Just a quick free verse poem today from the prompt, Black Ink and a Clown. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Black Ink and a Clown Laughter in the center ring,the big top spotlight paradefaded under the scrawl of ink Effervescent fear crawled underthat painted smile, that white veneer;red balloons became a warning Innocence died with... Continue Reading →
Day 14 National Poetry Month: Fundamentals in Popcorn
Today I have a Blitz poem from the prompt Fundamental Popcorn (and it mentions cheese, apparently a topic sadly neglected in poetry). Enjoy. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Fundamentals in Popcorn Hot ticketHot butteredButtered upButtered popcornPopcorn simplicityPopcorn waysWays to beWays to lieLie of the dayLie in stateState your nameState your sideSide with themSide aloneAlone in... Continue Reading →
Day 13 National Poetry Month: Winged Mercy
I tried a Loop Poem today from the prompt, Winged Mercy. Winged Mercy Angels we will venerate on highhigh within your celestial domains,domains past the sum of beyond,beyond your earthly constrains Plead to them for silken mercy,mercy on the heartbeat of wingswings wrapped around dogma,dogma faithful to abstract kings Yet, wings were preordained to soar,soar... Continue Reading →
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
