Day Seventeen – National Poetry Month: Illustrated Optics

Today's poem is another chant poem from the prompt Illustrated Optics. Enjoy. Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Illustrated Optics Single-minded propagandawrapped in ribbons of rhetoricwith a fresh coat of sloganslapped on topWhile AI delivers the photos Ads, politics, and corporate spinvie for inundated attention spansin a mad world of the uncaringstarved for empathyWhile AI... Continue Reading →

Day Sixteen – National Poetry Month: Evergreen

Just a short haiku today from the prompt, Evergreen. Enjoy. Photo by lil artsy on Pexels.com Evergreen the scent of seasons forest green against the snow everlasting tree

Day Fifteen – National Poetry Month: Monument to the Moon

Today's poem is a double tetractys from the prompt Monument to the Moon. Enjoy. Photo by Aron Visuals on Pexels.com Monument to the Moon orbspinninghigh aboveour earthbound awewhile we write odes to its radiant gleam glowing goddess of the darkened heavensstanding her guardlustrous inthe nightsky

Day Fourteen – National Poetry Month: Illusions

Just a short free verse poem today, from the prompt Illusions. Enjoy. Photo by Mike Chai on Pexels.com Illusions Cling to convictionas if it was written in stonedespite its deceptionCling to conviction Wearing blindersParroting liesWrapping insecurityin the warm blanketof false belief Fall into the illusionand damn the consequence

Day Thirteen – National Poetry Month: Willow by the River

Today's poem is a villanelle from the prompt, Willow by the River. Enjoy. Photo by David Roberts on Pexels.com Willow by the River Weeping branches flow to the water’s edge,stout roots twist deep in abundant soilA picturesque scene, just beyond the hedge A drifting breeze wafts weeds and sedge;in swirling wind, boughs dance and coilWeeping... Continue Reading →

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