Another Villanelle poem today from the prompt, French Remembrances. Photo by Tom Dubois on Pexels.com French Remembrances Do you recall the night we met,our Paris, in the heat of Juneover fromage and petite baguette? So quickly born, first tête-à -têtesoft words bathed beneath the moonDo you recall the night we met? Swept away, by that beautiful... Continue Reading →
Here is the poem for today, a villanelle from the prompt, Surrender to Reflection. Enjoy. Photo by Ismael Su00e1nchez on Pexels.com Surrender to Reflection Glimpses in the fractured glassmercurial echo of that perfection need,mirroring your hollowed class Holding tight, that ring of brasswhile you open your veins to bleedGlimpses in the fractured glass A contract... Continue Reading →
So apparently, I chose dark prompts for this Easter weekend. Here's today's, Angel of Death, and I wrote a Villanelle. Photo by Rakicevic Nenad on Pexels.com Angel of Death Past the soft flutter of wingsat the long end of days;shadowy emissary of divine kings Sunset hours, that final toll ringsExhausted eyes upward, to gazepast the... Continue Reading →
Today I bring you a Villanelle poem from the prompt, Paris Postcard. Photo by David McEachan on Pexels.com Paris Postcard The Eiffel tower in faded inkan old reminder tucked awayYour past’s abandoned chink How you once held a drink,smiling in that Paris cafeThe Eiffel tower in faded ink Dolled up, dressed in minkArm in arm,... Continue Reading →
Here's today's stormy poem. Image by jplenio from Pixabay Rolling Thunder Between the quiet spaces of the worldThe budding thunder wakes its tempoIts expanding pressure windswept swirled Into the waiting air, a storm unfurledA boom, a crash, a harsh helloBetween the quiet spaces of the world Its voice roaring, a challenge hurledAcross the sky, the swelling tableauIts expanding... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 