Sweetening the Days
Day 34 prompt: candy Message-bearing candy hearts come with Valentines. Minty, twisty candy canes signal Christmastime. Most every Easter basket contains a chocolate rabbit. Halloween brings bags of […]
In Shadow
Day 33 prompt: in shadow (a haiku) warm February melts all snow but the low heaps that wait in shadow
People’s Passions
Day 32 prompt: passion The banker is a tattoo artist My gynecologist figure skates Our pastor does gymnastics The nurse hordes license plates The plumber practices yoga The […]
Mother’s Sway
Day 31 prompt: soothing side to side sways the mom soothing baby both are calm decades later babe has grown mom still grooves she rocks alone missing the […]
Wheels of Worry
Day 30 prompt: wheels (a nonnet) Midnight moon glows through the sheers. Awake. The wheels of worry spin again. What if I’m not strong enough? Did they get it […]
Understanding Aqua
Day 29 prompt: aqua I never understood “aqua.” That color in the crayon box didn’t match the waters of my childhood. The creek on our farm runs clear. The […]
Sarah Got Home
Day 28 prompt: glowing Sarah just got home. Her mother sits, sewing. Sarah acts nonchalant, Tries to be easygoing. Good movie? Mom asks. Sarah answers, not slowing. […]
God’s Global Barnyard
Day 27 prompt: barns My daughters Brought them home From Sunday School last week Two barns Some assembly required Lightweight cardboard, tabbed and folded Roof-top lettering Declares these […]
A Limerick Lament from a Bygone Era
Day 26 prompt: the office She once kept her intel in binders And scattered on paper reminders It all moved online Which she’s sure will be fine When she learns […]
Increasing Wealth
Day 25 prompt: wealth At age five A found penny Even a dull one Is a lucky fortune At nine Just one dollar Made of actual paper Is a […]
Gus’s Garbage Goof (revised)
Day 24 prompt: garbage Gus galloped down Green Street on garbage day Weaving round waste cans that got in his way Tripped on a Tonka truck toting some tweezers […]
Beneath it All
Day 23 prompt: beneath beneath the chestnut brown of her blunt, swingy bob dishwater blonde that’s mostly gone gray beneath the head-turning curves of her cashmere sweater engineered cups that stand […]
Blue-Eyed Girl
Day 22 prompt: natural framing (a haiku) curly blonde wisps drop by to glimpse the dancing in her playful blue eyes
Natural Beauty
Day 21 prompt: nature He says I’m a natural beauty blinking eyes sleepy and red sporting really bad bed head ripples and rolls and flaws galore all in view through […]
Vivid Memories
Day 20 prompt: vivid Acrid memory Smell of slaughter as we drove past the meat packing plant Candid memory Sharing secrets at sleepovers when anyone chose truth over dare Flaccid […]
Beth Nyland 