Here is a cascade poem for today from the prompt Morbid Bones. Enjoy. Photo by Marcus Murphy on Pexels.com Morbid Bones Festering beneath the layers of decaylie the morbid bones, in their shallow graveUnmarked, alone, neglected below desolation One of the missing, one more dusty filelost in the endless chaos of the cold casefestering beneath... Continue Reading →
A free verse poem today from the prompt, Moral Sacrifice. Enjoy. Photo by Victor on Pexels.com Moral Sacrifice What would you sacrifice for comfort?A stranger’s life?Your neighbour’s life?Your humanity? Would you tow the party linefor that extra crust of bread?Forsaking your compassionuntil the world bleeds red? Blind your eyes to unspeakable actswhile the angels weep... Continue Reading →
Today I was in a satirical mood, so I wrote this strange poem, which is a cross between an epitaph and a ruthless rhyme. The prompt for this was Poison. Enjoy... Photo by Ellie Burgin on Pexels.com Willy Was Poisoned? Here lies Willy, good and dead,he took a fall upon his headOnly after his wife... Continue Reading →
Today's poem, a sombre reflection in free verse for the prompt, Grace and Mercy. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Grace and Mercy Ripples in consequence, our undertowgrant us mercy, grant us grace,for our ignorance and our harmas we wander this existential life Ignored clarification, and kindness,caught against mutable voicesGrant us grace, grant us mercyas we... Continue Reading →
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 →
Be Afraid of the Dark 