Today's poem is a Trimeric and is written from the prompt Rooted In Ghosts. Enjoy. Photo by Bob Price on Pexels.com Rooted in Ghosts Beneath the bombast and platitudescountless generational legacies gnaw,eating us alive in misconceived traumaWe are all rooted in our ghosts Countless generational legacies gnaw,invisible phantoms, continuously hauntingwith a thousand festering lies Eating... Continue Reading →
Day 5 National Poetry Month: Surrender to Reflection
Here is the poem for today, a villanelle from the prompt, Surrender to Reflection. Enjoy. Photo by Ismael Su00e1nchez on Pexels.com Surrender to Reflection Glimpses in the fractured glassmercurial echo of that perfection need,mirroring your hollowed class Holding tight, that ring of brasswhile you open your veins to bleedGlimpses in the fractured glass A contract... Continue Reading →
Day 4 National Poetry Month: Clockwork in Grey
Today's poem is a chant from the prompt, Clockwork in Grey. Enjoy. Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com Clockwork in Grey Minutia in patinaed metal,brass fittings fixed in silencea life run down its timeits clockwork in grey No more polish or treasured place,carefully wound with admirationA discarded, broken thing,its clockwork in grey Utility lost under... Continue Reading →
Day 3 National Poetry Month: Sirens
Another day, another poem. Today's prompt was Sirens, and I wrote a sedoka poem. Enjoy. Photo by Mohammed Ajwad on Pexels.com Sirens Treacherous waters the irresistible lure the unwary won’t return a cursed existence our song of death serenade we only wish to survive
Day 2 National Poetry Month: Grand Illusions
Here's today's poem, a triolet from the prompt, Grand Illusions. Enjoy. Photo by Juliano Astc on Pexels.com Grand IllusionsDainty gossamer words, in absurdist tonesa sugar-coated world façade of lies,ivory towers in a contest of thronesDainty gossamer words, in absurdist tones,lacing false delusions of speculative unknowns,shrouding all those faults beneath a guiseDainty gossamer words, in absurdist... Continue Reading →
