It's that time of year again and today begins National Poetry Month 2025. Once again, I'll be writing a poem a day from a list of prompts, and today's prompt is Clockwork. It's a short poem to start us out, but I hope you enjoy it. Also, there will be two posts tomorrow: the poem,... Continue Reading →
It's the last day of National Poetry Month and the final poem is free verse and fantasy themed, from the prompt, Sword of the Moon. Enjoy. Photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels.com Sword of the Moon Prophecy entwined in gossamerthat bloodborn radiance of gods,to win and wear the gilded crownand wield the sword of the... Continue Reading →
Another free verse poem today, but with a touch of the macabre. This one is from the prompt, A Postcard Most Peculiar. Enjoy. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A Postcard Most Peculiar It came in the mail today,this postcard most peculiara picture perfect missivefrom someone I used to know It came in the mail todaythis... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
