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Survivors
Written for: The Sunday Muse #251 They try to cut us down in vain. We are vital to Mother Nature. She would not have us vanish. We have formed a union, merged as one entity. Pity all those who think … Continue reading
Blue Life Woman
Written for: Sunday Muse #242 She wears the color of her mind and heart. Were her expectations too great? No smile for the miles she has traveled in her head. She looks down into an abyss, a pit of pitch … Continue reading
Soulmates In White
Written for: Sunday Muse #239 We are soulmates, you and me. I in my white dress, you in your white fur. We rub noses in display of affection. Our verdant forest is where we choose to stay. Away from those … Continue reading
Flying Free
Written for: Sunday Muse #236 Ride boy, fast as you can. Take me far from this land where I have never felt free. together we can be. What adventures surely await! You’ll not be behind a gate. We will fly … Continue reading
Middle of the Street
Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 9 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) of the (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write … Continue reading
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Stairs to Nowhere
Written for: Sunday Muse #230 I wear an invisible helmet of stairs. You cannot see them when I walk or stand still, yet they weigh heavily on my brain– whirling, dizzying reminders of all the endless winding paths I have … Continue reading
Change Coming ‘Round
Written for: Friday Writings #34: Unsavory Topics “Create poetry or prose which includes one or all of the words:” freedom, choice, belief thought she had freedom regarding her own body– that was her firm belief https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
Woman
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #558 Words: plant, blood, slice, love, womb, screams, downstream, flesh, rose, eggs, pins, burns Planting his feet firmly, he tries to pin her down, make a decision. She wants to scream. It is a … Continue reading
Scarlet Suggestion
Written for: Sunday Muse #195 Something mysterious about burnished pewter, and a scarlet candle–wax designing its own shape– as it melts, cascading down the body of the candle. I think of passion, a woman in a gown of red–burning, turning … Continue reading
Close Call
Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 8 “Hokey Pokey” Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance “Write a line with a couple of ‘eesee’ sounds, in words that do not have the same consonant. Once you have done that, go about your business and … Continue reading
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