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Day Nineteen – National Poetry Month: Poison

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… Willy Was Poisoned? Here lies Willy, good and dead,he took a fall upon his headOnly after his wife was throughputting poison in his stew

Day Eighteen – National Poetry Month: Grace and Mercy

Today’s poem, a sombre reflection in free verse for the prompt, Grace and Mercy. 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 navigate this shifting life Shall... Continue Reading →

Day Seventeen – National Poetry Month: Illustrated Optics

Today’s poem is another chant poem from the prompt Illustrated Optics. Enjoy. 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 delivers the photos Do they fiddle... Continue Reading →

Day Sixteen – National Poetry Month: Evergreen

Just a short haiku today from the prompt, Evergreen. Enjoy. Evergreen the scent of seasons forest green against the snow everlasting tree

Day Fifteen – National Poetry Month: Monument to the Moon

Today’s poem is a double tetractys from the prompt Monument to the Moon. Enjoy. Monument to the Moon orbspinninghigh aboveour earthbound awewhile we write odes to its radiant gleam glowing goddess of the darkened heavensstanding her guardlustrous inthe nightsky

Day Fourteen – National Poetry Month: Illusions

Just a short free verse poem today, from the prompt Illusions. Enjoy. Illusions Cling to convictionas if it was written in stonedespite its deceptionCling to conviction Wearing blindersParroting liesWrapping insecurityin the warm blanketof false belief Fall into the illusionand damn the consequence

Day Thirteen – National Poetry Month: Willow by the River

Today’s poem is a villanelle from the prompt, Willow by the River. Enjoy. Willow by the River Weeping branches flow to the water’s edge,stout roots twist deep in abundant soilA picturesque scene, just beyond the hedge A drifting breeze wafts weeds and sedge;in swirling wind, boughs dance and coilWeeping branches flow to the water’s edge... Continue Reading →

Day Twelve – National Poetry Month: Bleeding Ink

Today’s poem is a trimeric, from the prompt, Bleeding Ink. Enjoy. Bleeding Ink Scrawled words drip, drip, drip across the page;scratching pen, clacking keys, all bleeding ideas,soaking into the page, tumbling downwardas the voices scream their story in sacrifice Scratching pen, clacking keys, all bleeding ideas,weaving patterns underneath the veins of inkthat open freely, spilling... Continue Reading →

Day Eleven – National Poetry Month: Nostalgia’s Truth

A chant poem for you today, from the prompt, Nostalgia’s Truth. Enjoy. Nostalgia’s Truth Painting yesteryear in soft shades of mauve,forsaking the bloody grime of foundation,reworking history in those pretty petals of liesRose-coloured delusions never end well Remembering yesterday in soft focus filters,while spinning those fabricated falsehoodsas actuality, so stable in your certaintyRose-coloured delusions never... Continue Reading →

Day Ten – National Poetry Month: Solitude’s End

Here’s today’s poem, a catena rondo, from the prompt Solitude’s End. Solitude’s End Withered flowers captured in a jarfor sunlight sparkles on a windowsill,adorned with lacey ribbon and twillWithered flowers captured in a jar For sunlight sparkles on a windowsill,an insignificant speck of leftover joyensnaring bittersweet memories, a ployfor sunlight sparkles on a window sill... Continue Reading →