Day 12 National Poetry Month: Raven on a Gravestone

Today I bring you a chant poem from the prompt, Raven on a Gravestone. Enjoy. Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Raven on a Gravestone Your teardrops of infinite silenceplunged within the immutable voidas you stand there, facing mortalityas a raven caws on the gravestone Ethereal memories are dispirited remains,things displaced, an infinity of time... Continue Reading →

Day 11 National Poetry Month: The Weight of Change

Today's poem is a Reversed Etheree from the prompt, The Weight of Change. Enjoy. Photo by LT Chan on Pexels.com The Weight of Change Hear a hundred thousand voices screamingwith no one listening to their painWailing into the looming voidonly echoes answeringthe stress of rebellionSubtle frustration,protest pressuresubmergingbuildingchange

Day 9 National Poetry Month: Copper Patina

Another free verse poem today from the prompt, Copper Patina. Enjoy. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Copper Patina Hammered edges of metal, smooth and wornartistic vision born in burnished sunshineaged by epoch time and turning weatheruntil the shine dulled to that familiar patina hue They’ll never know the brilliance of the originalThey’ll never know that... Continue Reading →

Day 9 National Poetry Month: Hallowed Misconceptions

Today's poem is a short pantoum, from the prompt, Hallowed Misconceptions. Enjoy. Photo by Rene Asmussen on Pexels.com Hallowed Misconceptions We stand in defence of idealtraditional vindication of right,that illusion of class and genteel,that imaginary dragon to fight Traditional vindication of righttrailing the repressed in its wakeThat imaginary dragon to fight,our grand societal mistake Trailing... Continue Reading →

Day 7 National Poetry Month: Tomorrow’s Lies

Here is today's free verse poem, from the prompt, Tomorrow's Lies. Enjoy. Photo by crazy motions on Pexels.com Tomorrow's Lies Awakening that bright futurewith tomorrow’s liesA multitude of insincere smilesbeget worthless promises Desperate hopein their ambitionWhile the world burns Smothering that bright futurewith tomorrow’s liesA multitude of insincere smilesbeget worthless promises

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