Happy Easter, Happy April Fool's Day!And welcome to the start of National Poetry Month 2024!Today's poem is a Cascade form from the prompt, Sweet Summer Wine. Enjoy. Photo by Castorly Stock on Pexels.com Sweet Summer Wine Amid the torrent of heat and memories,I savour your sublime taste, my sweet summer winedrowning in this perception of... Continue Reading →
It's day 2 and here's your poem from the prompt, Dirt Under Your Fingers. It's a cascade form, one of my favourites, so enjoy. Photo by Tatiana Fet on Pexels.com Dirt Under Your Fingers Concrete cage framed in steel girdersgridlocked by sky-scraping shadowscan’t feel the dirt under your fingers Patterned existence locked in rhythmof a... Continue Reading →
Here's the poem for day two from the prompt Broken Bliss. I went with a cascade form for this one. Enjoy. Photo by Liza Summer on Pexels.com Broken Bliss When I was young and beautifulThey promised me the worldwrapped in candy floss happiness Visions of rosy dreams and loveI didn’t understand at allWhen I was... Continue Reading →
Back to the opinions today, with a poem called Scorch. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Scorch Pillars of lies, upliftingOur wayward society, driftingBurn it all down Entwined oppression of dreamsExploitation and denial extremePillars of lies, uplifting Turn a blind, broken eye to the painBabble the consistent crazed refrainOur wayward society, drifting Engulfed, like a phoenix dyingA new world... Continue Reading →
So today's prompt was, that'll put a giddy up in your hitch, and I used a variation on a cascade form for the poem. It's also a bit dark, so be warned. Giddy Up Hitch That'll put a giddy up in your hitch,my old grand pappy used to sayAnd laugh in his own special way.... Continue Reading →
