A free verse jumble of weirdness today with a poem inspired by prompt, Inversion Dreamscape, and the phrase, tinkety-tonk. Enjoy. Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com Inversion Dreamscape A panorama of possibilities drapedagainst flibbertigibbet, wanderingby subconscious meanderingstowards the egress, wheretinkety-tonk means goodbye Do bears dance in tutus?Or flamingos fly upside down?What hue colours your starlight?In... Continue Reading →
Day 21 National Poetry Month: Scheherazade
Today I have a free verse poem (that started out as a poor attempt at a Rubaiyat) from the prompt, Scheherazade. Enjoy. Photo by AXP Photography on Pexels.com Scheherazade Warm breeze past the window, blossoms in budjasmine fragrance wafting against dried bloodI imagine their eternal screams, their dreadWill my fate be theirs? Will my tears... Continue Reading →
Day 17 National Poetry Month: Smoke in the Rear View
Yet, another free verse poem today, from the prompt, Smoke in the Rear View. Photo by Harrison Haines on Pexels.com Smoke in the Rear View Let it all burn, my dumpster fireas I speed awaytires spinning gravel and skiddingover asphalt Cleanse my life in purifying firecrash and burnannihilate the toxicity I surviveddriving fast They can’t... Continue Reading →
Day 16 National Poetry Month: Sculpted Reverence
Another free verse poem today, from the prompt, Sculpted Reverence. Enjoy. Photo by Paul Seling on Pexels.com Sculpted Reverence I sing for you, my lovecasting with my artYour sublime beauty sculpted,treasured beyond the claycaught in time, preserved I breathe for you, my lovereflected in my artYou are my forever museentwined in my inspirationfrozen as my... Continue Reading →
Day 15 Natonal Poetry Month: Black Ink and a Clown
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 →
