas over kale. Picking fresh peas out of the pod affords you a tastier experience, than frozen. Plus, it’s fun to squeeze the pod and watch peas pop out. Minding … 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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Wrong(ed) Man
Written for: Poetics Aside #447 Write a release poem. Staunchly, he proclaimed his innocence from a cell for twenty-five years. Evidence pointed toward guilt until his case came up for review in light of DNA– not a match. At last … Continue reading
Forty Years
Written for: Poetic Asides #417 – Write a complicit poem. For those who are unsure, complicit is an adjective that basically defines a person who helps commit a crime or some other form of bad activity. Forty years crept by, as … Continue reading
Behind Iron
Written for: dVerse Poets – Quadrille #40 – “free” (posted by whimsygizmo) Today, let’s go free-falling. In other words, I want you to write us a poem of exactly 44 words, including some form of the word free. Vague vibrations … Continue reading
Prisoner
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 1 Two-For-Tuesday: Write a stay poem and/or write a go poem. So long he waits on death row praying for a stay of execution, a better solution to the electric … Continue reading