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Day 22 National Poetry Month: Calibrate

Happy Earth Day, and I have an end-of-the-world themed chant poem for you today to celebrate. Enjoy. Calibrate Altered process, distorted outputsyncopation grindingagainst your mechanized failureCalibrate Glitching bytes, flashing screensdata corruptedwithin the infinite algorithmCalibrate Insidious damage, logic virussystem collapseinto worldwide disintegrationCalibrate

Day 21 National Poetry Month: Scheherazade

Today I have a free verse poem (that started out as a poor attempt at a Rubaiyat) from the prompt, Scheherazade. Enjoy. 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 flood? Twilight, and the candle flickers,... Continue Reading →

Day 20 National Poetry Month: French Remembrances

Another Villanelle poem today from the prompt, French Remembrances. 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 duetpangs of love, an unexpected boon,over... Continue Reading →

Day 19 National Poetry Day: Whispers of Snow

A quick haiku today from the prompt, Whispers of Snow. Whispers of Snow a descending breezepetals falling, little deathand the air grows chill

Day 18 National Poetry Month: Autumn Gloaming

A Rime Couee poem today from the prompt, Autumn Gloaming. Enjoy. Autumn Gloaming Crisp nip of winter in the breezeas the air wanders through the treesagainst the gloaming lightThe rustle of leaves brings a smileas I tarry here yet a whileafore the coming night

Day 17 National Poetry Month: Smoke in the Rear View

Yet, another free verse poem today, from the prompt, Smoke in the Rear View. Smoke in the Rear View Let it all burn, my dumpster fireas I speed awaytires spinning gravel and skiddingover asphalt Cleanse my life in purifying firecrash and burnannihilate the toxicity I surviveddriving fast They can’t catch me now, not everI’m flyingit’s... Continue Reading →

Day 16 National Poetry Month: Sculpted Reverence

Another free verse poem today, from the prompt, Sculpted Reverence. Enjoy. Sculpted Reverence I sing for you, my lovecasting with my artYour sublime beauty sculpted,treasured beyond the claycaught in time, preserved I breathe for you, my lovereflected in my artYou are my forever museentwined in my inspirationfrozen as my masterpiece

Day 15 Natonal Poetry Month: Black Ink and a Clown

Just a quick free verse poem today from the prompt, Black Ink and a Clown. Black Ink and a Clown Laughter in the center ring,the big top spotlight paradefaded under the scrawl of ink Effervescent fear crawled underthat painted smile, that white veneer;red balloons became a warning Innocence died with a contorted grin,every chuckle, an... Continue Reading →

Day 14 National Poetry Month: Fundamentals in Popcorn

Today I have a Blitz poem from the prompt Fundamental Popcorn (and it mentions cheese, apparently a topic sadly neglected in poetry). Enjoy. Fundamentals in Popcorn Hot ticketHot butteredButtered upButtered popcornPopcorn simplicityPopcorn waysWays to beWays to lieLie of the dayLie in stateState your nameState your sideSide with themSide aloneAlone in mindAlone at lastLast pieceLast callCall... Continue Reading →

Day 13 National Poetry Month: Winged Mercy

I tried a Loop Poem today from the prompt, Winged Mercy. Winged Mercy Angels we will venerate on highhigh within your celestial domains,domains past the sum of beyond,beyond your earthly constrains Plead to them for silken mercy,mercy on the heartbeat of wingswings wrapped around dogma,dogma faithful to abstract kings Yet, wings were preordained to soar,soar... Continue Reading →