Forever In Need Forward and back forward and back I follow you to your tiny world a forest within a pavement crack The alluring scent guides you ever after A trail of bodies in labor forward and back Forever in need saving for winter’s cold Famine or greed? Forward and back Fascinated, I hover, addingContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 11: Cascade – Falling Through The Cracks”
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#OctPoWriMo Day 10: Dancing On Air
This OctPoWriMo, I haven’t been as interested in working on poetry forms as I have in the past. However, today’s form, Con-Verse, appeals to me. Here’s my attempt: She Knows They’re Watching Flipping off her heals, releas- ing her toes to the cool breeze She bends her knees, loose hips swaying Her skirt joins theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 10: Dancing On Air”
#OctPoWriMo Day 7: Letters Never Sent
Today’s theme is, again, very timely. The Letter He Asked For, Never Sent Dear Crazy Man, doing everything you can to spoil my fun without having a clue You’re committing a crime, hijacking my time when you know I have so much to do Time precious to me an essential personal journey and you tryContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 7: Letters Never Sent”
#OctPoWriMo Day 5: Denied
Denied The slurping sound as mud sucks your shoe off of your foot The smell of laundry left in the washing machine over night The taste of bile burning in the back of your throat when you wake up choking in the middle of the night The freezing sensation in the pit of your stomachContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 5: Denied”
#OctPoWriMo Day 4: The Guilty Man and other animals
The Guilty Man and other animals Trapped Cornered Wild eyes darting All claws and fangs Each hair erect Sprouting from goose flesh Jaw tight Muscles twitching Blood rushing from core to extremities Flush and frothing Fight or flight The uncontrolled response Is the same
OctPoWriMo Day 3: In Security
Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Insecurity. It is a very fitting theme for my day. In Security A crushing blow of insecurity Why again? The shock. My love wants free I hope I feel the joy and release “The single life,” he said with such ease I see his view. Now I don’t have to care.Continue reading “OctPoWriMo Day 3: In Security”
#OctPoWriMo Day 2: Quickening Notes
Quickening Notes elongate stretch to your whole being you linger after waves disipate split to share you give half to emphasize and sustain refit made to remember left in haste quarter for the meter paid
It’s Writober! Time for some creepy flash fiction and poetry
I had pretty much spaced #Writober3 until this morning. Because I’m in New Orleans and my schedule is out of my hands, I won’t be as on top of my daily writing as I have been the last couple of years, but I’m going to try to do the daily poems for OctPoWriMo and IContinue reading “It’s Writober! Time for some creepy flash fiction and poetry”
dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: earth
Today’s prompt for the dVerse Poets Quadrille is the word earth. Cruel Dance Your roots, deep veins in dark earth smell of heat and safety Clinging sweet on savory Luscious minerals necessary for Life on earth our feet stabilize during the eternal push and pull of gravity’s cruel dance The earth leaves its mark uponContinue reading “dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: earth”
dVerse Poets Quadrille: Puzzle
For anyone who has been following my writing adventure, you will not be surprised that “Puzzle” inspired me to write many poems. I wrote three dVerse Poet Quadrilles in the first 25 minute sprint of #MagicMon over on twitter. I am excited about this one. Bronchial Birch Trees I asked for the box because IContinue reading “dVerse Poets Quadrille: Puzzle”
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