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Day Twenty-Nine – National Poetry Month: Glimmer of an Enigma

Another free verse poem today from the prompt, Glimmer of an Enigma. Enjoy. Glimmer of an Enigma A thread, looseunravelling at a tugblossoming intoa maze WanderingMisplaced Caught in ambiguity,navigating dead endsinto questionspast sanity PuzzlingSecrets

Day Twenty-Eight – National Poetry Month: A Prayer for a Tranquil Voyage

A triolet poem today from the prompt Tranquil Voyage. Enjoy. A Prayer for a Tranquil Voyage Upon those azure seas of old,the wind to catch your sail;protected passage for the boldupon those azure seas of oldGuard against the storm and colduntil we hear that docking hailupon those azure seas of old,the wind to catch your... Continue Reading →

Day Twenty-Seven – National Poetry Month: Giggle in Time

It is time for the annual abstract insanity that is the Blitz poem, from the prompt Giggle. Enjoy. Giggle in Time Giggle in timeGiggle in rhymeRhyme frenzyRhyme zoneZone of madnessZone outOut of boundsOut to lunchLunch sublimeLunch chimeChime alongChime inIn flagranteIn caseCase solvedCase in pointPoint takenPoint upUp and awayUp on highHigh fidelityHigh noonNoon recessNoon escapeEscape velocityEscape... Continue Reading →

Day Twenty-Six – National Poetry Month: Enchanted Fable

Not entirely happy with today’s poem, but here it is. I wrote a rime couee from the prompt Enchanted Fable. Enchanted Fable Sylvan glade of emerald greenwhere faeries haunt in-betweenheartbeats of mortal timeLilac heather along the edgebeckoning souls beyond the hedgeto die amidst the thyme

Day Twenty-Five – National Poetry Month: Continuum

Another free verse poem today from the prompt Continuum. Enjoy. Continuum Spreading links of relativityinterconnected signsinfinitesimal importanceveiled between the lines Time shift, electron driftall encircling the sunWinding down, pacing roundas the clock ticks past eternity

Day Twenty-Four – National Poetry Month: Gravity Storm

I have a nonet poem for you today, from the prompt Gravity Storm. Enjoy. Gravity Storm Caught in the ebbtide of gravity,that maelstrom of planetarypotency, raging orbitanchoring wild notions,beneath vast oceans,swallowed withinas we spinin thestorm

Day Twenty-Three – National Poetry Month: Wavelength Velocity

A short free verse poem today, from the prompt, Wavelength Velocity. Enjoy. Wavelength Velocity Hyperdrive mentality,racing for the starsbuild, build, buildoutpace the competitiongo, go, go The venturewill be livestreamedon a different wavelengththan reality

Day Twenty-Two – National Poetry Month: Neutrino Orbit

Today’s is a double tetractys poem from the prompt Neutrino Orbit. Enjoy. Neutrino Orbit pulseflickingthrough atomssoaring past starsuntamed universal trajectory amid empires of molecular grainssystem envoysubsistingcosmicdrop

Day Twenty-One – National Poetry Month: Morbid Bones

Here is a cascade poem for today from the prompt Morbid Bones. Enjoy. 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 the layers of decay One act... Continue Reading →

Day Twenty – National Poetry Month: Moral Sacrifice

A free verse poem today from the prompt, Moral Sacrifice. Enjoy. 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 on high?Would you sacrifice your... Continue Reading →