storm clouds over lake mi 080215 This is my first crack at trying a poetry form other than haiku. This one is called a Minute Poem, and I got it from shadow poetry.com . Please, any poets, feel free to correct/critique its mechanics! Clouds The fluff of clouds are good for things – they store…
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We write because we must
I took the prompt to free write with “We write because we must” in mind. Here it is: We Write Because We Must Tell our story Output of senses And soul Formulate words to express A thought a feeling To be a voice in the wilderness Keening, the sounds Travel like beacons To ears attuned…
Summer’s End
Summer’s End Cicadas’ chorus Replaced by crickets’ chirps Whoosh of leaves Replaced by rustle Sun as Close King Replaced by Retreating Prince Balmy breezes Replaced by chilled rushes Lounging waterside on beach towels Replaced by huddles on blanketed benches Trees arrayed with greenery Replaced by decaying colors Waking to light and sleeping still light Replaced…
Dear Monarch
Dear Monarch,I discovered you yesterday afternoon,motionless, along the roadside.Using a stick, I hoped you wouldcling to it, so you could be transportedto safer ground. It felt as if you did,although weakly,and so I gingerly lifted youonto the plastic bag holding the new phone book.Knowing where there were milkweed out back,I stepped through the tall grassand…
Anticipate
Wiggling their way Through the cosmoplasm Traveling with quantum leaps Over and around dimensions Vines of energy Penetrating protons Navigating neutrons Gathering qi Magnetic energy Discombobulating prior master hypotheses. Defying definition, These rogues are on a mission. To reach that shimmering aura. How will I know? Shimmers bounce. I wait. The Daily Post prompt Anticipate
Rhyme fluffs
Rh, there’s factor in the blood Hy, get there Hym, melodies for a weekend morning Y, indeed Me me me me Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Rhyme Rhythm Beat Repeat Sometimes no Or reason. The ring of a string The dote of a note via Daily Prompt: Rhyme
Jiffy
Jiffy Jif In a Jif Huff the world in a whiff. Pop the pill, grab the gun. Now, what can’t be had in one? What is real? Only now? Veruca Salt. Will you bow? Jiffy Pop Jiffy Lube A long-distance runner In a Zebra suit. Jiffy
